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Argitoth said:
mitigate? how well? as a matter of fact, with air shield on all my mages, a few still died. he had like 7 mages casting it per round though.
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Shields work by providing another layer of defense. AFAIK the defender against any projectile that only hits a single target, such a the projectiles off of blade wind, or arrows, or crossbow bolts, can be blocked by shields.
The defender makes a defense roll. If he succeeds he gets to add his shield protection to the protection of the armor where he was hit. This can mean protection well into the 25+ for well armored units with things like tower shields. This is why you can watch most heavy infantry walk through a hailstorm of arrows mostly unscathed.
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