Shield

[David Rimple]

"Rank 3: Desperate block. Active ability.
Effect: May call resist against a standard attack."

What is a standard attack?

[Mr. F]

Any non-called swing. It's defined in the book.

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Standard Attack: A claw, firearm, melee, or thrown weapon attack where no effect is called.

[David Rimple]

That's what I thought. So, um, doesn't a Shield Rank 2 or higher *already* block those things? Or is it saying that even if the attack misses the shield and hits the player, they can call it off?

[Mr. F]

Shields, by their nature, only block one side of you at a time. So yeah, if you get hit in the back or whatever, you can resist.

[Ron Leota]

Yeah, it's a game mechanism to resist an attack that landed.