MainGauche in HTH differs Melee vs ITL

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Originally Posted by Skarg

And that mechanic doesn't really match the situation - neither one is really liable to just reduce the amount of damage by one point - they're more liable to either deflect an attack or avoid a hit than to just reduce a hit's damage by a bit.

Hence defend option and the enemy hits you with a big club and you get a broken shield arm.