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I had been playing with the understanding that shield block would split the remaining damage between shield and character after the hardness.

So if the shield user gets hit for 25 damage,

Hardness eats 5
Shield takes 10
Character takes 10

10+10+5=25 makes sense

However I was recently told that the character and the shield take an equal amount of damage.

So in the same sequence get hit for 25

Hardness eats 5
Shield takes 20
Character takes 20

20+20+5=45, this doesn't make sense that by the character using a shield the mob almost doubles their damage. Which seems unreasonably punitive to shield users.

Could anyone please clarify?

I had been saving shield block to stop massive crits and stay alive, or should it be used on smaller hits to use the hardness? My concern then is that it eats reactions that could be used for other

Reading over the boards the shield options seem very limited currently to only Sturdy shield if you want to use them for shield block.

One of my characters is very defense focused and does not mind the drawbacks of a tower or fortress shield, however it feels like I have to choose AC or the ability to shield block.

Can you increase the size of a shield like you do weapons. From medium to large. Like a large dagger is a medium short sword? In doing so make a large Sturdy shield the size of a tower shield.

Even if they double the bulk a large sturdy shield would be 2, compaired to a mediule tower shield with bulk of 4.

Huge sturdy shield bulk 4
Fortress shield bulk 5

Then add the Str and movement restrictions instead of being clumsy.

Does this sound like a viable work around?

Or preferably allow shifting runes on shields.

I hope I am asking the question in the right section.

I wanted to include a rune of shifting to a shield so with an action I can have it turn into a buckler, then as needed into a tower shield. Is there a way to do this?

It feels appropriate for a higher level character but I have not been able to find anything specifically allowing this.

Thanks in advance.

I have read over the multi classing a little.

I wanted to ask a few questions.

1) Can a human multiclass at first level?

2) And does anyone have a 4th level build of a multi class character?

I am really trying to understand how many feats and of which class or ancestry work together so I don't over power or under power a character.

I am trying to make a fighter with a cleric subclass, (I know I can make a paladin but this is a recreation of an original DnD character that has been reincarnated for every RPG I have played.

Thanks in advance