I’m trying to decide if this is a good move:

I’m trying to decide if this is a good move:

I’m trying to decide if this is a good move:

While you have a shield equipped, add the following option to Defend:

• Redirect a spell or magical effect from the thing you defend to yourself

Does intercepting a spell or magical effect count as redirecting an attack?

4 thoughts on “I’m trying to decide if this is a good move:”

  1. Also, if you make it a move, you’ll imply some things in the fiction. I mean if just any spell can be deflected by a shield, then even mental things like Charm person is a visible, tangible attack.

    That’s perfectly okay to establish for a game, but should it always be the case?

  2. I’m not sure I agree with you, Eric. I think making it a move strongly implies that spells and whatnot are normally not tangible attacks, because why else would you need a move for it?

    With that said, I think a move that let’s you jump in the way of a spell isn’t super appealing. If the spell was described as a tangible attack, I’d feel like I could do that anyhow. And if the spell wasn’t tangible… I’d want the move to give me some defense against it.

    Along those lines, I used this in The Judge:

    □ MIRRORSHIELD

    Requires: Aegis of Faith, level 6+

    When you Defend with a shield, you can spend 1 hold to intercept a spell or magical effect and redirect it to a different target (or no target at all).

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