12-07-2017, 11:55 AM | #1 |
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Damage to Shields
So, looking at shields:
A light shield is DR 5, HP 20. It's probably a homogeneous wood object with an area of about 2 sf (1 lb/sf), which is about 1/4" of wood, so computed value is about DR 1, HP 10. A small shield is DR 6, HP 30, and the same 2 sf, so it's 4 lb/sf. Figure about 0.05" of iron over 0.5" of wood, so computed value is about DR 3, HP 16. A medium shield is DR 7, HP 40, and probably more like 4 sf, so similar areal density to the small shield; computed value is about DR 3, HP 20. A large shield is DR 9, HP 60, and probably more like 6 sf, so similar areal density to the small shield; computed value is about DR 3, HP 24. That's a ... large discrepancy. The easiest fix is to assume that Damage to Shields uses half of the weapon's damage. This leaves light, small, and medium shields about the same toughness as they are in RAW (taking 22, 38, and 46 damage to break, instead of 25, 36, and 47) though it still reduces large shields significantly (51 vs 69). I also notice that there do not appear to be any rules for deliberately attacking shields. |
12-07-2017, 12:07 PM | #2 | |
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Re: Damage to Shields
Quote:
Martial Arts p122.
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12-07-2017, 12:29 PM | #3 |
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Re: Damage to Shields
My understanding (though I have no expertise whatsoever in this area) is that a wooden shield is not simply a hunk of wood. It's primarily wood but reinforced with leather, metals, etc. and probably also hardened and varnished and so on.
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12-07-2017, 01:23 PM | #4 |
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Location: Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Re: Damage to Shields
I'm pretty sure that what happened was that the table from the 3e Basic Set found its way into the 3e Basic Set, with the headers changed for 4e.
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12-07-2017, 01:47 PM | #5 |
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Re: Damage to Shields
Ah, didn't realize LT had fixed that.
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12-07-2017, 02:00 PM | #6 |
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Re: Damage to Shields
You might find some issues there too, but you won't find 60 HP shields at least.
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12-07-2017, 02:14 PM | #7 |
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Re: Damage to Shields
Low-Tech fixed a lot of things. It went through almost a year of playtesting and reality checking.
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