The effectiveness in blocking attacks is determined by the weight of the shield, i.e. a large wall shield will be much harder to knock down than a small wooden shield. As this is the case, it is much harder to successfully float a heavy shield than a light one.
The ability to float a shield is determined by the caster's bonus in magic.methods.physical.binding and the shield weight. The ability to control a shield is determined by the caster's bonus in magic.spells.defensive and the shield weight. Insufficient skill to control a shield will mean that the shield will fail to block attacks, and ability to cast the spell on a given shield does not guarantee that the shield will block efficiently for the caster.
Below is a list of shields and suggested magic.spells.defensive bonuses (compiled from tables by Sekiri and Sined). The first bonus column is what would give a fairly decent block rate with some chance of tms, whereas the second column is closer to maximum effectiveness.
| Shield | Weight (lb) | Starting Bonus | Effective Bonus |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small leather shield | 2 | ||
| Medium leather shield | 4 4/9 | 80 | 100 |
| Wooden Djelian shield | 5 5/9 | 110 | 130 |
| Small wooden shield | 6 6/9 | 120 | 140 |
| Small metal shield / Cloud dragon shield | 8 8/9 | 150 | 170 |
| Ephebian round shield | 10 | 160 | 180 |
| Medium bone shield / Kushi umbrella | 11 1/9 | 170 | 190 |
| Medium wooden shield | 13 3/9 | 190 | 210 |
| Antique round shield | 15 5/9 | 220 | 250 |
| Medium metal shield / Thousand rose shield / Portable running water shield |
17 7/9 | 260 | 280 |
| Large wooden shield / Seven-fold oxhide shield | 20 | 290 | 320 |
| Oval bronze shield | 21 1/9 | 320 | 350 |
| Large metal shield / Three star shield | 26 6/9 | 380 | 410 |
| Tsortean metal shield | 27 7/9 | 410 | 440 |
| Large copper wall shield (custom made - premium quality) | 32 | 490 | 520 |
| Bronze tower shield | 33 3/9 | 520 | 550 |
| Klatchian tower shield | 35 1/9 ? | ||
| Enormous spider carapace | 35 4/9 | 600 |
These shields can be ordered at Ug Ogg's Custom armour shop in the Djelian Guard Guildhouse, Djelibeybi. It can be found at the north-east end of Djelibeybi near the Palace. The weights of the various combination of shield, materials and qualities are as follows:
| Size | Material | Quality | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inferior | Low | Medium | High | Premium | ||
| Small | Leather | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Bone / wood | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |
| Everything else | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | |
| Silver / copper | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | |
| Medium | Leather | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Bone / wood | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | |
| Everything else | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | |
| Silver / copper | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | |
| Large | Leather | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 |
| Bone / wood | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | |
| Everything else | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | |
| Silver / copper | 26 | 27 | 29 | 30 | 32 | |