#2241 Tower Shield Training

[Anonymous]

Currently the bonus to Max Dexterity Bonus from Tower Shield Training isn't being calculated.
This can be added by appending the following line to ShieldMaxDexBonus value:
+IF(AND(COUNTIF(ArchetypesTaken, "Tower Shield Specialist")>0, EXACT(ShieldType, "Tower Shield")),ROUNDDOWN((COUNTIF(LevelList, "Fighter")-3)/4+1,0)*2, 0)

[Daniel]

Ticket moved from /p/yapcg/feature-requests/569/

[Daniel]

Thanks for the report!
Hm, as written, Tower Shield Training doesn't affect the shield's max dex, only the armor's. Which is much good as the Tower Shield limits dex to +2. (or +4 for mithral)
I can't find any official word otherwise - there are some questions on paizo forums which are marked as answered in the FAQ - except that they aren't. >:(
If you can find some official statement, let me know.

[Mathias Sand Jahren]

I believe the bonus is supposed to be applied either to both or just the shield, otherwise it the 4th (lvl 15) itteration of the bonus would be pointless as the Max Dex Bonus of any given armor would then exceed that of the shield you need to be wielding to get it.
As even Full Plate would have a minimum of +5 Max Dex at 15th level, but only while the character is wielding a Tower Shield that limits them to a maximum of +4. It doesn't make sense for a bonus to intrinsically cancel itself out like that.

[Mathias Sand Jahren]

From what I can find, all armor training should affect shields, by virtue of shields being a subcategory of armor just the same as light, medium and heavy armor in the CRB.

[Daniel]

I've made it so Tower Shield Training will affect the max dex of the shield as well.

I'm not changing generic armor training because I don't see how shield count as a subcategory of armor - they are in the same section in the CRB, but there are plenty of places where armor and shields are differentiated. As before, if you manage to find some official word, let me know.