10-18-2015, 01:05 PM
Thanks for all those replies, everyone. 
While we're on the subject of shields, though; I know from reading the Rules that DEF can be represented as armour or 'sheer resilience' (i.e. having bullet-resistant skin), but would it be possible to RP it as some sort of magical shield which automatically appeared when your character was attacked, and did not cost energy to use - basically working just like armour would?
The reason I ask is because shielding moves are generally expected to have drawbacks such as charge times and energy costs in order to actually be as strong as your DEF, whereas armour gets this strength for free. It'd be way more convenient if it could be done like this.
Would their be any way of making this work?
Sorry for asking so much, guys; I'm trying to come up with concepts for an Alt or NPC I might make at some point, hence all these questions.
While we're on the subject of shields, though; I know from reading the Rules that DEF can be represented as armour or 'sheer resilience' (i.e. having bullet-resistant skin), but would it be possible to RP it as some sort of magical shield which automatically appeared when your character was attacked, and did not cost energy to use - basically working just like armour would?
The reason I ask is because shielding moves are generally expected to have drawbacks such as charge times and energy costs in order to actually be as strong as your DEF, whereas armour gets this strength for free. It'd be way more convenient if it could be done like this.
Would their be any way of making this work?
Sorry for asking so much, guys; I'm trying to come up with concepts for an Alt or NPC I might make at some point, hence all these questions.
![[Image: Remote_Sensor_Tower_and_the_Fire_Warriors_2.png]](https://image.ibb.co/jSJjAJ/Remote_Sensor_Tower_and_the_Fire_Warriors_2.png)