Re: (TFT) Shield Wall - Defence bonus or armor?

[David Bofinger <bofinger.david@gmail.com>]

I think the idea that shields, shield walls, main-gauche, fencing skill,
etc.. all provide DX mods rather than damage reduction is a good one. A few
thoughts:

* Rather than a e.g. +7 mod I'd rather see attackers rolling a couple of
extra dice.
* You can't block a giant's club with a main-gauche. Nor probably even with
a buckler. I'm not sure how to handle that, there's a few ways.
* If you are using parry rolls then maybe giving bonuses to those makes
more sense. But I'm not fond of parry rolls.

---
David



On 14 February 2015 at 10:36, Rick Smith <rick_ww@lightspeed.ca> wrote:

> Hi all,
>   I've been thinking about the shield wall.
>
>   Do people think that a shield wall should give an armor bonus, or
> make defenders behind the wall easier to hit?
>
>   I am leery about giving bigger bonuses to armor.  A PC with heavy
> armor, a leather flesh or stone flesh item, a shield and a shield wall
> bonus is going to be immune to light & medium weapons and largely
> immune to heavier weapons.
>
>   Being immune to damage is pretty dull.  This makes me think that
> the talent should give enemies a – DX to hit.
>
>   Anyway, I am polling the group.  What do people think?  If you do
> not have strong feelings, or feel that your arguments have already
> been made, simply weighing in and saying which one you
> prefer would be appreciated.
>
>   Warm regards, Rick.
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