Kite shield

Version 0.31: This article may not be up to date for the latest stable release of Crawl.

Name	Kite shield
Size to wear	small to big
Shield Value	8
Base shield penalty	10
Maximum Enchantment	+5
Grants	nothing
Time to Wear	5
Maximum Blocks	3

A 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.

A kite shield is a shield that provides moderate SH at a manageable penalty. They are a reasonable choice for both melee and caster characters, at least with a bit of Shields skill. While wielding a kite shield, you can block a maximum of 3 attacks per turn. Only Spriggans are too small to use a kite shield.

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 kite shields
Shield of Resistance
Shield of the Gong

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, kite shields' penalties were negated completely by 15 Shields skill, but their initial penalties were higher.
• Shield penalties increased in 0.27.
• Kite shields were just called "shields" until 0.25.