Raise a Shield

Time Required: 1 second
Skill: None
Required: Trained in Shields

You place your shield between yourself and your foes. While any character can gain the Deflection bonus of their shield, only those with proper training may place it to interdict attacks without interfering with their own.

Until the start of your next turn, you gain the Cover bonus of your shield.

To finish off his turn, Eldrin Stormscale raises his targe, giving himself Cover 1.

A goblin hurls a javelin at him, rolling a 1 and a 10. The goblin's total attack bonus is 14, more than enough to strike Eldrin—his Agility defence is only a 12, even with his shield—but the attack automatically misses, as one of the dice rolled came up showing his Cover value or less.