The Shield Block skill is a special defensive skill; A Shield Block will cancel any attack which the shield itself could defend against other than a Sneak Attack such as an Assassinate. In general, this means 90 degreed from forward center on the offside, and 135 degrees from forward center on the weapon side. Please keep good sportsmanship in mind. The Shield Block can also be used against a Critical Strike, Riposte, or Lethal Strike, and the strike would still be used up by the opposing player.

It may also be used to block things such as a 20 fire packet. If used against a spell, the player would take whatever the spell effect would be normally, though all spell defenses would still apply.

To use this skill, the character would simply state “Shield Block” loudly enough for all those including the attacker to hear. The skill is used up whether it is successful or not at that time.

Certain Taglines such as the “Massive” tagline can be defended against when using a Shield Block.

The player may purchase this skill once after gaining the Parry skill and then they may purchase this skill again each time they gain an addition two levels of Weapon Damage skill in their primary hand. Thus, it is possible for a player with Weapon Damage +6 in their right hand to have only one Parry but three (3) Shield Blocks.

If that player also had Weapon Damage +3 in their left hand this would not count toward the total number of Shield Blocks they could have, and they would still be limited to three (3) in the above example.

Certain attacks have an "Unparriable" portion to their tagline Those attacks cannot be Parried or Blocked, but they can be Dodged or Evaded.

The player may purchase this skill once after gaining two (2) levels of the Weapon Damage skill and other prerequisites. They may then purchase this skill each time they gain an additional two (2) levels of the Weapon Damage skill. Thus, it is possible for a player with Weapon Damage +13 to have 6.