Model: Mandalorian Vambrace Combat Shield
Type: Energy shield
Scale: Character
Skill: Melee parry
Cost: Not available for sale
Availability: 4, X
Game Notes: The Personal Combat Shield is a plasma shield that could be activated from some Mandalorian vambraces worn by the Mandalorian warriors. The vambrace creates a disk of plasma energy 50 centimeters in circumference.
Versus ranged attacks the shield provides the equivalent of 1/4 cover, and has a strength of 6D. An attack that does more damage than the shield strength overloads and penetrates the shield with the remaining damage. The shield itself is undamaged and is repowered by the vambrace for the next round.
Versus melee attacks the shield can be used to block brawling and melee attacks on a successful melee parry roll. The shield has a Strength of 6D. Due to it’s energy state it can even be used to parry lightsabers. Against non-energy attacks that penetrate, the shield is unaffected and continues to function as normal, versus energy attacks (like a lightsaber) that penetrate the shield is overloaded and fails, but is in itself undamaged and is repowered by the vambrace for the next round.
The Mandalorian may use the shield to parry blaster bolts as a “reaction skill.” To do this, the character must declare that he is parrying that round, using his melee parry skill.
The deflected blaster bolts are randomly directed towards the front, sides, above and below the Mandalorian (as applicable, and as determined by the GM) potentially doing damage as for the original blaster bolt.
Background: Personal Combat Shields were plasma shields that could be activated from the Mandalorian vambraces worn by the Mandalorian warriors. The shields could deflect blaster fire and were 50 centimeters in circumference.
The members of the Mandalorian splinter group Death Watch were known to employ Personal Combat Shields in their gauntlets. They were used to deflect blaster bolts from Maul’s Mandalorian super commandos during the Mandalorian civil war, after Bo-Katan Kryze’s troops found themselves cornered without cover. The vambraces gifted to Sabine Wren by Fenn Rau also were equipped with a Personal Combat Shield. Sabine used in battle with Gar Saxon outside the Wren Stronghold on Krownest.
Markona had such, which could be projected from his gauntlet and could deflect a lightsaber.