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[NTJedi]

Originally posted by SurvivalistMerc:
NT Jedi,

You think that a charcoal shield would still be effective and count as equipped if a unit falls down on top of it and it faces the ground? Sure...he's touching the shield...but it doesn't appear to be equipped to me.

Weapons do not fall off from paralyzation and neither do shields... thus the items are equipped during and after paralyzation. So even an immobile unit which has fell would still have the shield or weapon equipped. Otherwise an entire battle round would have been placed into the game for units recovering from paralyzation as they would need to equip their items again.
Why wouldn't the shield still be equipped... it's still wrapped on his arm and the unit is just lying on the ground??
If you've ever seen or used a shield before you'd see that simply falling down would not unequip most shields.

I'll concede that fire elementals and sphinxes probably don't "fall down." I should have been a bit more specific...voluntary muscle contraction, if such existed before, in the legs of the paralyzed creature ceases. This will cause most creatures to fall down.

What makes you think the paralyzation would cause units to fall down?? There are several different types of paralzation. A unit which has been magically paralyzed may become as stiff as a board. What happens to the skelleton commanders they don't use any muscles to begin with... why should they fall?? In many many games the effects of paralyzation does not cause the units to fall down. And with this game there are no settings or views or signs specifically indicating 'fallen unit'.

[ February 18, 2004, 15:05: Message edited by: NTJedi ]