in the original version of a spell sword, 3.0, he had a racial restriction of human or githyanki, was phohibited from weilding a shield....if i must find a source i will, i know you are quoting the version in complete warrior...but im using the original version.<br/><br/>its part of the lure of the original design prestige class, that and all spellswords have un undying hate of drow.<br/><br/>ill find a reference later, all other stats were the same, just the prereqs a little differant. you can still use a shield, just pay a little extra and have it animated, k? then u can use two weapons, and gt a shield bonus.