Minor mechanics questions

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Another point:

Shield prot is entirely different from body/head prot and does not show up on the screen at all (you can only find out what it is by clicking the shield itself). Shield Parry is added to Defense value, so to find out the actual defense value you must access the defense breakdown.

Protection/Defense works like this:

Natural Protection (eg, due to a thick hide for a dragon, most humans have none of this) + Spell Buffs + Armor for that slot (head/body) = Protection for that blow.

If the is a shield and the calculated attack value (Attacker's Attack + DRN [2 open-ended dice]) is between (Defense [not inculding parry] + DRN) and (Defense [including Parry] + DRN) than the attacker hit the shield. This works like a normal attack except the shield's prot (which is often not insubstantial) is added.