Title. Shield spell gives you "a shield of force" but, the way i see it, it acts like a regular shield, which means it uses your shield proficiency. This means most characters that are gonna want to use it actually get a penalty for doing so, since they're likely untrained in it unless the use feats for that.
Maye i'm wrong and doesn't use the shield proficiency at all, but in my opinion it should do like mage armor and specify it uses unarmored proficiency, or at the very least say you're proficient with that shield.
Also, it would be nice if it said whether it needs to be held in a hand or not, as that can be a major difference if you're gonna cast something afterwards.
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I'd say you're not wielding the shield. It doesn't occupy a hand and can't be used for shield bash.
And since you don't wield it, you probably don't need proficiency.
Title. Shield spell gives you "a shield of force" but, the way i see it, it acts like a regular shield, which means it uses your shield proficiency. This means most characters that are gonna want to use it actually get a penalty for doing so, since they're likely untrained in it unless the use feats for that.
Maye i'm wrong and doesn't use the shield proficiency at all, but in my opinion it should do like mage armor and specify it uses unarmored proficiency, or at the very least say you're proficient with that shield.
Also, it would be nice if it said whether it needs to be held in a hand or not, as that can be a major difference if you're gonna cast something afterwards.
It says no hands.
You raise a magical shield of force to protect you. This counts as using the Raise a Shield action (see the sidebar) to gain a +1 circumstance bonus to AC until the start of your next turn, though it doesn’t require a hand to use.
It says no hands.
Yeah, i know, i'm blind, idk how i missed that before.