SamhainIA wrote:
so why is it that much more to have a shield operate as a weapon and as shield runes? its not like your using different runes its just they are doing different things.
The shield is already incredibly useful as it can be used as both. Allowing runes to count double duty as both multiplies their versatility beyond anything else. If there were a rule that allowed you to attune your runes each day as either weapon or shield that would be powerful but manageable.
A weapon rune only has effect when you're attacking with it. Letting shields have both the attack and passive bonus all the time is double dipping into unbalanced territory.
With double weapons, you are using one weapon. Certainly using the double weapon part is nice perk, but you're suffering (as shown with calculations) a decrease in effectiveness without a major investment in talents.
John