I'm pretty sure that you can still wield weapons with the hand that has a buckler strapped to its arm, you just can't raise the buckler while the weapon is wielded.

You mean you treat it like a stance? Where it just lowers when you decide or the encounters over?

@ Yes. Action to raise shield, it stays raised throughout combat, action to lower or when encounter is over. Im wondering if this is too much buff?

@@StevenS.lovetorun that depends, do you run the parry feat and shield Spell the same? Personally it wouldn't sit with me thematically, but I'm sure it's not too much of a buff, but it does stack with AC bonuses from spells

I typically keep an idea of who has their shield raised, so that if something did roll a hit, I verbalize the option. You have to know their AC to know if it hits anyway right?

Personally how I GM, unless a role has the secrete tag, I roll it open. My players get to see the enemy totals and damage rolls (I use Foundry VTT). I prefer to do this as it helps players decide if they want to use their reactions in responce to a trigger. My reasoning is, attack rolls don't have the sectet tag and it worked really well for my games. It also saves time, as it avoids situations where the player goes- ''wait I had a status bonus to AC, did you include that?'' and then we have to go through the logs and such. In such circumstances, players know if the attack would of hit them anyway. Now here is my own rule change. Any feature which lets you raise your AC in responce to being targeted, I change to when you are hit. My reason for this is reactive shield trigger is being hit (not targeted) and gives a bonus until the start of your next turn. Other features like Nimble Dodge only raise your AC for an attack, so I think its more than fair for rogues to let them know if thier Nimble Dodge would change the result of an attack. Since reactive shield users would know this in my games.

Perhaps they are factoring in that a shield build will have 2 shield blocks a turn past level ~8?

@lordcirth yeah, which don't help if the shield is broken

@@marioaf27 No, but the shield HP increases as well.

As the remaster, there is now sturdy runes to put on Shields

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Yes. They gain the Prone condition which in turn imposes Flat-Footed (Off Guard in the Remaster).

I think the GM usually makes the call as to whether a workshop is needed for crafting. For example, an Alchemist's Lab is portable (although very bulky) to allow people to craft alchemical items while away from a town. That said, I'm not aware of any rules for creating a mobile workshop. I think that may just need to be a GM's decision. And there is one magic item I know of, Torag's Silver Anvil, that can be used as a mobile forge but it is 18th level and not very accessible. 2e.aonprd.com/Equipment.aspx?ID=575

@@HowItsPlayed I see, I see. What about just generally using crafting rules while adventuring? For example, the party needs 3 days to reach their destination, are there rules that allow crafting during those 3 days on the way there, or is crafting impossible in this case since it's technically not a downtime?

@@Mira-rl9qw It's up to your GM to determine if you are in Exploration Mode or Downtime. If you're traveling for three days through dangerous territory and the GM is making you keep careful watch, then you're likely in Exploration mode and couldn't craft dur to all the interruptions you'd face. If the GM is just "hand-waving" those three days, they might decide those three days are Downtime. Of course, your character doesn't know if they're in Exploration or Downtime Mode. If you meet all the requirements, you could start crafting in the back of a covered wagon and if you get interrupted, then you may need to start over.

Awesome! It's great to hear the videos are helping!