RuneBrighteyes
Artisan
Re: My LOVE/HATE Relationship with Shields and learning to f
My thoughts on turtling are not why I delay teaching people shield. They are both just thoughts about shield.
As for the value of delaying shield training I am just sharing what has worked for me in the past (and what I will continue to recommend in the future). That being said I would suggest that ANYONE who wants to improve their fighting should tool around with one sword- ideally in their off hand. Make that work and then everything else gets real easy.
Again, "turtling" is specifically against the rules. To engage in such behavior is cheating, and players who do this should have the behavior addressed by their local marshal. If you are concerned that newer fighters will excel in combat with a shield and become complacent because through the act of turtling they are unable to be struck, then these players are not successful because shields are overpowered, they are successful because they are cheating. I do not feel that this concern should lend itself to denouncing shields to entry level fighters.
My thoughts on turtling are not why I delay teaching people shield. They are both just thoughts about shield.
As for the value of delaying shield training I am just sharing what has worked for me in the past (and what I will continue to recommend in the future). That being said I would suggest that ANYONE who wants to improve their fighting should tool around with one sword- ideally in their off hand. Make that work and then everything else gets real easy.