Issue clarified. Move along.
You lose the Buckler's AC bonus if you use your buckler-hand to wield a two-handed weapon.
You can also use your shield arm to wield a weapon (whether you are using an off-hand weapon or using your off hand to help wield a two-handed weapon), but you take a -1 penalty on attack rolls while doing so. ... In any case, if you use a weapon in your off hand, you lose the buckler's AC bonus until your next turn.
You also lose the buckler's AC bonus when you use it for a shield bash, or when you use the shield arm to cast a somatic-component spell.
I read this anyway, just because the thread title told me not to read it. :P
But in order to obey the directive, I first had to read it. I then tried unsuccessfully to unread it, but this version of space-time is stuck in first gear. Perhaps the other me in an alternate universe will have more success in never reading this thread. The paradox is astounding.
Hired goons no reed gud
Shouldn't the first post have said "Explosive Runes!" ?
-Kle.
Nah, we're saving the explosive runes for the 10th post. Nobody expects explosive runes on the 10th post.