Quote Originally Posted by Kessel View Post
You're right on mountain dwarf, my bad.

sorry, I wasn't clear. If you have elven chain (the equivalent of med armor,) are you really going to invest two feats to get a shield? I'm a fan of multiclassing but when it's not an option, should a shield be obtainable for one feat or two?
Elven chain is only 14+Dex (max +2) AC. Those two feats can get you +2 dex and medium armor as well as shields, and assuming you get a +2 armor (equivalent of elven chain), those two feats score you +5 AC, a wider range of magic item availability (there are magical medium armors other than generic +2) and +2 to str/dex.

I personally wouldn't do it, but if you feel that shields are that important to spend one feat with no additional benefit, I see reason to spend two feats boosting a decent stat and improving AC more. I'd rather MC or not get shields.

As for weapon master, I can see making the shield worth 2 weapons, but it's tied for the worst feat in the game with grappler anyway, so its not like making it a 1 for 1 substitute would be bad.