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Originally Posted by ak_aramis
But one thing about Armored combat - shields are damned effective against blades. But blades can bypass the shield.
I'd suggest +1D difficulty to bypass the shield's damage resistance.
A parrying talent allowing a roll to block would be a good addition, provided it's not too
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For what it's worth, training with period viking equipment, one of the interesting things about the period equipment is that a poorly aimed blow from a sword that hits the shield edge (the shields are maybe 9mm thick at the boss including a hide facing, and perhaps 4-5mm at the edge, only 2.5mm of that is wood!) will embed and stick. Firmly.
it's very specific to the period and the equipment, but there's been a lot of interesting work in the HEMA space - check out
Dimicator's site for sword-and-buckler, and some other styles and periods.