I'd advocate for a compensatory defense and attack penalty for the shiny shield wielder... concentrating on blinding your opponent is a distraction, and positioning the shield to accurately reflect the light may not be the best position for defending against an opponent's attack...
-------------- Original message -------------- From: "Bernard, Keith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Oh, I'd think a -2 to attack rolls due to glare, or inability to call the > shot for the next attack if the Shield blind manoever is succesful. > Hopefully your attacker isn't wearing sunglasses. > > > On 11/5/07 12:07 PM, "Johannes Trimmel" wrote: > > > > > but how much benefit should you get from blinding your opponent with your > > shield? After all it will not cause total blindness. > > > > Can the enemy do anything (that he does not do automatically or that > > requites a roll from him) to mitigate the effects, other then move to a > > place where the sun is not ideal for shieldblinding? > > > > Will holding your shield in blidning position reduce it's value as defence > > weapon and it's PD? > > > > On Mon, 5 Nov 2007, Bernard, Keith wrote: > > > >> Shield skill or a manuver (blind with shield) > >> > >> > >> On 11/3/07 1:08 PM, "Johannes Trimmel" wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> One of my players has purchased a shield with a polished metal surface, > >>> with the intention to reflect sunlight to distract opponents. > >>> > >>> Any good ideas how to do that rulewise? > >>> > >>> > >>> One mans groundfloor is an other mans earthmissle > >>> @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ > >>> > >>> Johannes Trimmel > >>> @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> GurpsNet-L mailing list > >>> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l > >> > >> -- > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> GurpsNet-L mailing list > >> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l > >> > >> > > > > > > One mans groundfloor is an other mans earthmissle > > @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ > > > > Johannes Trimmel > > @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ > > _______________________________________________ > > GurpsNet-L mailing list > > http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l > > -- > > > _______________________________________________ > GurpsNet-L mailing list > http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
