Shield Proficiency
( Player's Handbook v.3.5, p. 100)[General]
You are proficient with shields.
Prerequisite
Required for
Shield Expert (SF) ,
Benefit
You can use a shield and suffer only the standard penalties (see Table 7-5: Armor, page 104).
Special
Barbarians, bards, clerics, druids, fighters, paladins, and rangers have this feat for free. Monks, rogues, sorcerers, and wizards do not.
Normal
A character who is using a shield with which he or she is not proficient suffers the shield's armor check penalty on attack rolls and on all skill rolls that involve moving, including Ride.