Sir monacle
Talentless Hack

Thanks!
I’m not really active. I only pop in once in a blue moon or when I happen to get a birthday email

Hahaha, I'm not feeling blue, ...worse! Probably I've caught me a viral infection and I've started to show the symptoms of becoming one of the Blue Meanies!

Heh, figured you were on that side of the world, 's a rarity i get to chat with anyone in the same time zone as Osaka.
As for getting up at 5.30, usually it's closer to 4 these days. Just takes about an hour to get enough coffee in me to type anything.

No issues, mate; i'm used to time zone gaps in convo. Have yourself a good one, yeah?

Thanks so much!

Funny thing is, I actually watched that cartoon when I was young.

Thanks!

Sounds good.

I also think how fight scenes would be made in the RPG and how the scenarios could have more fruitful opinions with a little element of surprise in each one of them, but I will tell that later. It's getting pretty late ATM.

Shields would be different from armors so that they can block attacks. In a scenario like this...

1: Fight the Goblin. (You: -3 HP. Goblin: -1 HP.)

2: Defend yourself from the Goblin. (You: -2 HP.)

If you would choose the 2nd option and you do not have a shield, then you take the 2 damage from that option. However, if you have an Iron Shield [When equipped: +2 Defense, Block] equipped and you choose option 2, you are able to use shield's Block ability in that option and you'll lose 0 HP.

But if one with a shield would choose option 1, he or she would not be able to block himself from the attack, because he or she is attacking as well.

Here are some examples.

You defend yourself from 2 damage with Wooden Shield [When equipped: +1 Defense, Block]:

-1 HP = -0 HP

-2 HP = -1 HP

-3 HP = -2 HP

You defend yourself with Iron Shield [When equipped: +2 Defense, Block]:

-1 HP = -0 HP

-2 HP = -0 HP

-3 HP = -1 HP

-4 HP = -2 HP

etc.

If your character has no shields/armor equipped and something would happen in an option, such as:

1: Beat the drunk warrior. (You: -2 HP. Enemy: -1 HP.)

... then you lose those 2 HP. But if your character has a Chain Mail [When equipped: Raises defense by 2.] equipped, then...

1: Beat the drunk warrior. (You: -2 HP. Enemy: -1 HP.)

... your armor can prevent up to 2 damage from HP loss, but never completely. So if the enemy would make your character lose 2 HP and you have Chain Mail, you lose 1 HP instead. If you would lose 1 HP when you have Chain Mail, you lose that 1 HP. If you would lose 4 HP while you are wearing that Chain Mail... you lose 2 HP instead. So it goes like this with armor:

You: Chain Mail [Equipped] [When equipped: Raises defense by 2.]

-1 HP = -1 HP

-2 HP = -1 HP

-3 HP = -1 HP

-4 HP = -2 HP

-5 HP = -3 HP

-6 HP = -4 HP etc.