Tower shield

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Name	Tower shield
Size to wear	Medium, Large, Giant
Shield Value	13
Base shield penalty	15
Maximum Enchantment	+8
Grants	nothing
Time to Wear	5
Maximum Blocks	4

A large piece of wood and metal, to be strapped on one arm for defence. It is cumbersome to wear, and impedes the evasion, spellcasting ability, and attack speed of an unskilled wearer. These penalties will be reduced and eventually eliminated with increased Shields skill.

The largest of the shields, tower shields provide high SH, but with significant penalties. High Shields skill and/or strength can reduce these. While wielding a tower shield, you can block a maximum of 4 attacks per turn. They are too large for Spriggans or Kobolds to use at all.

Egos

They can be found with the following egos:

• Reflection
• Protection
• Cold resistance
• Fire resistance
• Poison resistance
• Positive energy
• Resistance

Shield egos are relatively rare. Of the egos, reflection and protection are the most common. You can occasionally find cold resistance and fire resistance in Ice caves and Volcanos, respectively.

	Image
Mundane
Magical
Artifact
	Unrandart tower shields
Tower shield of Ignorance

History

• Prior to 0.31, shields did not have a maximum number of blocks per turn. Instead, the more blocks you made per turn, the less likely the next block was to be made.
• Prior to 0.28, tower shields had a base EV penalty of 5, negated completely by 25 Shields skill.
• Tower shields were known as "large shields" until 0.25.