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{{shield<br />
|name = Tower shield<br />
|cost = ?<br />
|weight = 23.0<br />
|SH = 13<br />
|EV = 15<br />
|maxenc = +8<br />
|skill = Shields<br />
|size = Medium, Large, Giant<br />
|weartime = 5<br />
|maxblocks = 4<br />
}}<br />
{{flavour|A large piece of wood and metal, to be strapped on one arm for defence. It is cumbersome to wear, and impedes the evasion, spellcasting ability, and attack speed of an unskilled wearer. These penalties will be reduced and eventually eliminated with increased Shields skill.}}<br />
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The largest of the [[shields]], '''tower shields''' provide high [[SH]], but with significant penalties. High [[Shields]] skill and/or [[strength]] can reduce these. While wielding a tower shield, you can [[Shields#Blocking|block]] a maximum of 4 attacks per turn. They are too large for [[Spriggan]]s or [[Kobold]]s to use at all.<br />
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==Egos==<br />
They can be found with the following [[ego]]s:<br />
*[[Reflection]]<br />
*[[Protection]]<br />
*[[Cold resistance]]<br />
*[[Fire resistance]]<br />
*[[Poison resistance]]<br />
*[[Positive energy]]<br />
*[[Resistance_(ego)|Resistance]]<br />
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Shield egos are relatively rare. Of the egos, reflection and protection are the most common. You can occasionally find cold resistance and fire resistance in [[Ice cave]]s and [[Volcano]]s, respectively.<br />
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{| class="prettytable" style="border:none; margin:auto; padding:0; text-align: center"<br />
! || Image<br />
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| '''Mundane''' || [[File:Large shield 1.png]]<br />
|-<br />
| '''Magical''' || [[File:Large shield 2.png]]<br />
|-<br />
| '''Artifact''' || [[File:Large shield 3.png]]<br />
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! || [[Unrandart]]<br>tower shields<br />
|-<br />
| '''[[Tower shield of Ignorance]]''' || [[File:Shield of ignorance.png]]<br />
|}<br />
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==History==<br />
*Prior to [[0.31]], shields did not have a maximum number of blocks per turn. Instead, the more blocks you made per turn, the less likely the next block was to be made.<br />
*Prior to [[0.28]], tower shields had a base EV penalty of 5, negated completely by 25 Shields skill.<br />
*Tower shields were known as "large shields" until [[0.25]].<br />
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