Draft:Shiren 5 2020:Shield

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Summary

Shields may be called "armor" in different places in the UI or in past Shiren games.

Swords and shields are virtually identical in terms of gameplay mechanics, so much so that both categories are described in full on the Swords page (rather than duplicating the information on two pages).

Reference Charts

Families

Here are all the "families" of shields, in Item Book order. Some shields improve their innate effect as they level up. This is an important consideration when choosing which item to use as your base. For example, if you want the best possible counterstrike, use the Counter Shield as your base item, because its innate retribution effect improves as the item levels up, whereas the related rune is essentially stuck at level 1. On the other hand, rustproof protection is binary, so it does not improve as the item levels up, and the rune is just as effective as the innate effect (except for the fact that runes can be removed while innate effects cannot). When equipment gains new runes on leveling up, they are not innate and take up rune slots.

Family	L1 Def	L8 Def	L1 Rune Slots	L8 Rune Slots	Total EXP to L8	Base Innate/Rune Effect	L8 Innate Effect	Added Runes	Resonance	Finding Tips
Plain Targe Family	2	15	5	∞				L4: Lively L8: CR Diet	Ordinary Stick Family: Equip 2 bracelets	Common in Tower of Fortune and elsewhere.
Tin Shield Family									Tin Blade Family: Equip 2 bracelets	Common in Tower of Fortune and elsewhere.
Iron Targe Family									Katana Family: Equip 2 bracelets	Common in Tower of Fortune and elsewhere.
Wolfshead Family									Dotanuki Family: Equip 2 bracelets	Common in Tower of Fortune and elsewhere.
Beast Shield Family									Beast Fang Family: Equip 2 bracelets	Common in Tower of Fortune and elsewhere.
Targite Family									Bladite Family: Equip 2 bracelets	Common in Tower of Fortune and elsewhere.
Red Shield Family									Red Blade Family: Equip 2 bracelets	Common in Tower of Fortune and elsewhere.
Fuuma Shield Family									Shiren 5/Kabura Katana FamilyKabura Katana Family: Damage +5 Fuuma Sword Family: Damage +10	Reported locations: Lost Well (VIP shops and Pick-A-Choice shops)
Gold Shield Family						Rustproof: Does not rust	No change		Dull Gold Edge Family: Max Strength +3	Common in Tower of Fortune and elsewhere.
Diet Shield Family						CR Diet: Hunger rate decreased to 50%	Hunger rate decreased to 30%			Common in Tower of Fortune and elsewhere.
Heavy Shield Family						Hungry: Hunger rate increased to 200%	Hunger rate increased to 130%			Common in Tower of Fortune and elsewhere.
Midnight Shield Family						Nocturnal: Night defense 25%, day defense -50%	Night defense 60%, day defense -120%		Breeze Blade Family: Sword and shield can't rust Torches: Enemy attacks miss more often	Reported locations: Lost Well (VIP shops and Pick-A-Choice shops)
Day Shield Family						Diurnal: Day defense 25%, night defense -50%	Day defense 60%, night defense -120%		Bright Blade Family: Can read scrolls at night	Common in Tower of Fortune and elsewhere.
Binary Shield Family						Bit: 50% damage reduction when last digit of HP is 0 or 1	85% reduction			Common in Tower of Fortune and elsewhere.
Counter Shield Family						Retribution: Counter 28% of damage taken	Counter 51% of damage taken		Strength Bracelet: Counter damage doubled	Common in Tower of Fortune and elsewhere.
Student Shield Family						Tiger Mom: Gain experience equal to damage taken	It's unknown whether or not this improves		Growth Bracelet: Another experience point per turn	Common in Tower of Fortune and elsewhere.
Bowl Shield Family						Pain Fueled: Sometimes refills hunger when taking damage. 6%	20% (Numbers from Japanese wiki, but I don't know how this rune works in the game)			Common in Tower of Fortune and elsewhere.
Spry Shield Family						Agile: 22% evasion rate	43% evasion rate		Myopic Masher Family: Attack and Defense +3	Common in Tower of Fortune and elsewhere.
Blast Shield Family						Anti-Blast (1): 50% explosion damage reduction	85% reduction		Crescent Katana Family: Attack and Defense +3	Common in Tower of Fortune and elsewhere.
Lock Shield Family						Anti-Theft: Items can't be stolen by monsters	No change			Common in Tower of Fortune and elsewhere.
Safe Shield Family						Anti-Burgle: Gitan can't be stolen by monsters	No change			Common in Tower of Fortune and elsewhere.
Gyadon Blocker Family						Anti-Peck: Items can't be eaten by monsters	No change			Common in Tower of Fortune and elsewhere.
Snake Shield Family						Anti-Fire: 50% fire damage reduction	85% reduction		Lizard Lasher Family: Attack and Defense +3	Common in Tower of Fortune and elsewhere.
Steady Shield Family						Unmoving: Immunity to movement effects	No change			Reported locations: Merchant's Hideout (pre-placed) Hunter Pond (monster drop or regular shops)
Anti-Gaze Trge Family						Anti-Hypno: Immune to hypnosis	No change			Reported locations: Merchant's Hideout (pre-placed) Hunter Pond (monster drop or regular shops)
Swap Shield Family	7	19	7	∞		Magi-Twister: When hit by magic, take 10 damage instead	Take 3 damage instead		Burning Blade Family: Increases flame damage by 1 level With a Blue Flame rune, increases blue flame damage to 30 and does not increase red flame damage	Reported locations: Merchant's Hideout (pre-placed) Hunter Pond (monster drop or regular shops)
Shoddy Plank Family						Expendable: Every hit decreases shield power	No change		Shoddy Dirk Family: Sword and shield can't rust (but still weaken from innates)	Reported locations: Underground Manor (free gift for districts 5-10)
Glass Buckler Family						Unsound: 50% chance to break	36% chance		Glass Dirk Family: Immune to magic	Reported locations: Merchant's Hideout (VIP shops and Pick-A-Choice shops) Hunter Pond (monster drops or regular shops) Heavenly Lake (regular shops)
Pauper's Plank Family						Costly: 15% damage reduction at the cost of 30 Gitan when hit. Without Gitan, defense drops to 0	50% damage reduction for 250 Gitan. See this external link for more info.		Dirk of Debts Family: ~20% chance to make monsters drop 200-399 Gitan (replacing their normal drop)	Reported locations: Merchant's Hideout (pre-placed or monster drop) Master's Footprint (pre-placed or monster drop)
Rush Shield Family						Offensive: Adds shield power to attack instead of defense	No change		Extreme Sword Family: Equip 2 bracelets	Reported locations: Hunter Pond (monster drop)
Blazing Shield Family						Grants a special non-rune ability that can't be synthesized.	No change		Torches: Full light at night	Reported locations: Lost Well (VIP shops and Pick-A-Choice shops)
Onigiri Shield Family						Anti-Onigiri: Player and items can't be turned into onigiri	No change			Reported locations: Hunter Pond (monster drop) Storm Forest (pre-placed or monster drop) Primordial Chasm (final reward / one time only) Primordial Chasm (pre-placed and regular shops / 50F+) Rousing Paradise (pre-placed)
Parry Shield Family						Redirecting: 30% chance to redirect an incoming attack to another enemy	51% chance			Reported locations: Lost Well (final reward / one time only) Hunter Pond Rousing Paradise
Nirvana Board Family						Unfamished: Sets max fullness to 1, but it won't deplete	No change		Wonder Pick Family: Max HP +30	Reported locations: Master's Footprint (final reward / unknown repeatability) Old Road (regular shop / on 93F!)
Pathetic Shield Family									Pathetic Blade Family: Equip 2 bracelets When both are L8: Can't equip 2 bracelets, but sometimes push back adjacent monsters 1 space	Reported locations: Onigiri Hollow (pre-placed or monster drop) Merchant's Hideout (pre-placed or monster drop) Master's Footprint (pre-placed or monster drop)
Fox Shield Family										Unlock both fox sister NPC allies; one can morph into both Fox items.
Helix Shield Family									Kaburagi Family: Damage +10	Reported locations: Inori Cave (final reward / wish for it / repeatable)

External Sourcrs

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• https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sxAH3pZOZVdIk92PEJKpEty8FF6ZzlAJag3tsE5GAYM/edit?usp=sharing
• https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mGBY1txjWch9mckciV7WqbcO6a5VF1P3exPNOsaK580/edit?usp=sharing