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<blockquote data-quote="Chronikoce" data-source="post: 5993233" data-attributes="member: 6696592">The trouble with shields is that I believe their protection varies pretty widely based on the type of shield, the fighting style your using, and the weapon that the enemy is using. Wooden shields for example were very good defense against slashing weapons. They both served to stop incoming attacks and when the enemy slashed you could get their weapon stuck on their shield and disarm them. However a wooden shield is not nearly as good vs bashing weapons because they would shatter and break (also since the blow is passed through shield and not dispersed well I can't imagine your arm would hold up to too many direct hits).Metal shields were heavier and slowed you down but offered better protection but without that added benefit of being able to catch an incoming attack and disarm the bad guy when their weapon gets stuck. They also don't do wonderfully due to direct hits from bashing weapons. If that is TL;DR. Shields should be better than +1 but I think +4 is too high because shields were not always the best choice in combat.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chronikoce, post: 5993233, member: 6696592"] The trouble with shields is that I believe their protection varies pretty widely based on the type of shield, the fighting style your using, and the weapon that the enemy is using. Wooden shields for example were very good defense against slashing weapons. They both served to stop incoming attacks and when the enemy slashed you could get their weapon stuck on their shield and disarm them. However a wooden shield is not nearly as good vs bashing weapons because they would shatter and break (also since the blow is passed through shield and not dispersed well I can't imagine your arm would hold up to too many direct hits). Metal shields were heavier and slowed you down but offered better protection but without that added benefit of being able to catch an incoming attack and disarm the bad guy when their weapon gets stuck. They also don't do wonderfully due to direct hits from bashing weapons. If that is TL;DR. Shields should be better than +1 but I think +4 is too high because shields were not always the best choice in combat. [/QUOTE]

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