"If you take the Attack action on your turn, you can use a bonus action to try to shove a creature within 5 feet of you with your shield."
I have been wanting a "shield bash" ability ever since I started playing. This however is not it unfortunately. What I have to ask though is what is the differance between this "ability" and the general shove ability? To me it just sounds like you're "using your shield" instead of your hands??? If that's the case it seems just pointless to me. I'm guessing that I am missunderstanding things here though and would like someone to please clarify what I'm not understanding.
I still eagerly await a "shield bash" ability/feat. I'm not really sure why but I've always liked the idea of smacking you upside your head, or just in your body in general, with my shield. Basically like a 2nd attack but with a shield as the weapon. I know everyone has seen this happen in movies so you have got to know what I'm talking about. Lol.
It is my free interpretatio of a "shield bash" because it is the closest to the 5E ruling I know. A real offensive shild bash skill is of course always better to have.
But mainly this is about the shove mechanic in general which is Larian homebrew and not 5E compliant. Larians BA shove mechanic devalues the Shield Master feat besides some other mechanics...
A shove to prone, even if it was restricted to the Shield Master feat would be great. As modders could use the animations and what not to give us a rules as written shove to port into the game. Though, I admit, I'd prefer the animation for it be a bit more grounded than the flying shield bash shown in the accompanying video. Just a personal preference, mind you.
Don't take this video example for 100%. I didn't find a better melee combat example then and I haven't found one now, but the original skill in the game shown is actually melee. The dude just show some kind of game mechanic exploit for a range attack version of that skill for the PVP.
