Shields idea

[logan9a]

With the KISS thing firmly in mind -

What if we were to make it so that shields could simply parry things that you are not normally able to parry? Like big (but not huge) attacks, mountain lions attempting to maul you, etc.

No bonuses and such - you just buy up shield skill (you can also use a shield against some guy with a knife of course - but it would be useful against other things - arrows and shit) and use it as you would a parrying weapon?

Thoughts?

[Fantômas]

Are you saying on top of the extra parry etc?

[logan9a]

No.

It would be building a whole new skill to be able to parry more different kinds of stuff that you couldn't with say a sword/knife. Like arrows. Something with claws and paws. No additional percentage - just more versatile in what it can parry.

[Scott]

Was there a decision reached in this thread?

I liked my idea obviously.

If I were shield tsar, I would have the base skill at 40. Then I would say you could parry/block with a buckler. Then with a real shield (anything larger than a buckler, because screw bucklers) you can also attack for 1d6 damage using the club skill, block incoming arrows, get +1 DR that stacks with your armor, and let you defend one extra time.

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Hauling around a real shield is still a pain in the ass, but will not normally be penalized outside of play immediately cards. If you pull the Overencumbered card, you automatically count as overencumbered.

[logan9a]

That thread were all of the ideas that didn't make it into the game.