Yesterday I wrote about the construction and use of Viking shields: a roughly 30-36″ diameter shield (call it a medium shield) of very, very light construction (6-8 lbs), low face thickness (7-9mm at the thickest, including the up to 1mm of hide and glue covering, and maybe 2mm wood at the edge, with another 2mm…
Thursday is GURPSDay, I’m back. Here’s an actual “before 9am” post, and I even wrote something this week, with a more GURPSy shield post that is in my head for today. Welcome to the second year of GURPSDay, and here’s the pull for this week. We’re currently drawing content from 89 blogs. Only 11 more to go…
I’ve been building a lot of shields recently. Part of this is just because I like working with wood. The crafting aspect of it is very satisfying, and is more visceral than blogging, obviously. But it started with me doing research for Dragon Heresy. I’ve always been skeptical of the bonuses from shields in D&D,…