The impact of shields

Does wearing a shield have an impact on character's Strength, Dexterity or Speed? Lets assume the encumbrance level is "none".

 

Not as far as I know.

 

Ok thanks

 

By the way, what happens with your damage and chance-to-hit when you dont have enough Strength for wielding a weapon?

 

Don't double post and MAKE A GUESS GODDAMNIT!

 

Anyone there kind enough to answer?

 

If you don't have enough strenght to wield a weapon then you deal less damage. I'm not sure what happens to chance to hit but It's probably lower.

 

Alright, thanks

 

I didn't know that you deal less damage when Strength isn't high enough for a given weapon. I do know that the chance to hit goes down by 5% for each point of Strength that is missing. Easy to live with, really, but quite annoying to see the warning.

 

lol yeah very anoying

 

Actually, if anything, it is a very fair mechanic indeed.

Some other games simply don't let a character wield weapons if their strength level lies under the strength requirements of the weapon.

But, Arcanum gives the choice to the player to decide if their character will still wield the weapon even though there will be penalties.

 

And that's why Arcanum is such a great game.

 

Exactly. It is the freedom produced from realism.

 

Couldn't agree more..

 

It's the warning that's annoying. And I'm not suggesting that it's a bad thing, just that it's annoying to constantly be reminded that the character is too weak to use the weapon without penalty. Like a "fasten seatbelt" light, blinking whenever I check the inventory.

 

It really is annoying but I guess it's necessary for us to know that we are not using the weapon in an optimal fashion since we are incapable of wielding it efficiently...