Awe

[Forrest]

What you are saying is a little different from the book. Depending on the page.

The prophet awe check is 10 + 10 awe for a 20 or 21 with shield + DRN.

Moral check pg 79 is about the "squad"
Squad morale + DRN + survivor bonus

So you are saying the INDIVIDUAL trooper check for awe is HIS morale + DRN VS my "20" + DRN right?

This would subtract 5 off his roll at the start of the battle. So you are saying only special troops with very high moral could attack.

The stat chart on DRN is page 5.

[llamabeast]

Yep, pretty much saying only very special troops could attack.

Normal awe (+0) is itself very powerful. It's what you get if you take dom 9 on a pretender, and is very worthwhile.

[Sir_Dr_D]

Put a horror helm on that prophet.Then even less troops will be able to attack him.

[vfb]

He's a lot less likely to be killed in melee than by a stray arrow, or a cloud/area effect, or spells, or fatigue, or the battle turn limit.

So don't bother adding items that will help him defend against melee more. Instead, I think you should boost his MR and immunities, and give him a passive or area attack (like a charcoal shield as mentioned, or a snake bladder stick). Plus give him some sort of protection from missiles.

[Saulot]

Hmm... Does the Eye shield give eyeloss upon an attempted attack, or does it have to be a successful damage-dealing attack?

[Saint_Dude]

In order to be affected by the Eye shield, a unit only has to swing a melee attack at the shield holder. Actually hitting or causing damage is not required.

However, I do think swinging is required. And with the +10 Awe very few units are actually going to take a swing. Thus the Eye shield isn't going to be that useful. Same with the charcoal shield for that matter. You can't be hurt by a fire shield if you don't swing at it.

[Taqwus]

It has been reported that the petrification effect from the Aegis does work even on awed opponents, I believe. Nasty.