Originally Posted by
eggynack
Also, gotta say, the game still explicitly states that you're giving up attacks for this benefit. I don't even really see where the argument is. Am I missing some sort of quote that says, "Hey, that tower shield thing that says that you can't make attacks? That's only in certain circumstances,"? I don't think I've seen one, even this theoretical FAQ quote that supposedly creates any kind of alternate meaning. It looks like even the FAQ explicitly states that the tower shield provides bidirectional cover no matter what you do, and stops AoO's.
Seriously, at this point we're arguing against theoretical FAQ entries. That's just not evidence to a ridiculous extent. Pretty sure this whole issue is just a non-object.