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Old 01-11-2018, 08:44 AM   #12
mlangsdorf
 
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But, can't a buckler or a shield block an attack just once?
If you're not using the advance rules in Martial Arts, you can only block one attack per turn. That's still one less attack you have to Dodge.

I'm assuming you're a fairly competent swashbuckler, with a Dodge of 11 and enough Acrobatics to make one Dodge per turn an Acrobatic Dodge. Assuming no predictive shots, you've got an 85% of Dodging a single arrow per turn, a 50% chance of dodging two, a 33% chance of Dodging three, and a 20% chance of Dodging four arrows in a turn.

If you had a DB 1 shield and Shield-16, you have an 85% chance of blocking the first arrow, a 90% chance of Acrobatically Dodging the second, and 75% chance of Dodging each of the next the next two - which puts your cumulative chances of avoiding two arrows at 75%, three arrows at 57%, and four at 40%.

So picking up a shield gives you a better chance of getting through 3 arrow hits per turn than you had of getting through two arrow hits without a shield.

Even if you had a DB0 shield boss buckler, it still ups your chances of getting through two arrow hits per turn unscathed by 10%. But get a fine light balanced light shield - they're cheap for what they do for you. They also give you defense options when fighting people with flails or extremely heavy weapons: most pole-arms can break fencing weapons, so having a shield is useful.
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