Buckler

Version 0.31: This article is up to date for the latest stable release of Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup.

Name	Buckler
Size to wear	little, small, medium
Shield Value	3
Base shield penalty	5
Maximum Enchantment	+3
Grants	nothing
Time to Wear	5
Maximum Blocks	2

A small 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 of the wearer. These penalties will be reduced and eventually eliminated with increased Shields skill.

Bucklers are the smallest kind of shield, with the least SH bonus but the least encumbrance. Most characters will receive tiny penalties from a buckler, even at 0 Shields skill. While wielding a buckler, you can block a maximum of 2 attacks per turn. They are the only type of shield that Spriggans can handle, but they are too small for Oni and Trolls to use.

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
Artefact
	Unrandart
Warlock's Mirror

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, bucklers' penalties were negated completely by 4 Shields skill.
• Shield penalties increased in 0.27.