In selfcorrection to what I suggested in the previous post about providing a feat to allow DEX characters to use shields effectively , I think I ' d actually dial back on that because I ' m not a huge fan of the sheer amount of combat feats already in place and how they gate so many options behind them . I ' d now instead suggest that the already existing Weapon Finesse feat should be extended to use of light shields as well if you use this house rule for shield defense , allowing characters with Weapon Finesse to use their DEX modifier instead of STR for the shield roll with light shields . <| sep |> Yep . They probably now are doing a bit of damage control . In fairness , they never directly said don ' t listen to us . They posted a Leonard Cohen quote within a week of F him dying . So a reasonable person could conclude that it was just related to that . However , they haven ' t updated the canary . That is the point . So regardless of any weird shit they say and any possible interpretations that people want to take from what they say , people should only be looking at the warrant canary .