Shattered Kingdoms

Perhaps I should correct what I said. I meant I saw him holding a shield -often-. You can hold a stave or scroll and a shield, after all.


Energy armor can give good AC. Obviously he did not intentionally go into combat with the idea that he'd take hits, but it did happen, and I saw logs where he'd survive several rounds of melee combat because of the shield. In fact, I remember fighting him with my hellion and thinking that it was such a pain to kill him because he was immune to my hellfires and kept dodging or blocking all my attacks.


I don't think so, no. Ultimately an enhanced damage for shield block trade would mean that priests would lose one skill that can be used for both leveling and PK and gain something that only helps speed up their leveling (albeit more so than shield block), since they'll never be doing physical dmg in PK.

I wouldn't take that trade.

If any class would get shield block, it would be bards. They are even more warrior than a rogue and they get it.

What makes you think that a guy who makes his way in the world by singing and fast talking is more of a warrior than a guy who makes his living by cutting purses and stabbing people in dark alleys?

So why do you idiots want to take away the added defensive bonus and extra item to load up defensive enchantments on for a class that should be sitting 3rd row anyway to give them a skill that makes no sense for them rp wise and that they should never ever ever ever use anyway unless they are leveling?


I always used a shield on my priest.

There is just no -good- reason why you would replace shield block with edamage.

Look at the skillset D. If they aren't meant to be warriors. Why do they get 3 attacks and enhanced damage? Shamans are considered a warrior type class and they don't get either. Scouts get 3 attacks and shield block and they will never use a shield. Bards in SK are far from just singing wanderers. If they were to be less combative they wouldn't have 3 attacks and enhanced damage, but instead 2 attacks, no enhanced damage, and many more magic, magic-like, skills and abilities.

Please don't take shield block from priests. All priests should be wearing a shield, it's a huge defensive bonus and along with shield block can mean the difference between dying and living in many pk situations. Priests should wear shields! And they should definitely be able to block with them.

Like said, enhanced damage makes no sense at all RP wise for a priest when a shield block could be useful. (blocking a couple of hits can be life-saving, when doing an extra 2% HP damage with your low accuracy weapon is not)

Every class, besides swashbucklers of course, can be seen with a shield and take advantage of it.

Point 1) I was around Frollith as much or more then you and I didn't see him use a shield often. But like I said I'll leave it to Frollith to post here if he wants to explain what his char was like.

Point 2) Energy armor can have a good AC. So what? Is the meissa holy armor energy armor? Frollith wasn't exactly known for his pimped out loot or hoarding. I remember him having regular clothing that he enchanted then him having the meissa holy armor. Again I'm not going to sit here like you and build him up into a good example, I'll let him explain himself.

3) You don't think a man who goes around with a great big maul bashing and killing with it would know enhanced damage?

Ultimately you're grasping at straws and trotting out Frollith, making him out to be something he wasn't, and claiming shield block is regularily used by priests. It's not. When I led the Harlies none of the priests used shield block.

But I guess since Frollith had his elite energy armor and usually had a shield because he was taking hits so much and stuff this change should be considered.

With that logic warlocks should also get enhanced damage, as well as a few other classes that don't get it I'm willing to bet.

Priests get harm, WTF are you doing killing things with a pole-mace?

Well it looks like about five times as many people think this is idea is bad then think it's good so, maybe i'm on my own here. Oh well. I like the idea.