Once you start playing with initiative tracking like in Anarchy Realms, suddenly you can have skill involved. My favorite is, that you can actually hit a spell back to the caster.

There is the hard way, and then there is the easy way with Shield Slam. Shield Slam lets you slam your opp with a shield, and then keep your shield raised for blocking (Pathfinder 2, is this you?).

But then, you can Shield Slam a caster to stop their spell casting (and if you do, the excess mana they were going to use deals damage to them in the form of mana burn).

But when they do target you, and you happen to be a fucking legend with a shield, you can Shield Slam the fucking spell back to them, taking only 20% of the damage, and reflecting back the other 80%!

I'm in love with this game, and honestly, the faster I can get this out to people the better, but I'm trying to get it right too.

source https://tech.lgbt/@pangoriaF/112681866625603420