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Ziggurat · 02-29-2004, 10:22 AM

My party of lev 8 adventurers was trying to make it back to the Monastery when they ran into 9 army ants, 9 twilight bats and 6 shriekers. I ran to one of those convenient crevices and dug in for a long battle. This 4-party is a mook monk (male, I call him "Threem" because he has 3 M's), faerie ninja, elf samurai and gnome valkyrie. Normally the valk is in center and the rest in front. Since the sam gets picked on alot (no stealth), I got the bright idea of dropping the other 2 back and putting him on defense. Meanwhile, the nin could use her cane and the monk his pebbles, along with the valk's pike. The sam has AC 11 and reasonable armor for head and feet, but he started getting bit bad by the ants. Shield ability is about 21. I saw a problem ahead with the coming twilights, which generally are much harder.

I am wondering if there is such a thing as a shield defense, i.e., a way to take advantage of it tactically? My trick didn't work, I switched them back next move with much better results (killed them off almost as fast as they moved in). A second question is: how much protection do you really get from a shield?

02-29-2004, 10:22 AM	#1
Ziggurat Symbol of Cyric Join Date: November 4, 2001 Location: Baltimore, Md Age: 71 Posts: 1,106	My party of lev 8 adventurers was trying to make it back to the Monastery when they ran into 9 army ants, 9 twilight bats and 6 shriekers. I ran to one of those convenient crevices and dug in for a long battle. This 4-party is a mook monk (male, I call him "Threem" because he has 3 M's), faerie ninja, elf samurai and gnome valkyrie. Normally the valk is in center and the rest in front. Since the sam gets picked on alot (no stealth), I got the bright idea of dropping the other 2 back and putting him on defense. Meanwhile, the nin could use her cane and the monk his pebbles, along with the valk's pike. The sam has AC 11 and reasonable armor for head and feet, but he started getting bit bad by the ants. Shield ability is about 21. I saw a problem ahead with the coming twilights, which generally are much harder. I am wondering if there is such a thing as a shield defense, i.e., a way to take advantage of it tactically? My trick didn't work, I switched them back next move with much better results (killed them off almost as fast as they moved in). A second question is: how much protection do you really get from a shield? __________________ How are you today, Citizen?