-crawl- A question on shields

External Since: Dec 16, 2005 Posts: 150

Shields have a +10 speed penalty and large shields -- +20. I remember
reading somewhere that it with a high enough shields skill, the
penalties go away, is that true?

Is is possible to have condensation shield spell and wear a shield?
Would the bonuses add?

Looks like the Katana is the only weapon that is faster wielded in one
hand than two -- with base speed 130 on a hand-and-a-half weapon,
wielded two-handed the speed limit is 70 and one-handed it is 60.

External Since: Jun 27, 2005 Posts: 133

Denis wrote:
> Shields have a +10 speed penalty and large shields -- +20. I remember
> reading somewhere that it with a high enough shields skill, the
> penalties go away, is that true?

I'm pretty sure no. I thought they had some much larger speed penalty
that decreased with skill, but that it was impossible to wear a shield
without suffering some speed loss. But sometimes I make stuff up.

> Is is possible to have condensation shield spell and wear a shield?

No.

> Would the bonuses add?

It's an interesting philosophical question, anyway.

> Looks like the Katana is the only weapon that is faster wielded in one
> hand than two -- with base speed 130 on a hand-and-a-half weapon,
> wielded two-handed the speed limit is 70 and one-handed it is 60.

Hm. That's interesting.

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Jeremey