Abyss Ambulator
Posts: 1244
Joined: Thursday, 10th March 2011, 19:45
Magic, Staves & Shields
It has been suggested that to fix this, shields should be changed so that it is impossible to completely remove the penalty.
I'm just throwing out an alternative suggestion: make magical staves 2-handed for all species. (ie not just reduce the damage like with quarterstaff/lajatang, you would actually have to wield the staff 2-handed to gain any of the magical powers.)
This would give spellcasters a choice of going with the buckler and a normal 1-handed weapon for the added defence but losing the option of using and quickly swapping between staves of conjurations/energy/channeling etc, or on the other hand using a staff but losing the shield.