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| Some units wear a shield. A shield helps protect the wearer vs both melee and ranged attacks. All shields have a Parry value and a [[Protection]] value. The Parry value determines how easy it is to parry attacks with the shield. The Protection value indicates how much Protection the shield offers on a succesful parry. How it affects the wearer depends on the type of attack. | Some units wear a shield. A shield helps protect the wearer vs both melee and ranged attacks. All shields have a Parry value and a [[Protection]] value. The Parry value determines how easy it is to parry attacks with the shield. The Protection value indicates how much Protection the shield offers on a succesful parry. How it affects the wearer depends on the type of attack. | ||
| - | <WRAP box round 800px center> | + | ===== Shields in Melee Combat ===== |
| + | In melee combat a shield adds extra [[Protection]] to any defender who succesfully parries a melee attack. | ||
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| **Attack roll:** Weapon' | **Attack roll:** Weapon' | ||
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| If Attack roll =< Defense roll => Attack misses</ | If Attack roll =< Defense roll => Attack misses</ | ||
| - | When an attack is Parried the shield' | + | When an attack is Parried the shield' |
| + | * This added Protection is not affected by diminishing return like normal Protection. | ||
| + | * It is still affected by the Protection reduction from piercing and [[armor piercing]] attacks like any other attack. | ||
| + | ===== Shields in Ranged Combat ===== | ||
| + | In ranged combat a shield can protect against incoming damage. | ||
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| + | **Attack roll:** [[Size]] points in the square \\ +2 if [[magic weapon]] \\ + [[DRN]] | ||
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| + | **Defense roll:** 2 \\ – [[Fatigue]] / 20 \\ + [[DRN]] \\ **+ Shield Parry value x2** | ||
| + | </ | ||
| + | <WRAP centeralign> | ||
| + | If Defense roll + Parry >= Attack roll > Defense roll => Attack is Parried \\ | ||
| + | If Attack roll =< Defense roll => Attack misses</ | ||
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| - | + | When an attack is Parried the shield' | |
| - | ====== Shield destruction | + | * This added Protection is not affected by diminishing return like normal Protection. |
| + | * It is affected by [[armor piercing]] reduction to Protection like any other attack. | ||
| + | * However testing has shown that it //is not// affected by the armor reduction from piercing attacks. | ||
| + | ===== Shield destruction ===== | ||
| Shield hits can damage or destroy the shield. A shield has a Resistance, which is the same as its shield protection value, +5 if the shield is a magic one. The attack has a Break value, which is equal to the damage of the attack before any Protection. | Shield hits can damage or destroy the shield. A shield has a Resistance, which is the same as its shield protection value, +5 if the shield is a magic one. The attack has a Break value, which is equal to the damage of the attack before any Protection. | ||
| + | Note that many spells have the [[Ignores Shields]] tag which basically means that shields will have no influence at all against that particular attack. | ||
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| + | Damaged shield protection values round down: that is to say that a damaged ??Scutata Volturnus?? offers 16 Protection. | ||
| A magic shield (a real, equipable one) that is damaged will repair itself after the battle. If a magic shield is broken, it will be permanently destroyed and the commander will revert to his or her standard shield if he or she had one. Damaged or broken mundane shields will be repaired when they are in a province with enough spare production resources. | A magic shield (a real, equipable one) that is damaged will repair itself after the battle. If a magic shield is broken, it will be permanently destroyed and the commander will revert to his or her standard shield if he or she had one. Damaged or broken mundane shields will be repaired when they are in a province with enough spare production resources. | ||
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