Passive Defense of 3rd edition

Usual Gamer · 07-17-2008, 11:56 AM

Sorry if I am posting this in the wrong place, I found no forum for the old editions.

I am well acquainted with the 4th edition's combat system, but I've just joined a group where the GM prefers to use the 3rd (the only one translated in Brazilian Portuguese).
He said that a shield's passive defense only works for a block. Is he right? I thought that it could work for other defenses as well, depending on the direction of the attack, like the shield's DB in the 4th edition.

07-17-2008, 11:56 AM	#1
Usual Gamer Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Brazil	Passive Defense of 3rd edition Sorry if I am posting this in the wrong place, I found no forum for the old editions. I am well acquainted with the 4th edition's combat system, but I've just joined a group where the GM prefers to use the 3rd (the only one translated in Brazilian Portuguese). He said that a shield's passive defense only works for a block. Is he right? I thought that it could work for other defenses as well, depending on the direction of the attack, like the shield's DB in the 4th edition.