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09-28-2018, 06:36 PM | #2 |
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: New England
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Re: A dagger can defend, but a shield cannot
The wording on ITL 117 does specify a ready weapon, but, since you can attack with a shield (shield rush), it would be reasonable to treat one as a weapon for the purpose of defending (especially since that is what you actually do with a shield). It could easily be made unambiguous one way or the other with a tiny edit.
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09-28-2018, 07:08 PM | #3 | |
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: behind you
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Re: A dagger can defend, but a shield cannot
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09-28-2018, 07:28 PM | #4 |
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Pacheco, California
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Re: A dagger can defend, but a shield cannot
Can you defend with a shield if you don't have the shield skill and your AdjDX is zero?
How about with the staff on the same turn you use its uber special no-action attack? In that case must you defend against the same figure you did the staff special attack against? Finally, can one Staff of Power auto-defend against the auto-attack of another?
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09-28-2018, 10:48 PM | #5 |
Join Date: May 2015
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Re: A dagger can defend, but a shield cannot
I think you can defend with anything big and solid enough in your hands. After all, you can defend with a short bow in your hand. So yes I think you can defend with a shield in your hand but no weapon. Realistically, I tend to think a shield would be more effective at stopping both ranged and melee attacks than parrying with a weapon.
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09-28-2018, 11:06 PM | #6 | |
Join Date: Dec 2017
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