Tower shield - Revision history

Hordes: v. bump

2024-03-11T08:58:23Z

v. bump

Hordes at 07:14, 15 January 2024

2024-01-15T07:14:13Z

Hordes: update

2024-01-15T07:13:24Z

update

Hordes at 01:01, 22 July 2023

2023-07-22T01:01:15Z

Hordes at 00:52, 22 July 2023

2023-07-22T00:52:58Z

Hordes at 00:07, 28 April 2022

2022-04-28T00:07:08Z

Hordes: halfling

2022-04-12T08:19:46Z

halfling

Hordes: version

2022-03-09T01:49:42Z

version

Spudwalt at 04:13, 9 July 2020

2020-07-09T04:13:02Z

Emufarmers: Update name for 0.25

2020-07-04T00:00:35Z

Update name for 0.25

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 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 [[Shields#Blocking|block]] a maximum of 4 attacks per turn. They are too large for [[Spriggan]]s or [[Kobold]]s to use at all.
 They can be found with the following [[ego]]s:
-*[[cold resistance]]
+*[[Reflection]]
-*[[fire resistance]]
+*[[Protection]]
-*[[poison resistance]]
+*[[Cold resistance]]
-*[[positive energy]]
+*[[Fire resistance]]
-*[[protection]]
+*[[Poison resistance]]
-*[[Resistance_(ego)|resistance]]
+*[[Positive energy]]
-*[[reflection]]
+*[[Resistance_(ego)|Resistance]]
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 ==History==
 *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]].

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-{{version030}}
+{{version031}}
 {{shield
   |name = Tower shield
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   |size = Medium, Large, Giant
   |weartime = 5
 }}
 {{flavour|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. They are too large for [[Spriggan]]s or [[Kobold]]s to use at all.
+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 [[Shields#Blocking|block]] a maximum of 4 attacks per turn. They are too large for [[Spriggan]]s or [[Kobold]]s to use at all.
 They can be found with the following [[ego]]s:

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   |weartime = 5
 }}
-{{flavour|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.}}
+{{flavour|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. They are too large for [[Spriggan]]s or [[Kobold]]s to use at all,
+The largest of the [[shields]], '''tower shields''' provide high [[SH]], but with significant penalties. High [[Shields]] skill and/or [[strength]] can reduce these. They are too large for [[Spriggan]]s or [[Kobold]]s to use at all.
 They can be found with the following [[ego]]s:

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-{{version028}}
+{{version030}}
 {{shield
   |name = Tower shield
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 {{flavour|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.}}
-The largest of the [[shields]], '''tower shields''' provide high [[SH]] but require a high [[Shields]] skill in order to handle its significant attack penalties. They are too large for [[spriggan]]s or [[kobold]]s to use at all, but large species find them more comfortable to use than most.
+The largest of the [[shields]], '''tower shields''' provide high [[SH]], but with significant penalties. High [[Shields]] skill and/or [[strength]] can reduce these. They are too large for [[Spriggan]]s or [[Kobold]]s to use at all,
 They can be found with the following [[ego]]s:

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-{{version025}}
+{{version028}}
 {{shield
   |name = Tower shield
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   |weight = 23.0
   |SH = 13
-  |EV = -5
+  |EV = 15
   |maxenc = +8
   |skill = Shields
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 {{flavour|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.}}
-The largest of the [[shields]], '''tower shields''' provide high [[SH]] but require a high [[Shields skill]] to avoid seeing significant attack penalties. They are most useful to characters with high [[strength]]. They are too large for [[spriggan]]s, [[halfling]]s, or [[kobold]]s to use at all, but [[ogre]]s, [[troll]]s, [[naga]]s, [[centaur]]s, and [[formicid]]s find more comfortable to use than most.
+The largest of the [[shields]], '''tower shields''' provide high [[SH]] but require a high [[Shields skill]] to avoid seeing significant attack penalties. They are most useful to characters with high [[strength]]. They are too large for [[spriggan]]s, [[halfling]]s, or [[kobold]]s to use at all, but large species find them more comfortable to use than most.
 They can be found with the following [[ego]]s:
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 ==History==
 *Tower shields were known as "large shields" until [[0.25]].
 {{armours}}
 [[Category:Shields]]

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 {{version021}}
 {{shield
-  |name = Large shield
+  |name = Tower shield
   |cost = ?
   |weight = 23.0
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 {{flavour|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.}}
-The largest of the [[shields]], '''large shields''' provide high [[SH]] but require a high [[Shields skill]] to avoid seeing significant attack penalties. They are most useful to characters with high [[strength]]. They are too large for [[spriggan]]s, [[halfling]]s, or [[kobold]]s to use at all, but [[ogre]]s, [[troll]]s, [[naga]]s, [[centaur]]s, and [[formicid]]s find them relatively comfortable to use.
+The largest of the [[shields]], '''tower shields''' provide high [[SH]] but require a high [[Shields skill]] to avoid seeing significant attack penalties. They are most useful to characters with high [[strength]]. They are too large for [[spriggan]]s, [[halfling]]s, or [[kobold]]s to use at all, but [[ogre]]s, [[troll]]s, [[naga]]s, [[centaur]]s, and [[formicid]]s find them relatively comfortable to use.
 They can be found with the following [[ego]]s:
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 | '''Artifact''' || [[File:Large shield 3.png]]
 |-
-! || [[Unrandart]]<br>large shields
+! || [[Unrandart]]<br>tower shields
 |-
-| '''[[Large shield of Ignorance]]''' || [[File:Shield of ignorance.png]]
+| '''[[Tower shield of Ignorance]]''' || [[File:Shield of ignorance.png]]
 |}
 ==History==
-*Large shields will be renamed to [[tower shield]]s in [[0.25]].
+*Tower shields were known as "large shields" until [[0.25]].
 {{armours}}
 [[Category:Shields]]
 [[Category:Crystal Ball Articles]]