what's the use of a shield? - Page 2

Lord of Alcohol · 07-07-2002, 12:58 PM

Shields are good for one thing. Selling!!!! [img]smile.gif[/img] Greatsword users unite!

Draggor · 07-08-2002, 10:04 AM

Just to make a fool out of me my guy started using his shield repeatedly in combat the next time I started playing. He doesn't use it very often but he does block melee hits.

AndyG · 07-08-2002, 01:14 PM

All the various blocking animations are just to make combat look more interesting. My monk blocks as much as anyone else, and he has no shield and no weapon equipped. It's purely based on AC. Some percentage of misses show up as blocks.

Sorcerer Dave · 07-08-2002, 03:19 PM

It would be cool if for sword fight they added some pointless animations just so it looks like there fighting more. Instead of moving around the target then using and attack and it hits or misses, you could have there swords clasing several times then have the attack. Pointless but it would look cool.

I think I have seen the shield to block 1 or 2 times and I have seen arrows stuck init too.

Nerull · 07-08-2002, 10:54 PM

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Originally posted by Sorcerer Dave:
It would be cool if for sword fight they added some pointless animations just so it looks like there fighting more. Instead of moving around the target then using and attack and it hits or misses, you could have there swords clasing several times then have the attack. Pointless but it would look cool.

I think I have seen the shield to block 1 or 2 times and I have seen arrows stuck init too.

I fight with a sword, and I have swung and was parried by the opponent (they were not in parry mode). I have parried other people automatically when I have been swung at. They have dodges, blocks and misses all as animations in melee combat. You just have to look (actually, when you do an automatic parry with your longsword, you hear the clang of metal-on-metal).

Greadius · 07-08-2002, 11:59 PM

Maybe shields aren't that useless... at the beginning of chapter three, if my character used a shield I'd have a 36 AC

Of course, I wouldn't look nearly as cool with my giant toothpick slugged over my shoulder... or green - blue glowing longsword combo.

Kakero · 07-09-2002, 12:19 AM

so shield does block incoming weapon, for those lucky few I guess. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

07-07-2002, 12:58 PM	#11
Lord of Alcohol Xanathar Thieves Guild Join Date: January 8, 2001 Location: Charlotte,NC Age: 61 Posts: 4,570	Shields are good for one thing. Selling!!!! [img]smile.gif[/img] Greatsword users unite! __________________ No

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Draggor Zhentarim Guard Join Date: March 9, 2001 Location: Cranebrook, NSW, Australia Age: 47 Posts: 396	Just to make a fool out of me my guy started using his shield repeatedly in combat the next time I started playing. He doesn't use it very often but he does block melee hits. __________________ visit western sydneys number 1 wargames club WSGS on the web at<br />[url]\"http://www.westernsuburbsgamesociety.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.westernsuburbsgamesociety.co m</a><br />yes we play D&D

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07-08-2002, 01:14 PM	#13
AndyG Elminster Join Date: June 20, 2002 Location: Manchester, CT Age: 56 Posts: 422	All the various blocking animations are just to make combat look more interesting. My monk blocks as much as anyone else, and he has no shield and no weapon equipped. It's purely based on AC. Some percentage of misses show up as blocks.

07-08-2002, 03:19 PM	#14
Sorcerer Dave Drow Warrior Join Date: March 7, 2001 Location: Baldur\'s Gate Posts: 268	It would be cool if for sword fight they added some pointless animations just so it looks like there fighting more. Instead of moving around the target then using and attack and it hits or misses, you could have there swords clasing several times then have the attack. Pointless but it would look cool. I think I have seen the shield to block 1 or 2 times and I have seen arrows stuck init too.

07-08-2002, 11:59 PM	#16
Greadius The Magister Join Date: May 4, 2001 Posts: 126	Maybe shields aren't that useless... at the beginning of chapter three, if my character used a shield I'd have a 36 AC Of course, I wouldn't look nearly as cool with my giant toothpick slugged over my shoulder... or green - blue glowing longsword combo.

07-09-2002, 12:19 AM	#17
Kakero 40th Level Warrior Join Date: March 24, 2002 Posts: 10,215	so shield does block incoming weapon, for those lucky few I guess. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

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