Shields - am I interpreting this correctly?

[Mark Taylor]

According to the rules in Fantasy HERO, a character performing a shield bash often seems to do less damage with the shield than they would with a punch, due to the STR Minimum rules. I'm wondering if this is correct and if so, what is the reasoning behind it?

 

For example, a STR 20 character with a Tower Sheild (STR Minimum 18, 3d6N Damage) would do 4d6 Normal damage with a punch, but only 3d6 Normal Damage with a shield bash.

[Steve Long]

Re: Shields - am I interpreting this correctly?

 

I don't generally answer game design or philosophy questions, for a whole bunch of reasons. AFAICT from what you posted, you seem to be interpreting the "how much damage" issue correctly, though.