Shields! - Top 5 Pros & Cons

Sword 'n board, the old classic in Dungeons & Dragons, other fantasy RPG's, historical games / movies, LARP, SCA fighting, etc. Why would you ever not use a shield or buckler? Well, it's great but no perfect... So here are five advantages with a corresponding disadvantage each, based on martial arts techniques from medieval and renaissance manuscripts. Nothing good ever comes with zero strings attached, right? :) Support the channel, get bonus content and other rewards:   / skallagrim   https://www.subscribestar.com/skallagrim    / @skallagrim   For one-time donations: https://streamlabs.com/skallagrim1 https://www.paypal.me/SkallagrimYT Books about history and/or martial arts, swords, knives, video/audio equipment, and other stuff I recommend: US - https://amzn.to/2jAc0MB Canada - https://amzn.to/2l7GHcr Kult of Athena, my favorite online store for reproductions of historical arms and armor, fantasy swords, etc: http://ww4.aitsafe.com/go.htm?go=kult... Where to get HEMA gear and practice swords: http://www.woodenswords.com/?Click=1799 Get in contact or see a list of my video uploads:   / skallagrimyt     / _skallagrim_   Channel-related shirts and other merch: http://skallagrim.spreadshirt.com/ https://teespring.com/stores/skallagrim My side channel (for rambles, vlogs, opinions, gaming, etc):    / @skallhalla   Knives on Gearbest: https://www.gearbest.com/knives-tools... Intro song: "Illuminate" by Vindsvept https://vindsvept.bandcamp.com/track/... Outro: "Highland Storm" by The Slanted Room Records http://theslantedroom.weebly.com/