Re: Cool stuff & NPCs

From: Paul <kax_at_...>
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 07:29:52 -0000

• In HeroQuest-RPG_at_yahoogroups.com, "Manuel MOLINIER" <astaroth. maillist_at_f...> wrote:
  > Another good reason is that the wood in itself is a better shock
  stopper than metal (the fiber allow more shock reduction) and it even allow to "grab" an oponent spear for exemple.
  > Then I imagine that even for warriors it's easier to make and change
  wood shield than using steel ones.

 Is why they were wood faced with steel, so blows could glance off more often. It was cost was the problem with them, mostly, rather than impact or weight.
 Consider what a mace would do to a wood shield; makes it a good thought to face it with iron to spread that impact out and stop the shield being shattered (as well as help hold the wood together)... ;)  Lamination has a similar effect, and was done in various different ways, both with wood and leather.

Paul