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Old 09-12-2020, 01:47 PM   #10
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Default Re: Come back with your shield... or on it.

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Originally Posted by Skarg View Post
I've done some playtesting with a similar house rule, but I simply used the RAW hits stopped as the DX penalty to be hit. That way the original balance is impacted less.
We started with the same, more moderate, 'to hit' penalties, but in our playtesting the conclusion was that the shields didn't feel shield-y enough (how's that for a technical term?). Plus we also agreed that the opportunity cost wasn't quite balanced since using a shield means giving up a second or larger, more damaging weapons.
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