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Shield Proficiency

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Combat

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Prerequisites Guard, Strength

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You become proficient with bucklers and light shields, granting you the following benefits while using them:

• Reduce penalty by 1 (minimum 0)

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Normal You apply your shield's penalty to attack rolls, attack DCs, Str- and Dex-based skill rolls, and all skill rolls involved in using a concentration effects. You apply double it's penalty to all base speeds (round down to the nearest 5-foot increment after the penalty is applied). You also double its penalty for any action that requires the use of the arm wielding the shield.

Tier 2 Apply the benefits of tier 1 to heavy shields as well.

Tier 3 Apply the benefits of tier 1 to tower shields as well.

Tier 4+ Increase the benefits by 1 for each tier above 4. For example at tier 5 you would reduce the penalties by 2 and at tier 6 you would reduce the penalties by 3 and so on and so forth.

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