Tower Shield Proficiency

General feat

Player's Handbook v.3.5 (PH), p. 101Updated Core (3.5)

Tower Shield Proficiency is a D&D 3.5 feat (General) from PH, p. 101. You are proficient with tower shields.

Prerequisite

Shield Proficiency (PH) ,

You can use a tower shield and suffer only the standard penalties (see Table 7-6: Armor and Shields, page 123).

Fighters automatically have Tower Shield Proficiency as a bonus feat. They need not select it.

A character who is using a shield with which he or she is not proficient takes the shield's armor check penalty on attack rolls and on all skill checks that involve moving, including Ride.

Benefit

You can use a tower shield and suffer only the standard penalties (see Table 7-6: Armor and Shields, page 123).

Normal

A character who is using a shield with which he or she is not proficient takes the shield’s armor check penalty on attack rolls and on all skill checks that involve moving, including Ride.

Special

Fighters automatically have Tower Shield Proficiency as a bonus feat. They need not select it.

Description

You are proficient with tower shields.