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One-on-one with Shields: Upsetting the conventional wisdom
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One-on-one with Shields: Upsetting the conventional wisdom

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For those coming in from Dimicator: welcome, and thanks for visiting! My stats rather firmly reflect a deluge of traffic thanks to Roland’s Facebook share. For those looking for other stuff: More on shields My experiences starting to get into viking-style martial arts with Ásfólk: And welcome to all! Forget All You Know Roland Warzecha…

Vikings, Shields, and Game Rules
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Vikings, Shields, and Game Rules

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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,…

Shields Will Be Splintered (Shields in The Broken Blade)
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Shields Will Be Splintered (Shields in The Broken Blade)

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My article in this latest issue of Pyramid, The Broken Blade, presents an alternate framework for weapon breakage based more or less on looking at the HP of the weapon in question. In fact, the basis for the calculations I did was to (say) compare the HP of a sword (2-4 lbs of steel) to…