12-21-2013, 12:46 PM | #1 |
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[MA] Shield Techniques
If a shield's primary use is to defend, and using it as a weapon is secondary, is it reasonable to allow Techniques for Shield Rush and Shield Bash?
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12-21-2013, 12:48 PM | #2 |
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Re: [MA] Shield Techniques
Not in my book.
After all, the primary purpose of a sword is to kill people with it. That doesn't mean you can raise your skill for Parrying with a technique. |
12-21-2013, 02:00 PM | #3 |
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Re: [MA] Shield Techniques
No, if it was possible, it would become a main weapon.
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12-21-2013, 02:16 PM | #4 | |
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Re: [MA] Shield Techniques
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Still agree you shouldn't be able to buy a basic attack as a Technique above Shield skill.
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12-21-2013, 02:29 PM | #5 |
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Re: [MA] Shield Techniques
Maybe on 3e, on 4e you have enhanced parry.
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12-21-2013, 02:44 PM | #6 |
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Re: [MA] Shield Techniques
They are not techniques, they are advantages. And it is possible to raise shield parry and dodge with Enhanced Parry and Enhanced Dodge.
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12-21-2013, 03:34 PM | #7 | |
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Re: [MA] Shield Techniques
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For Shield Bash though I would say no, since Main-Gauche is similar. Both are skills for weapons used primarily defensively, just Main-Gauche happens to more clearly behave like other melee weapon skills with regards to strikes, so Shield should too. |
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12-21-2013, 03:52 PM | #8 |
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Re: [MA] Shield Techniques
I don't see why shield should be any different from any other weapon skill, the offensive/defensive split seems needlessly complicated, the kind of thing I would expect to hear from a player trying to rationalise "kewl powas" beyond the accepted.
i would not allow someone to improved Broadsword (parry) or Broadsword (Swing) techniques so I wouldn't allow someone to improve similar abilities just because they were using a shield.
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12-21-2013, 05:10 PM | #9 |
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Re: [MA] Shield Techniques
If you're proposing to be allowed to buy up an attack roll to above unmodified skill, you should think very, very hard about whether you should really go there.
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12-21-2013, 05:23 PM | #10 |
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Re: [MA] Shield Techniques
I'd say that a shield's Primary use is to Block, Rush, or Bash, just like most weapons include attacking and parrying. I don't think I've ever had a lesson on shield, witnessed a lesson on shield use, or seen someone talk functional shield use that didn't at least touch on shoving and bashing. Even with small shields and bucklers shoving is a common "aggressive defense" tactic. I wouldn't allow a technique for these things.
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