TheSword
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Says you.and since EK is in PHB it was intended to be used on AC of 21
It’s simple. In my games when shield is used on AC 20+ characters, a conversation is had. It doesn’t happen again.
Problem solved. It amazes me that more seemingly irreconcilable problems don’t get solved with an honest conversation. So instead DMs contort themselves into a pretzel to try and ‘fix’ the system. When the simple answer of ‘stop trying to break it’ should suffice.
5e is pretty flexible and pretty robust but it isn’t a Stretch Armstrong.