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<blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 7797810" data-attributes="member: 20564">I did a little bit of sword and board fighting in the SCA way back.&nbsp; If I said I wasn't very good, I've be overstating my abilities to the point of crass exaggeration.&nbsp; But it can at least give me some insight into armor and shield without proficiency.&nbsp; Moving in heavy armor is definitely a trick, and actively using it so that the armor took the shots and you didn't end up with, for example, solid wall of bruises on the back of your legs. No reason I picked that one, nope, not at all. More than once.But really, using a shield while trying to attack, with a foe feigning high and them smacking me in the leg AGAIN.&nbsp; Definitely skill to use it.&nbsp; Just like driving a car is a skill but after a while you forget how hard it was at first and how much of your attention it consumed.For light armors, doing things like taking blows intentionally on the bracers or other reinforced parts is kind of how I envision the proficiency - it's not just how to move like a gymnast in it, and how to do so while also maximizing it's protection.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blue, post: 7797810, member: 20564"] I did a little bit of sword and board fighting in the SCA way back. If I said I wasn't very good, I've be overstating my abilities to the point of crass exaggeration. But it can at least give me some insight into armor and shield [I]without[/I] proficiency. Moving in heavy armor is definitely a trick, and actively [I]using[/I] it so that the armor took the shots and you didn't end up with, for example, solid wall of bruises on the back of your legs. No reason I picked that one, nope, not at all. More than once. But really, using a shield while trying to attack, with a foe feigning high and them smacking me in the leg AGAIN. Definitely skill to use it. Just like driving a car is a skill but after a while you forget how hard it was at first and how much of your attention it consumed. For light armors, doing things like taking blows intentionally on the bracers or other reinforced parts is kind of how I envision the proficiency - it's not just how to move like a gymnast in it, and how to do so while also maximizing it's protection. [/QUOTE]

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