I would disagree
Shield tend to have very nice bonuses on top of their magic and physical armor such +4 initiative ...which I don't think is available on weapons.
Additionally to that, you would see an awful lot of mages wearing 2 shield as they couldn't care less about their most of the time non-useful wand...
In D&D I think mages get a negative effect to counter the use of a shield (if they are allowed to use one) as they need their hands free to cast spell to balance the game; doesn't happen in this game...
in this game, anyone is a magic user....so to say that it would require an awful lots of strength to do so regarding your level would be pointless because so far the basic stat isn't that big of a game changer
Last edited by AngeliusMefyrx; 13/06/17 12:35 PM.