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#1 onceMoreIntoBreech Aug 20, 2014 11:09:45	Does the shield spell count as a shield when calculating AC? Is there an official answer?   On the one hand, it's called "Shield." On the other hand, it isn't worn or wielded or anything like that; it's just a barrier of magical force.   If anyone has a link to this question already being resolved, that would be fantastic. I have had crap luck with the search function and wading through 28+ pages of the stickied simple question thread is not my idea of productive.   Thanks.
#2 Kentus Aug 20, 2014 11:17:00	If it isn't in the spell description, it's not in the rules. Both stack.
#3 onceMoreIntoBreech Aug 20, 2014 11:28:52	Kentus wrote:
(Reply to #3) CorwynnMaelstrom	onceMoreIntoBreech wrote:
#5 reddaemon Aug 20, 2014 11:54:46	The shield spell stacks with a shield that you wield.  Despite the spell being called shield, the spell description does not say that it is a shield that you wield.  As for the rule you found on page 144, anytime the rules reference a spell or magic item, the text is in italics.  Since the word shield is not italicized it is not referencing a spell.  Since it is not referencing a spell, there is no rule that says that the Shield spell won't stack with a shield that you wield.  Shield of Faith would stack as well based on the rules for Combining Magical Effects on page 205.   "The effects of different spells add together while the durations of those spells overlap."
#6 UnknownMourner Aug 20, 2014 14:30:44	onceMoreIntoBreech wrote:
(Reply to #6) CorwynnMaelstrom	UnknownMourner wrote: