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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.}}
 
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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.
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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.
  
 
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Revision as of 05:13, 9 July 2020

Version 0.25: This article may not be up to date for the latest stable release of Crawl.
Name Tower shield
Size to wear Medium, Large, Giant
Shield Value 13
Base shield penalty -5
Maximum Enchantment +8
Grants nothing
Time to Wear 5
Maximum Blocks  ?
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 spriggans, halflings, or kobolds to use at all, but ogres, trolls, nagas, centaurs, and formicids find more comfortable to use than most.

They can be found with the following egos:

Egos such as cold and fire resistance are fairly rare, usually only found in mini branches such as the Volcano or through a scroll of acquirement.

Image
Mundane Large shield 1.png
Magical Large shield 2.png
Artifact Large shield 3.png
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Tower shield of Ignorance Shield of ignorance.png

History

  • Tower shields were known as "large shields" until 0.25.
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