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Then there was the time I was playing a Superhero...

A giant hamster escaped from its mad scientist creator. It wouldn't have been so bad except it kept growing. I lured it onto a barge using a stack of newspapers, throwing one over my shoulder for it to shred when it started to lose interest. It was towed out to sea, eventually grew too large, sank the barge and drowned. The newspaper was angry that I had been looting honor boxes until I pointed out that a few bucks was nothing compared to being able to say their paper helped save the city. The real trouble started when PETA got involved . . . and that wasn't funny. Not funny at all.

Klaayr was a thick-as-a-brick Dwarf Fighter, just mustered out of the town Guard. I even had a barrel of ale that I carried everywhere. Used to store my spare weapons in it IIR.

I spotted a rabbit's corpse lying on the ground. I said, "It might be Undead!" I charged it. I fell in a pit trap. The party is attacked by a Behir [IIR]. One of the party drops a knotted rope over the side, I only needed a 5 or better to climb out. I spend the entre fight in the pit rolling 4 or less. The Behir that set the trap spends that time chewing up the rest of the party. Fortunately it was on it's last few HP by the time I get out. We all had a good laugh. (Fortunately the Guard required all members to have some skill in Heal.)

Later our camp is infiltrated by a pair of 3rd level Half-Orc Rogues. Armed with only a dwarven waraxe and my dwarven skivvies I charge... right past the nearest one. (You could almost smell the DM gleefully thinking "Bad move! I can flank this guy with a 5-foot step.") I one-shot the first one (using the Powerful Charge feat that added +1d8 to my damage when I charge) then I one-shot his buddy with the 3.5 Cleave feat. Everyone was boggled.

It'd be a way to pick up a dead body or even a grappled enemy and use 'em as a shield...

Oh, finally! A use for gnomes!

It could be along the lines of the Caught Off Guard & Throw Anything feats.

Arr. Doin' tha' sword & board thing. Well, Dwarven Battle Axe & shield. I'm hopin' tha' I c'n convince the DM to let meh use mah ale barrel as a Tower shield.

Two-Handed & Shield trees. With some stuff working off charging, so that I do something other than lower my AC on the opening round.

(No Brute, I'm just kidding about the Tower Shield of Ale Storage)

C'n I suggest an "Improvised Shield" feat? Fer instance, the standard 15 gallon ale barrel could count as a Tower Shield. I think they have the same cover value.