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Unhindering Shield (Combat, Shield Mastery) Source Armor Master's Handbook pg. 19 You are accustomed to fighting with your shield. Prerequisites: Shield Focus, base attack bonus +6 or fighter level 4th, proficiency with bucklers. Benefit: You still gain a buckler’s bonus to AC even if you use your shield hand for some other purpose. When you wield a buckler, your shield hand is considered free for the purposes of casting spells, wielding weapons, and using any other abilities that require you to have a free hand or interact with your shield, such as the swashbuckler’s precise strike deed or the Weapon Finesse feat. Special: A monk with this feat is not considered to be using a shield for the purposes of his AC bonus, fast movement, or flurry of blows.

Unhindering Shield (Combat, Shield Mastery)

Source Armor Master's Handbook pg. 19
You are accustomed to fighting with your shield.

Prerequisites: Shield Focus, base attack bonus +6 or fighter level 4th, proficiency with bucklers.

Benefit: You still gain a buckler’s bonus to AC even if you use your shield hand for some other purpose. When you wield a buckler, your shield hand is considered free for the purposes of casting spells, wielding weapons, and using any other abilities that require you to have a free hand or interact with your shield, such as the swashbuckler’s precise strike deed or the Weapon Finesse feat.

Special: A monk with this feat is not considered to be using a shield for the purposes of his AC bonus, fast movement, or flurry of blows.

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Unhindering Shield (Combat, Shield Mastery)