Shattered Kingdoms

or it could be some smart NPC that sees you wearing a shield, so it aims for the legs. With or without toughness I'm sure most hits going to the legs will break them sooner than later.

It's not that he's got any added intelligence. Shields just aren't as effective at protecting the legs.

Without a shield, my leg's fur is deflecting. With a shield my leg's fur is not deflecting. I dunno, but that looks buggy to me.

I contend it's just a bit of bad luck, but send me a log.

With more testing the toughness on my legs is there, even while wielding a shield. However the protection boost a shield gives upper limbs and head is so significantly more then what the shield gives the legs it makes it appear broke. I would consider boosting the protection a shield gives to the legs a bit, because even if it is more difficult to protect from low blows - though that should be decided on the type of shield- it should offer some protection. And right now that protection for legs is not mentionable.

What about huge frikkin tower shields, the kind that your more likely to rest on the ground and fight around? I would think that there should be different types of shields, each with its varying capability to block/deflect, since a large shield could obviously cover the whole body if used right. Also, being as there are negatives to using larger weapons, what about a chance-to-block increase on shields larger than you? It would seem that the larger your shield, the better protection it provides...?

Changing shield type protections and how they function would be great.

IE, small shields, large shields, tower shields, walls of energy (whatever).