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The question has been asked how do you make shields viable again. I posted something every close to the following:

If you ever have seen a real sword fight when some one is trying to fight with a shield, you will see the shield user using the shield as part of the fighting style. Sometimes they will bash others they throw the shield into the path of the attack and turn the attack away from the defender.

What I would like to see is another feat or group of feats for each size of shield. “Shield Combat”, when using a shield you are proficient with you gain a miss chance that starts out with a small percentage chance with a buckler and become greater with a tower shield. The effect should be applied along with other miss chances. This miss chance does not replace or become replaced by other other miss chances, but work together simultaneously.

Example:
Bucklers 10%
Small shields 20%
Large shields 30%
Tower shield 45%

You have displacement spell on 50% and then a Large Shield 30% Roll for each. If one fails then the attack is blocked.

Give everyone the feat (or feats that correspond to shields they are proficient with) and boom. Maybe even have the feat give a small bonus to damage for the next attack following the shield blocking the attack. This would be taking advantage of the opening gained by turning an attack.

So I guess what do you think?

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