Re: (TFT) TFT and whimpy shields.

[Paul Zagoridis <paulz@zagz.com>]

Hi Rick

As others in the original threat mentioned, armor and armies moved on from
the use of shields after about 1300. TFT however is the realm of fantasy
skirmish combat.

Player characters are heroes, not average infantrymen.

So the wimpy shield effect is more influenced by fantasy literature than
large scale battles.

That's all.

Regards

Paul


On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 5:11 PM, Rick Smith <rsmith@lightspeed.ca> wrote:

> Hi Paul, everyone.
>   I'm very sorry.  I'm not sure what you are asking.
>
>   Warm regards, Rick.
>
> On Tue, 2013-05-03 at 15:34 +1100, Paul Zagoridis wrote:
> > How much of that is the effect that PC's are heroes?
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 12:50 PM, Rick Smith <rsmith@lightspeed.ca>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Meg.
> > > I agree.  In my campaign a few talents make shields
> > > more useful - stopping more damage and making you
> > > harder to hit.
> > >
> > > (This makes shields more popular.)
> > >
> > > I've also upped the damage for 2 handed weapons as
> > > I think that a typical +1 damage for doing without
> > > a shield is not enough.
> > >
> > > (This makes shields less popular.)
> > >
> > > :D
> > >
> > > Warm regards, Rick.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, 2013-04-03 at 18:50 -0600, Meg Tapley wrote:
> > > > Is it just me, or are shields comparatively underpowered? Considering
> > > > how widespread they were in various militaries throughout the world,
> and
> > > > how widespread they aren't among player-characters, it seems like
> > > > something's off.
> > > >
> > > > - Meg
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