Animated Shield Duration

[MAGNUM]

How long is the duration of an animated shield? After speaking the command word (standard action) does it last until you deactivate it, or a spesific number of rounds before you have to reactivate it?

"Animated
Upon command, an animated shield floats within 2 feet of the wielder, protecting her as if she were using it herself but freeing up both her hands. Only one shield can protect a character at a time. A character with an animated shield still takes any penalties associated with shield use, such as armor check penalty, arcane spell failure chance, and nonproficiency.
Strong transmutation; CL 12th; Craft Magic Arms and Armor, animate objects; Price +2 bonus."

[TuggyNE]

Until you deactivate it. It's pretty sweet.

[grarrrg]

It got nerfed quite a bit in Pathfinder (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic-items/magic-armor/magic-armor-and-shield-special-abilities/animated).


As a move action, an animated shield can be loosed to defend its wielder on its own. For the following 4 rounds, the shield grants its bonus to the one who loosed it and then drops....[typical 'shield penalties/bonus' still apply stuff]
...Once a shield has been retrieved, it cannot be animated again for at least 4 rounds. This special ability cannot be added to a tower shield.

While I agree that it was too good before, I think it got hit a little much with the nerf-stick.

[TuggyNE]

It got nerfed quite a bit in Pathfinder (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic-items/magic-armor/magic-armor-and-shield-special-abilities/animated).



While I agree that it was too good before, I think it got hit a little much with the nerf-stick.

Aye. I wish there was some way to make it a bit less useful for THFers and keep it the same for everyone else. Not like letting archers or TWFers have a shield is gonna break the game.