01-20-2021, 09:13 AM | #21 | |||||
Join Date: Aug 2018
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Re: Two Shields
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This next bit might be getting CRAZY crunch but there's even some element of that when comparing "lift my hand" vs "lift my elbow". Your biceps could be tired out from constantly curling a sword/buckler yet your shoulders might be comparatively fresh so you could still lift your elbow to throw an elbow strike, for example. I'm probably thinking on that too much though because biceps also help the delts to flex the shoulder... I think I'm more thinking along the lines of "you can still do fast downward strikes after slowly lifting your limb/weapon" since gravity helps and your shoulder/elbow extensor muscles can remain relatively fresh since they don't have to deal with constantly supporting a load, only occasionally helping accelerate downward chops. I was using DB2 shields. They rendered me completely blind to anything below eye level and still vulnerable to low line attacks. I think DB3 shields would be functionally impossible to duel wield, but even if they weren't you'd be essentially hiding behind a table and completely blind. DB1 shields would be far far more usable. Quote:
This would make the shields pretty worthless to stop frontal attacks but probably helpful in stopping attacks from side. Especially "side" in GURPS terms which on the hex is slightly behind (ie not talking about the front-left and front-right, only the back-left and back-right) Basically not like these two humans https://i.stack.imgur.com/og176.jpg https://i.imgur.com/ttMojFU.png but more like this elephant: https://i.redd.it/qhp19qe8w4241.png except not hunched-over because that would naturally have shields pull the arms forward causing tension on scap retractors and lower back to prevent. Adopting a crouching posture should definitely make bearing a lot of burdens more fatiguing since if you're bending at the spine or hip you're relying on muscles to keep the spine/hip joints from bending further (gravity wants us full fetal position) to a greater degree than when fully upright when we use our bone leverage for energy efficiency. If you're instead bending at the knees to stoop lower it's the same logic except with knee extensors. Quote:
You could abandon it to react quickly but then you're automatically in a more-fatiguing position and would need to waste time following up to readjust your posture for long-term efficiency. There's be no point doing this in a battle under constant attack, it'd only make sense if you got regular breathers but needed to maintain shield cover because there's archers to the left and right and you don't have a bro at your back to do a synergistic shield wall (shield circle for 360 cover?) Quote:
I would say maybe you could so some kind of "resting posture" for shields which consumes fewer action points per second simply holding the shield up as cover as opposed to the quick adjustments you'd need to make in a short period of time either to react to an incoming attack or quickly reposition to prepare for an attack you expect to come in a short period of time. |
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