I've been looking at making a Tortle Sorcerer, I'm wondering if Shell Defense stacks with using a shield. Since Shell Defense says that you are in your shell, I'm not sure if you can also hold a shield at the same time, Basically covering up your "arm hole" with your shield?
This would mean that I could have my natural AC of 17 + 4 (Shell Defense) + 2 (Shield) = 23. Which would be really nice, it already says you can gain the benefit from a shield, But it doesn't say anywhere whether you can use your shield while in your shell.
I've been looking at making a Tortle Sorcerer, I'm wondering if Shell Defense stacks with using a shield. Since Shell Defense says that you are in your shell, I'm not sure if you can also hold a shield at the same time, Basically covering up your "arm hole" with your shield?
This would mean that I could have my natural AC of 17 + 4 (Shell Defense) + 2 (Shield) = 23. Which would be really nice, it already says you can gain the benefit from a shield, But it doesn't say anywhere whether you can use your shield while in your shell.
I don't see why not. It seems a little silly, but there's nothing in the description of Shell Defense that says you can't use a shield while it's active. Under RAW I think it works.
Since you can't take reactions while Shell Defense is active, you can't benefit from a lot of the situational AC bonus effects that are generally available (e.g., Defensive Duelist, the Shield spell, the Sword Bard thing I can't remember the name of right now) so I don't think this is super overpowered in general.
I've been looking at making a Tortle Sorcerer, I'm wondering if Shell Defense stacks with using a shield. Since Shell Defense says that you are in your shell, I'm not sure if you can also hold a shield at the same time, Basically covering up your "arm hole" with your shield?
This would mean that I could have my natural AC of 17 + 4 (Shell Defense) + 2 (Shield) = 23. Which would be really nice, it already says you can gain the benefit from a shield, But it doesn't say anywhere whether you can use your shield while in your shell.
I don't see why not. It seems a little silly, but there's nothing in the description of Shell Defense that says you can't use a shield while it's active. Under RAW I think it works.
Since you can't take reactions while Shell Defense is active, you can't benefit from a lot of the situational AC bonus effects that are generally available (e.g., Defensive Duelist, the Shield spell, the Sword Bard thing I can't remember the name of right now) so I don't think this is super overpowered in general.
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