[Runequest] Shield skill penalty query

[Wayne Shaw]

At 02:01 AM 3/6/2009, you wrote:
> >The best way to handle this is to say any blows
> > that land to the left side of the upper
> >defender are automatically blocked.
>
>So a truly heroic swordsman, someone with several hundred % sword skill, has
>exactly the same chance of hitting as someone with 100%? Sure, they could
>split their attacks to increase their chance of landing a blow, but if their
>opponent is heavily armoured then they might not want to do so if they are
>going for a crit or special.

He presumably would aim for a location other than the occluded one; 
most versions of RQ have some procedure for doing so, and its much 
easier for the highly skilled.