Types of shields

Following on from the illustrations of weapons and of armor, this time round it's on to some of the more supplemental items that form a warrior's arms and...

This simple rule gives more value to armor since it adds Damage Reduction when the character would go to less than 0 hp. RULE Armor works normally (give AC bonus) until the character goes to 0 hp then Armor absorb excess damage from that hit. Note: This damage reduction works only on the hit that would take the character below 0hp, if the character is already out of combat the damage reduction doesn't work, so if attacked again you apply the normal rules against helpless target. The Damage…

Shield types

A medieval shield was one of the most important components of medieval defensive armory and thus special attention was paid to it.

A while back, I was asked to write about the different types of shields. I’d already set up the posts for July to promote The Life & Times of Ichabod Brooks, so here we are in August. T…

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Skyrim Shield

A shield is a warrior's second most important piece of armament (the first being whatever the warrior's offensive weapon is -- although a shield can be used as an offensive weapon as well). Even when full plate armour made shields largely unnecessary for the wealthiest knights by the end of the 14th century, it remained the central focus of his armourial display and lived on in tournaments and heraldry. All other soldiers would of course use shields, except in cases when two-handed weapons…