Shields (skill): Difference between revisions

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The Shields skill denotes how good your character is at blocking melee or ranged attacks with a shield, including some magical ones. A higher Shields skill also decreases the penalties to EV, spellcasting, and combat that come with having a large piece of metal or wood strapped to your arm.

For normal-sized characters, a 5/15/25 shield skill will completely cancel out the penalty from a buckler/shield/large shield, respectively. For other races, see Shields.

For information on item use, see Shields.

Shields aptitudes

From Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup 0.12 in-game documentation:

Hu	Ce	Dg	Ds	Dr	DD	DE	HE	SE	Fe	Gh	Ha	Ko	Mf	Mi	Mu	Na	Op	Og	HO	Sp	Te	Tr	Vp
0	-3	-1	-1	0	1	-2	-1	-2	N/A	-1	1	-2	0	2	-2	-2	0	-1	1	-3	0	-2	-1

Skills
Weapons	Short Blades • Long Blades • Ranged Weapons Axes • Maces & Flails • Polearms • Staves • Unarmed Combat • Throwing
Physical	Fighting • Armour • Dodging • Stealth • Shields
Magical	Spellcasting • Invocations • Evocations • Shapeshifting
Spell Schools	Air • Alchemy • Conjurations • Earth • Fire • Forgecraft • Hexes • Ice • Necromancy • Summoning • Translocations

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 The '''Shields''' skill denotes how good your character is at blocking melee or ranged attacks with a shield, including some magical ones. A higher Shields skill also decreases the penalties to EV, spellcasting, and combat that come with having a large piece of metal or wood strapped to your arm.
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