Shields

Some combatants use shields to protect themselves from melee attacks and missile fire. With this technique, you can use shields made from leather, wood, metal, or wicker. You can also attack with a shield, but they’re not very well suited for offense.
Special: AT and PA stats of shields are calculated like any other combat technique. Parrying with a shield grants double the shield’s parry bonus and doesn’t impose a penalty for using the off hand (see page 238). Ranged combat attacks and attacks from large enemies can also be parried using a shield. Using a second shield doesn’t increase the bonus. To defend against a ranged combat attack, you must parry actively with the shield. When parrying with a shield, you cannot also parry with your main weapon. You can use a shield to attack.
Primary Attribute: Strength
Improvement Cost: C

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For example: Tjalva has a combat technique value (CTV) of 12 for the combat technique Shields. Her stats in Courage and Strength are both 14, so her AT with the shield is 14, from CTV 12 + 2 (for two sets of 3 full points of Courage above 8), and her PA with the shield is 8, from CTV 12/2 + 2 (for two sets of 3 full points of Strength above 8). Add the AT modifier and 2x the PA modifier of a shield to these calculated stats. For example, with a Thorwaler shield (AT/PA -5/+2 , which becomes +4 ), Tjalva’s stats would be AT 9 and PA 12.