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Hairy Coo Jun 17, 2019 @ 7:41pm
Can someone explain shield bash mechanics to me?
Hey, I was wondering regarding some mechanics with two weapon fighting with a shield.

1. In order to use a shield as a weapon you need two feats - two weapon fighting and a shield bash, correct?

2. Light shield is a light weapon and a heavy one is regulart (onehanded)? Character attack stats dont change weather its a light or a heavy shield, at least not on a character screen and i couldnt find anything in a log. A bug or a feature?

3. How many attacks are you suppsoed to get with it? My char screen shows two attacks under a weapon section (one with a lhigher penalty) and another one under a shield. However I've only noticed two in a combat log.

4. Do you lose a Shield Wall bonus if you use Shield Bash?

Thanks!
Originally posted by Autocthon:
1) For all sane purposes correct

2) Light should deal 1d3 vs Heavy dealing 1v4. Heavy is currently treated as a light weapon for the purpose of TWF penalties (bug).

3) TWF grants one attack per TWF feat. With Greater TWF that's 3 shield bashes in addition to your main hand iteratives.

4) Shield Bash is actually Improved Shield Bash from PnP. The point of the feat is to keep full shield bonuses when you're using the shield offensively. In PF:K they just decided to lock the bash behind the feat entirely.
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Autocthon Jun 17, 2019 @ 8:34pm 
1) For all sane purposes correct

2) Light should deal 1d3 vs Heavy dealing 1v4. Heavy is currently treated as a light weapon for the purpose of TWF penalties (bug).

3) TWF grants one attack per TWF feat. With Greater TWF that's 3 shield bashes in addition to your main hand iteratives.

4) Shield Bash is actually Improved Shield Bash from PnP. The point of the feat is to keep full shield bonuses when you're using the shield offensively. In PF:K they just decided to lock the bash behind the feat entirely.
Hairy Coo Jun 17, 2019 @ 8:56pm 
Originally posted by Autocthon:
1) For all sane purposes correct

2) Light should deal 1d3 vs Heavy dealing 1v4. Heavy is currently treated as a light weapon for the purpose of TWF penalties (bug).

3) TWF grants one attack per TWF feat. With Greater TWF that's 3 shield bashes in addition to your main hand iteratives.

4) Shield Bash is actually Improved Shield Bash from PnP. The point of the feat is to keep full shield bonuses when you're using the shield offensively. In PF:K they just decided to lock the bash behind the feat entirely.

Thanks!
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