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Originally Posted by SlipperyJim
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Originally Posted by Nikelaos
... also if the enemy archers have crossbows or arbalests they may very well be able to punch through a sheild that parries them.
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Actually, the manual seems to be pretty clear that blocking a missile with a shield is 100% effective. Melee attacks can punch through shields if they do enough damage, but missiles cannot.
The exception is a missile with a secondary effect, such as Sauromatia's poisoned arrows. Blocking a poison arrow with your shield still seems to get you poisoned.... |
i'm afraid i'll have to argue with you there, the manual has an example where an arrow is blocked by a sheild but doesn't talk about it in detail, you will notice sheilds have a protection value, this value is exclusively put into action when you block an arrow/other ranged weapon .
(protection from sheild never adds on to body protection in melee, if you win defense vs attack roll in melee it's simply a miss)