Shield Gauntlet Style
Off-hand gauntlet grants +1 shield bonus to AC and functions as a buckler; qualifies as Improved Unarmed Strike for arrow deflection.
- Type
- Combat, Style
- Prerequisites
- Weapon Focus (gauntlet or spiked gauntlet), proficiency with bucklers and light shields.
- Spell Level
- —
- Availability
- Selectable feat
When using this style, if you begin your turn wearing a gauntlet or spiked gauntlet on your off hand, and you are not using that hand to hold or make attacks with any other weapons or shield, you gain a +1 shield bonus to AC. You lose this shield bonus whenever you attack with your gauntlet or hold a weapon or shield in that hand. While receiving this shield bonus to AC, your gauntlet or spiked gauntlet is treated as a buckler for the purpose of using other feats and abilities (though you are also considered to have a free hand). This feat acts as the Improved Unarmed Strike feat for the purpose of satisfying the prerequisites of the Deflect Arrows and Snatch Arrows feats.