Glyphscape/Shield

Materials

 * Wooden shields: These are each crafted from wood and are effective against air, water, and energy attacks but weak against fire attacks. Successive tiers have similar but slightly better bonuses.
 * Tier 1: Bamboo, Beech, Birch, Palm: 70% base stats
 * Tier 2: Teak, Maple, Walnut: 85% base stats
 * Tier 3: Oak, Elm, Ash, Yew: 100% base stats
 * Metal shields: These are each crafted from metals and are effective against physical and fire attacks but weak against energy attacks. Successive tiers have similar but slightly better bonuses.
 * Tier 1: Copper: 70% base stats
 * Tier 2: Bronze: 85% base stats
 * Tier 3: Iron: 100% base stats

Quality
Add this to the base stats as determined in the materials section above.


 * All shields
 * Tier 1: Simple: -10% base stats
 * Tier 2: Reinforced: -5% base stats
 * Tier 3: Elegant: -0% base stats

Shield types
Different types of shields of the same tier are gameplay-balanced so players can choose whichever they like without feeling bad about it. Listed are 100% base stats.


 * Wooden shields
 * Small shields
 * Buckler: -2 alvl, +8 dlvl, +8 rlvl vs physical, -2 rlvl vs fire, +14 rlvl vs air, water, and energy
 * Round shield: -2 alvl, +12 dlvl, +4 rlvl vs physical, -6 rlvl vs fire, +10 rlvl vs air, water, and energy
 * Square shield: +0 alvl, +10 dlvl, +4 rlvl vs physical, -6 rlvl vs fire, +10 rlvl vs air, water, and energy
 * Large shields
 * Oval shield: -4 alvl, +14 dlvl, +4 rlvl vs physical, -6 rlvl vs fire, +10 rlvl vs air, water, and energy
 * Kite shield: -2 alvl, +12 dlvl, +4 rlvl vs physical, -6 rlvl vs fire, +10 rlvl vs air, water, and energy
 * Tower shield: -8 alvl, +16 dlvl, +6 rlvl vs physical, -4 rlvl vs fire, +12 rlvl vs air, water, and energy
 * Metal shields
 * Small shields
 * Buckler: -2 alvl, +8 dlvl, +14 rlvl vs physical and fire, +8 rlvl vs air, and water, -2 rlvl vs energy
 * Round shield: -2 alvl, +12 dlvl, +10 rlvl vs physical and fire, +4 rlvl vs air, water, -6 rlvl vs energy
 * Square shield: +0 alvl, +10 dlvl, +10 rlvl vs physical and fire, +4 rlvl vs air, water, -6 rlvl vs energy
 * Large shields
 * Oval shield: -4 alvl, +14 dlvl, +10 rlvl vs physical and fire, +4 rlvl vs air, water, -6 rlvl vs energy
 * Kite shield: -2 alvl, +12 dlvl, +10 rlvl vs physical and fire, +4 rlvl vs air, water, -6 rlvl vs energy
 * Tower shield: -8 alvl, +16 dlvl, +12 rlvl vs physical and fire, +6 rlvl vs air, water, -4 rlvl vs energy
 * Spiked shield: -6 alvl, +16 dlvl, +16 rlvl vs physical, +6 rlvl vs fire, +4 rlvl vs air, water, -8 rlvl vs energy