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Offline Druss_the_Legend

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Shield Bash - do you use it? what rules do you use to resolve it?
« on: April 18, 2017, 04:31:41 PM »
Shield Bash - do you use it? what rules do you use to resolve it?

Do you...
develop as a weapon skill?
develop as a regular skill like disarm?
use the ram/butt/bash table? max medium result on bash table?
is this a static action or a moving manuever to use it?

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Re: Shield Bash - do you use it? what rules do you use to resolve it?
« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2017, 05:06:28 PM »
The new RMU rules are good for this:
--Shield Bash has its own attack table, with primarily unbalancing and Krush crits. I think RM2 might have had a shield table too in one of the companions?
--Shield is its own skill. I think the developers want players to have to develop skill in bash separately from skill in defensive use, though our group just allows one skill to serve for both
--Shield Bash follows the normal rules for actions: a full attack with a shield bash would be 4 AP, a -25 attack is 3 AP, and a -50 attack is 2 AP. The Multiple Attack skill can be used to reduce penalties if you want to both shield bash and attack with a main-hand weapon at the same time.
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Re: Shield Bash - do you use it? what rules do you use to resolve it?
« Reply #2 on: April 19, 2017, 06:23:01 AM »
Quote from: Druss_the_Legend on April 18, 2017, 04:31:41 PM
Shield Bash - do you use it?
Yes, I do.
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what rules do you use to resolve it?
RM2, RoCo. IV, chapter 3.9 "Shield bashes", options #3 and #4.
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Do you...
develop as a weapon skill?
Yes, I do, as a one-handed crushing weapon.
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use the ram/butt/bash table?
Yes, I do.
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max medium result on bash table?
No, I don't. I use a maximum depending on the shield size, as ruled in the aforementioned chapter.
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is this a static action or a moving manuever to use it?
It's a normal combat action.
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Re: Shield Bash - do you use it? what rules do you use to resolve it?
« Reply #3 on: April 24, 2017, 08:18:53 AM »
OLF worded it perfectly.

Ditto for me and the group I game with.
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Re: Shield Bash - do you use it? what rules do you use to resolve it?
« Reply #4 on: May 12, 2017, 10:09:38 PM »
I use RMFRP, and Shield Bash is a write-in in one-handed crush weapon attacks. I use the Ram/Butt/Bash attack chart, and limit the attack by shield size (buckler equals small, wall shield equals huge).

To use a shield bash and a weapon in the same round requires the two-weapon skill in combat maneuvers category.

Using a shield bash takes away one of the melee defense "slots" of the shield for that round, and removes the ability to defend from missiles for that round.

I base this on my experience with using shield bashing in a LARP.
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