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Weapons Mastery - These are rules for improving how a character interacts with weapons and attacks over the course of their careers.

Mystara of the Five Spheres - Weapons Mastery - Shield - Light

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Mystara of the Five Spheres - Shield - Light


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A single handed directional piece of armour used to help protect against attacks. These shields cover the entire body and reduce your Speed by 10 feet. Tower shields are bulky items, and count as such even when donned.

Shields can range from a dueler’s fencing buckler to the tower shields of mercenary armies. You may wield two shields, but only gain the defensive benefits of one shield at a time. When it is used to attack, a shield is treated as an improvised weapon that deals 1d4 bludgeoning damage.

Donning a shield grants no benefit to Armor Class if you are not proficient with shields, and you are unable to take cover behind it, plant it on the ground, or sacrifice it.

A creature one size category larger than the shield was designed for treats it as a shield that is one degree lighter, while a creature one size category smaller treats it as a shield that is one degree heavier. If that would make a light shield lighter or a heavy shield heavier, the shield cannot be used by that creature.

  • 5E Stats One handed martial shield, Cost 10 gp and a weight of 4 lb
  • Weapon Options (Available to learn) - tba

Weapons Mastery Rank Details

    (Non-Proficient) Shield - Light
  • Shield - Light Attack +Str to hit target, Thrown Range (-/30 ft)
  • Basic Hit - Half damage
  • Shield Bonus - None
  • Weapon Abilities – Awkward
    (Proficient) Shield - Light
  • Shield - Light Attack +Prof +Str to hit target, Thrown Range (10/35 ft)
  • Basic Hit - Standard damage (1d6+Str Bludgeoning)
  • Shield Bonus - +1
  • Weapon Abilities – Awkward, Block, Sacrifice
    (Skilled) Shield - Light
  • Shield - Light Attack +Prof +Str to hit one to two targets, Thrown Range (15/40 ft)
  • Basic Hit - Adds +1 dice to attack
  • Shield Bonus - +1
  • Weapon Abilities – Block, Defensive, Deflect, Range, Sacrifice, Thrown
    (Expert) Shield - Light
  • Shield - Light Attack +Prof +Prof (+Str or + Con) to hit one to three targets and return, Thrown Range (20/45 ft)
  • Basic Hit - Adds +2 dice to attack, with choice of Str or Con
  • Shield Bonus - +2
  • Weapon Abilities – Block, Defensive, Deflect, Range, Sacrifice, Thrown
  • Weapon Options – tba
    (Master) Shield - Light
  • Shield - Light Attack +Prof +Prof (+Str or + Con) to hit one to four targets and return, Thrown Range (25/50 ft)
  • Basic Hit - Adds +3 dice to attack, with choice of Str or Con
  • Shield Bonus - +2
  • Weapon Abilities – Block, Defensive, Deflect, Range, Sacrifice, Thrown
  • Weapon Options – tba
    (Grand Master) Shield - Light
  • Shield - Light Attack +Prof +Prof +Str+Con to hit one or more targets and return, Thrown Range (30/55 ft), Crit (1 and 20)
  • Basic Hit - Adds +4 dice to attack, also Str and Con.
  • Shield Bonus - +2
  • Weapon Abilities – Block, Defensive, Deflect, Range, Sacrifice, Thrown
  • Weapon Options – tba
    (Beyond Grand Master) Shield - Light
  • Shield - Light Attack Thrown Range (+5 ft/+5 ft)
  • Basic Hit - Adds a dice of damage.

Weapons Mastery Design Details

I have still to add in weapon options for magical implements.

Weapons Mastery Version 1.0

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  • 2023-08-31 - Updated to the improved layout with dynamic linking.
  • 2023-04-06 - Fixed spelling mistake of lean to learn.
  • 2023-03-25 - Page created on Site.
  • 2022-07-23 - Published on WordPress.
  • 2022-05-24 - Created at version 2.0 of my weapon mastery rules.