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Man-High Shield

Page history last edited by PBworks 17 years, 1 month ago


Card Text

(3) Man-High Shield

EgyptianArmorShield (1 Hand)

Wch': Your defense rolls gain +1 against one handed weapons.

Ikr: At the start of any round you may discard this card. If you do, your defense rolls get -1 and you gain +1 speed for this round.

With the bow dominating tactical considerations on the Egyptian battlefield, the extreme size and bulk of these shields was borne out of nesessity.

Illus.: Jim Nelson • Set 2 • 59/100

 

Warrior Pack

Man-High Shield comes with the Horemheb the Restorer warrior pack.

 

History in Brief

 

Trivia

The Man-High Shield...

  • is a good example of how armor adapts to opposing weaponry. The cow-hide shields became man-sized to protect bearers from arrows; after run-ins with more mobile armies, the large shields lost favor to smaller styles that included bronze.

 

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