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{{DISPLAYTITLE: Notes - The Use of Weapons and Shields}} | {{DISPLAYTITLE: Notes - The Use of Weapons and Shields}} | ||
==Shields== | |||
;Pavises - 2008 | |||
:A Society rule update in 2008 included further instructions around the use of pavises. | |||
:A pavise can be carried in a manner which does not require hand control (such as a shoulder strap). In this case, the fighter is not allowed to actively block with it, nor can they use their own weapon, and if struck by a hand weapon, the blow is counted as if the pavise was not there. | |||
:Other rules about pavises were incorporated into the [[Armoured_Combat:Target_Areas_and_Acknowledgement_of_Blows#Effects_of_missile_weapons|rules on the effects of missile weapons]]. | |||
Revision as of 07:42, 14 June 2019
Shields
- Pavises - 2008
- A Society rule update in 2008 included further instructions around the use of pavises.
- A pavise can be carried in a manner which does not require hand control (such as a shoulder strap). In this case, the fighter is not allowed to actively block with it, nor can they use their own weapon, and if struck by a hand weapon, the blow is counted as if the pavise was not there.
- Other rules about pavises were incorporated into the rules on the effects of missile weapons.