Greater Shield Specialization
(Combat)
Your masterful shieldwork provides even greater protection to your vital areas.Prerequisites
Proficiency with selected shield, Greater Shield Focus, Shield Focus, Shield Specialization with selected shield, Fighter level 12th.Benefit
Choose one type of shield (buckler, light, heavy, or tower shield) for which you possess the Shield Specialization feat. With the selected shield, you gain a +2 bonus to your Armor Class against critical hit confirmation rolls (this bonus stacks with that from Shield Specialization). In addition, once per day you may negate a critical hit, and damage is instead rolled normally.Special
You can gain this feat multiple times. Its effects do not stack. Each time you take the feat, it applies to a new type of shield.Combat Trick
If you have a Stamina pool, the following Combat Trick may be used with this feat.You can spend 5 Stamina points to use your selected shield to negate a critical hit a second time each day.