Ruin Shield

[Ulthambür]

Friend mentioned this: Can I use a halberd and still benefit from the EFFECTS of the Shield (not the Armoursave)?

[whtdwrf11]

I don't see why you wouldn't be able to still get the effects of it since wielding it and a halberd only negates the armour save and not the shields other effects so I would say it's effects are still usable.

[ukko]

Nah, don't have rulebook with me but it covers this pretty explicitly as far as I remember - you need to be wielding the shield to gets its benefits.

[whtdwrf11]

Isn't he still wielding the shield though but just not gaining the armour save from it I can check the rulebook though and see if it says anything.

Edit: Can't seem to find anything in the rulebook about it currently.

[Kraytirous]

Quite a conundrum. My best goes with no, just to play it safe until we can clarify it.

[whtdwrf11]

I'll still stick with saying that the shield still does it's effects since it just requires the wielder of it to be in base contact to work correctly.

[Jaxom]

Since you cannot use a Halberd and benefit from a shield at all (i.e. you lose all armor save bonus, not just the handweapon/shield bonus) I would say no effect.

[InsideReticle]

I see no rule that prohibits gaining the benefits, but I feel like it's pretty poor sportsmanship to claim them if you aren't actually using it.

[whtdwrf11]

Yeah I suppose people could call it poor sportsmanship but you would just be using it how it describes in the book so it's not like your using a loophole or anything your doing exactly what it says.

[mikemarino30]

if the shield is "on your back" as you use halbred arnt you tech still wearing it ? magic of it should still work if its on your back and not your fore arm