Weapons and block

[Albireo]

Yeah, i mean staffs/wands could have like magical sheilding to help prevent attacks.
If i was a real mage i would do that for sure!
Pity im not.

[Lyoven]

what would remain of a crossbow after it blocked a huge overhead hit from my axe? =)

[Dynamics]

I'm pretty they're both tempered with the same steel. Afterall, Karls makes everything.

[Lilian]

Well I think archer weapons are a different thing entirely. I don't think any archer would try to block with their bow or crossbow. They're hardly designed for that.

But otherwise I do agree fully. As it is now, the blocking is strictly limited to clerics and 1h sword fighters, and as it completely negates damage once it kicks in, it's pretty unfair to other characters to not have such an option. Especially the less rigid ones.

[_JunShyr_*FTW*]

Staffs and bows should maybe gain more evade for that part where fighters and clerics have block? That would work better possibly as staffs and bows can be rather quick weapons.

[Grudger]

Archers could wear one of those mini shields on one arm to block

[Dynamics]

It's perfectly plausible that a person blocks with any weapon. People thinking that staves and bows are fragile clearly haven't ever handled them in real life. With staves, I'm talking about combat staves of course, but magic staves and combat staves would essentially be the same. Bows aren't so fragile, they've been known to be used to block sword attacks and what not before.

[rokaraged]

I kinda have to disagree, while end does need to be revamped a little i think block should only pertain to classes that will fight in melee.

I mean c'mon compare a mage staff to a equivalent of a fighter's axe/2handed sword...If you TRIED blocking with that it would break

[azelz]

i agree with this except for archers. what archers should have i think is kinda a more evade kinda thing. you know because we would want balanced classes

[Dynamics]

I think endurance should benefit all classes equally. Why should an archer invest points into endurance only to not benefit completely from what it gives? It won't upset the balance of the game terribly in my opinion. Block occurs quite rarely, but it could be life saving.

I'm aware I brought the whole real life argument in, but that was purely an example case for people who were wondering how exactly block would be brought about by a bow, staff, two handed sword or axe. It wouldn't be completely illogical for it to be implemented into the game.

I mean c'mon compare a mage staff to a equivalent of a fighter's axe/2handed sword...If you TRIED blocking with that it would break

I suppose I could argue that the mage could imbue a burst of magic into their staff making it temporarily unbreakable, or that Smith Karls had tempered all weapons with the same steel. It wouldn't be outside the realm of possibility in a game based on fantasy afterall.

But let's swing this back into the real question, and avoid discussing trivial details like whether or not it's "realistic." I'm just asking, would you find this more fair, and why?