Change Staff of Defence to Shield AC

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Hinty
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Change Staff of Defence to Shield AC

Post by Hinty » Fri Oct 30, 2020 1:22 pm

Not sure how viable this is, someone managed to find a way to make AC bonuses from Wakisashi into shield AC, but this may be because it is offhand only. Still if it is possible to make the Quaterstaff offer shield AC rather than Deflection it might make it a slightly more interesting option.

Granted, its lack of damage or attack bonuses make it somewhat questionable, but the fact that its AC bonus will not stack with any you are getting from Rings, Helms or Cloaks mean that even on the off chance you can work around the lack of offensive enchantments its AC bonus is virtually negligible anyway.

If it can offer an AC type that stacks with any equipment or spells you have going it becomes much more interesting. Lets face it, if you are in such a bind that you need to drop all attack and damage bonuses for AC, most of the time you'll just use a shield. +2 small shields and +1 large shields are ten a penny.

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