Deft Blocking

Deft Blocking

	Shield
	200 sp
	19 Agility
	Shield_DeftBlocking

Your chance to block with a shield improves to 75%.

This skill increases the chance to block with a shield to 75%.

By default, an unskilled creature wielding a shield has a 25% chance to block. The Block skill raises that chance to 50%, and Deft Blocking further raises the chance to 75%.

Available Shields

This section is an excerpt from Shield#Available Shields.

Handheld Shields

Shield	AV	DV
gear from the Great Machine	10	-2
flawless crysteel aegis	7	-2
crysteel aegis	6	-2
Va'am's lens	6	-2
burnished fullerite shield	5	-4
fullerite aegis	5	-4
carbide shield	4	-3
eyeless crab shell	4	-3
steel shield	3	-2

Arm-Worn Bucklers

Shield	AV	DV
Stopsvalinn	3	0
steel buckler	2	-1
iron buckler	2	-3
wooden buckler	1	-1

Factions That Teach Deft Blocking

Deft Blocking is not taught by any of Qud's persistent factions. However, procedurally generated factions such as village factions can teach randomly chosen skills as part of their water ritual.

Creatures That Have Deft Blocking

• conservator
• Knight Commander of the Holy Temple
• Knight Templar
• Lorent Epsome, Wraith-Knight Errant
• protector of the Stilt
• Warden 1-FF, reprogrammed conservator
• warden of the Sanctum
• Warden Une
• Wraith-Knight Templar of the Binary Honorum