Gaols and Giants - The Playground rewrites third Edition

[Grod_The_Giant]

Well, what else could shields do? Some kind of parry mechanic? I must admit, I don't like that much. Uuh... double dex bonus to AC if you have a shield? Sounds too good for some, and horrible for others.

I was thinking in terms of the [style] feats we touched on in the combat threads. Add to AC, yeah, but also things like making parry attempts, shield-bash-his-sword-aside, maybe spend Advantage to boost your own AC...