Full Game: Land of the Seven Realms, Glossary and General Background

[Badger]

Wow....holy poop on a stick Batman...*L*

Thanks guys....

*ponders how to save that much money and still make any magical armor for the crew*

Badger

 

[Thordain]

Testing sig

 

[Badger]

Final Sheet...

Added the last of Tragus' purchases to his list....nothing major as far as the buying went, four potions total and his crossbow and bolts.

Can't wait until the kickoff...

Badger

 

[Morwyld]

And so we begin

Got a first post up, working on direct character openings now.

Here's the link:

http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=47144

 

[Morwyld]

Hmm, but that's if I'm fighting from behind it (with melee?). I'm planning not on fighting, but healing. I'd get the total cover bonus then right? And 9/10 cover for firing my crossbow from it?

If you are healing someone in front of you, you would still only get 1/2 cover. However, if you moved into the same "square" as a fallen comrade, you could use the shield to give you both full cover from the front while you healed him/her. Keep in mind that unlike a normal shield, which functions in all directions, over the course of a round, tower shields only operate as cover in a given direction.

You could use 3/4 cover and still shoot a crossbow. However, reloading while holding a tower shield isn't possible.

A tower shield's best use is during siege warfare, or in open battles, where a line of soldiers can lock shields in front of a line of bowmen, for example.

They really aren't extremely useful to the wandering adventurer, except in certain very specific situations.

Cheers,

 

[Morwyld]

All player starts are up in the game thread, feel free to reply.

Perrivas, if you are still interested in playing, get your character sheet up, and I'll work you into the action.

Cheers,

Mor

 

[Thordain]

I was assuming that tower shields work the way they are explained in this thread (see diagram).

If there's special house rules for tower shields, I think I may change to another type of shield.

 

[Morwyld]

That's up to you. I've already let you know how I work tower shields.

They just work best when in lines, or when the opponents can't easily come to you, like when using them for cover against archers on walls or the like.

 

[Thordain]

But I can still use a tower shield to get full cover and heal someone next to me (not in between me and the tower shield), right?

 

[Morwyld]

Absolutely. If you put your tower shield between you and an attacker, and then heal someone to your left or right, you'd be safe from opportunity attacks.

Of course a foe immediately beyond the shield could take a single 5 foot step and be able to attack on his own turn, but he wouldn't be able to opportunity attack "through" the shield's covered arc.

And if you had a pal handy with a ready weapon, that attacker would take the relevant opportunity attacks himself.