Does the Shield cantrip grant the Shield Block Reaction?

[Paradozen]

I assume it isn't the intent, however

Archives of Nethys wrote:

You raise a magical shield of force. This counts as using the Raise a Shield action, giving you a +1 circumstance bonus to AC until the start of your next turn, but it doesn't require a hand to use.

While the spell is in effect, you can use the Shield Block reaction with your magic shield. The shield has Hardness 5. After you use Shield Block, the spell ends and you can't cast it again for 10 minutes. Unlike a normal Shield Block, you can use the spell's reaction against the magic missile spell.

This can be read two ways. First, that the magical shield can be used with the shield block general feat. Second, the cantrip gives you the Shield Block reaction EDIT:without the feat and only with the magic shield /EDIT. Am I missing something?

[HammerJack]

I don't see how you can, in good faith, read it as allowing you to shield block with anything except your magical shield.

[Paradozen]

HammerJack wrote:

I don't see how you can, in good faith, read it as allowing you to shield block with anything except your magical shield.

Sorry, I wasn't clear. I thought you needed the feat and the cantrip to shield block with the spell, but reading the spell gives me the impression you don't need to take shield block to block with the magical shield. I didn't think you could use any other shield without the feat, just the world's shield.

[lordcirth]

Paradozen wrote:

I assume it isn't the intent, however

Archives of Nethys wrote:

You raise a magical shield of force. This counts as using the Raise a Shield action, giving you a +1 circumstance bonus to AC until the start of your next turn, but it doesn't require a hand to use.

While the spell is in effect, you can use the Shield Block reaction with your magic shield. The shield has Hardness 5. After you use Shield Block, the spell ends and you can't cast it again for 10 minutes. Unlike a normal Shield Block, you can use the spell's reaction against the magic missile spell.

This can be read two ways. First, that the magical shield can be used with the shield block general feat. Second, the cantrip gives you the Shield Block reaction EDIT:without the feat and only with the magic shield /EDIT. Am I missing something?

The shield cantrip allows someone without the Shield Block feat (such as your average wizard) to block with it, yes. It'd be pretty weird if wizards couldn't get full value from a wizard cantrip without non-wizard feats.