It's like Dodge, but better!

History:
Bestowed by the Eagle Gods to Kzar Rabahn, and stolen by thieving Galeshi warriors after his death, this revered battle prize is a holy relic to all the Orcs of the Land.

Dodge? Eyng? :(

The -2 on attack will relagate this item (excuse me relic) to the darkness of the storage box. I have all 40 of the first batch and play the same 5 or so all the time (I love the G. Sunsword). I hope we get a really MEAN range card. Like the only relic that can pierce ghostform.

can't see the pic, could someone post the text and modifiers?!?

shield requirement 29 points -2 attack +1 defense

if wielder has 0 action tokens attacks miss on a 3-6, if 1 token miss on a 4-6, if 2 tokens miss on a 5-6

That pretty much covers what the card says.

It seemed good until I saw the -2 attack. I'd rather pay a bit more for the relic and not get that huge penalty.

Yea the -2 attacks is fairly major. But i still rather use cloak of the dervish (an item) and do almost the same thing (Yet be vulnerable to Crushing blow and Peirce) for a few points more.

I might use it if it have a +2 or +3 defense even with the -2 attack

Grade of relic = C-

And you can stack it with Dodge? Great Scott!

I'd be screaming that this is insanely broken or something if it wasn't for the fact that this is also the easiest relic to break in the game.

hmmm, the penalty is too high, especially since the orcs, even Harrowbalde, do not have very high attacks...

why this is a holy relic to us is beyond me, maybe what they say about our intelligence is true :(

if it had a bonus to speed or another bonus to defense, maybe, or if the atack penalty was only -1 - but as it is, this will go on my Shrine to the Eagle Gods and just be prayed to every night - oh and bathed in Elf blood and what not :)

Obvisosly a relic for any support peice that isn't doing any real attacking or an objective squatter.

It is an awesome piece of relic. If you guys don't want it, please send it my way.

PMC

Well unless you have a figure with a enormous attack (Like Drakor, He has a 14 i think? So that only makes it a 12) I do not see this item being very Useful, Unless maybe it was attached to a cheap UN used for taking Objectives, Whos job it was to just live? <_<

I think some of you are giving it a pretty severe beating before considering some of its strengths. Not every figure I use is used offensively. I think placing this on a 2.0 LE with an already high defense and just covering an objective token would be awesome. Find one with counterattack or parry (or DODGE, for crying out loud) in addition and you won't be touching it often.

And if you need the extra defensive abilities and need to offset the penalty, basic items can do that, too.

I like this one, and am thankful it has such a penalty to the attack or I'd be cursing every game it got used against me. Do I wish it had additional bonuses to movement, or an additional SA, yeah. Will I use it as it is? I'm already excited about the possibility.


Jeesh, just thinking about it for a minute...this screams to help out the riders which are already vulnerable. Combined with a mount, this might be just the trick to help him out.

And on a good healer, the shield could protect the figure until you absolutely HAD to heal a key figure with a high defense, then just drop the shield and heal.

I think AltemRusso hit the nail on the head. Plus, if it is an objective token squatter, it should not have a whole lot of action tokens on it, so the dodge (which is not cancelled by pierce or crushing blow) should be very effective. The reduction to attack is substantial, but for 29 points you do get something that is better than dodge throughout the dial plus a +1 to the defense. Imagine this on a figure with a lot of regeneration clicks; it might last forever.

Wait! If you add cheap items with +'s to their attack then you can off set the -2 attack, right?

It's like giving a rider a major relic that slows you down, who cares as long as you remain mounted, right?!