A place to share thoughts and ideas about Dungeons and Dragons(This shield is constructed with a sharpened spike at its center. This is a feature designed for a brawler style (hand free for grappling) or a sword and board fighter. A place to share thoughts and ideas about Dungeons and DragonsA shield is an improvised weapon dealing 1d4 bludgeoning damage.Paladins are proficient with shields. You gain the following benefits while you are wielding a shield:If you take the Attack action on your turn, you can use a bonus action to try to shove a creature within 5 feet of you with your shield. I soon realized that to do this I really needed to re-examine all of the rules for attacking with shields. (If I can convince my timid cleric to pick up a shield for a few hours. A shield is made from wood or metal and is carried in one hand.
The shield is not a weapon, this is designed to be a sword and board feature. If the Player were to have a special shield, perhaps a light shield that only adds 1 to AC, strapped to the forearm, it might work out. Shield is definitely not a weapon (no weapon stats), and there are currently no enchantments to make it a weapon. Are you aware of any attack that tries to leverage a Shield in 5E?
Normal Shields. No! The Shield of Faith is a spiritual dissipation ear that offered a greater ability to deflect the blasts. The point of Shield proficiency is to have the ability to wield a shield without penalty. I have been using the shove instead as an action between a Trip and Shield bash. We use Cookies to help personalize and improve Roll20.
I do miss your mana system though. Anyone can use a shield, but if you aren't proficient with it, "you have disadvantage on any ability check, saving throw, or attack roll that involves Strength or Dexterity, and you can't cast spells." If you take the Attack action on your turn, you can use a bonus action to try to shove a creature within 5 feet of you with your shield. You don’t add your ability modifier to the shield attack damage, unless that modifier is negativeUsing a shield to make an attack doesn’t deprive you of the +2 AC bonus.You do not gain a +1 bonus to AC while you are wielding a shield (spiked or not).Straight forward and easy to test. Especially since shields just count as armor bonus but there's no action to hold up a shield and great extra armor for that turn or something. PHB 144 states: Anyone can put on a suit of armor or strap a shield to an arm...If you wear armor that you lack proficiency with, you have disadvantage on any ability check, saving throw, or attack roll that involves Strength or Dexterity, and you can't cast spells. The question with this is: does wielding a shield and a normal weapon then constitute two-weapon fighting, or is there some special exception with wielding a shield?Allowing a shield to be used as a weapon, as you indicate, would be a good house rule. There is little distinction of shields in 5E so, by RAW, it would not work. Let me know how it goes at your table.Thank fro adding more races + classes. I’ll let you know how it goes if I do.) What I came up with is a redefining of a normal shield – when it is used as a weapon – as well as spiked shields and a couple of other issues. Using a … Time for a new house rule. Wielding a shield increases your Armor Class by 2. Anyway, good job !Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. I would really like to stress a shield proficiency for my build if possible.” I have only used this new rule in one session so far. Shields in 5e 5th Edition I'm not a super big fan on how shields and armor work in 5e.
My thoughts were that proficiency-backed shield usage could qualify it as a bludgeoning weapon, with a damage die of perhaps a d6, as with a mace. Then …