How would You like Block to work?

[posetcay]

Something like Reflex Defence sounds nice, "whenever you are hit by an attack doing more than %x of your health, reduce that by %x your block amount". I see no reason why you cant block a fireball like you would block an arrow, so this should apply to "all direct damage", this would also go a long way to fix Bulwark's ridiculous weakness against magic.

[Razakai]

I support the current version of the addon (with some number tweaks perhaps). I'm still inclined to remove spectral shield entirely and baseline it, but the spell save is a good compromise.

[Frumple]

... all I can say is I really want to be able to take a prodigy that makes block a sustain, maybe changing the active to something else (what else, blazes if I know or care). The rest of the mechanics I'm pretty okay with as is, though that the defensive aspect is pretty meh until EB/a-way-to-tank-multiple-hits-per-turn comes online is indeed somewhat of an issue.

I love the playstyle involved with eternal block active, but even with auto-use there having block's duration == CD mixed with a strong incentive to just set the thing to auto-use always and never pay attention to it again drives me up several different small walls. At that point, I want to be managing a sustain, not spamming my message log with "foo used block" and screwing with autoexplore.

[HousePet]

I have thought about swapping Eternal Guard with Shield Wall.

[Shaidyn]

I'd like to see shields provide some sort of damage shield, because this could be extended out to different damage types.

But I'd also like to see an ability that would allow you to 'raise your shield' and increase your blocked damage and make use of the counter attack mechanic. I just think that it shouldn't take up your whole turn, because as it is now, using the block ability is as likely to get you killed as it is to save your life.