Quite honestly ...
I would probably welcome, if our characters would be able to AOO in meele no matter wich weapons they curently are holding (aka, let them swap automaticly) ...
Right now it feels like we are stuck somewhere in the middle of two rules ... in your turn, you can swap your weapons any times you want and it cost you nothing ... but outside your turn, you need to hold your sword drawn in order to be able to use it? :-/
A fair point. It does seem inconsistent. Though I guess enemies should then get the same benefit.
The free swap between weapons allows shield classes to always have +2 AC even if they attack with a ranged weapon.
Nah, +2 AC from shield is included all the time as long as you have shield equipped ... you dont need to swap it back to keep that bonus, so free swaping dont really affect this.
To my mind, free swapping is the only thing that can possibly justify the permanent +2 AC, so while it’s not mechanically linked, I think it’s right to consider the two together.
