Off Hand

An Off Hand or off-hand is a category of equipment that can exclusively be equipped in the Off Hand slot (right weapon slot). They can provide a variety of offensive or defensive benefits depending on the specific item class.

Mechanics

Off-hands are further categorized into three item classes:

• Shields, which grant Armour or hybrid Armour defences and chance to block. All basetypes also grant the Raise Shield skill.
  • Bucklers are a sub-class of pure-Dexterity shields that grants the Parry skill instead.
• Foci (or Focus), which grant energy shield but no block and can roll caster modifiers.
• Quivers, which primarily roll modifiers to enhance bows.

Sceptres are considered weapons but can also be equipped in the off-hand slot with any other one-handed weapon except another sceptre.

Off-hands cannot normally be used with two-handed martial weapons, though it is possible to do so with two-handed swords, axes, or maces with Giant's Blood allocated.

Shields, bucklers, and foci are also considered armour.

Version history

Version	Changes
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.