You could enforce some form of encumberance. Think up a mechanic of a situation what will give him a distinct disadvantage to his attacks. Maybe force him to fire on the move and impose defence items as black dice to his firing checks (armour/shield). Maybe unsteady ground.. Tell him he's over balanced on one side due to the buckler and give him penalties. Break it in the first round of every fight, or give it a durability.. since bucklers are not designed to block! Then have it as a rare purchase in towns. Might force him to be sparing with his blocks. Or the common GM one... "I'm the GM, you can't use your buckler like that", when he resists "Rocks all everyone dies".... You have that power man. Or simply say you asked on the forums and the majority said he's being cheesy so stop being a munchkin .

I've done a bit of archery in my time and having a lump of wood on either arm would be pretty cumbersome to firing a bow (or even a cross bow). Also trying blocking anything with a buckler strapped to your arm, it makes no sense without a hand to grip it in place! Even if the player argues its strapped to their arm, you should still impose some form of additional difficulty to all ranged attacks (maybe a black dice or two). The rules say bows and cross bows are two handed weapons, I have not looked up bucklers, but I doubt they are no hand weapons. The argument your player is making is comparable to someone waying "I'd like to use my 2 handed great axe and and then block with the towershield strapped to my back". Its a little bit cheesey. I'd say refuse the buckler, give him large ranged penalties (and only allow him to parry), or make him use a maneuver to swap weapons when he goes into combat (but don't let him block while using a bow!). EDIT: Most systems i've seen using bucklers give them less stats for defence but the bonus of being able to parry with them (rather than using a sword). I don't think Bucklers should be used to block anyway.. they are tiny!

Hello! I'm new to the forums so be gentle I've been playing WFRP for quite a few years and FF's version since release. Quite a few game sessions ago I picked up the pretty awesome Observation skill '***** in the Armour', nice for a non spell caster "Int based character" (just hit apprentice Rune Priest as my 4th career ). The problem is, every game sessions our game is derailed for about 10 minutes with the question.. "What the hell is the picture on the ***** in the armour card?!". Does anyone have any speculations as to what the hell this picture is... Because its driving us all mad. My guess is its some sort of Minotaur with an odd helmet bring hit by a flail.... But the picture is cropped so close that you can't make anything out! Some other suggestions as to what it could (by the other players and GM): A mini horned groin chariot Some sort of ogre with a flail wrapped round his leg, standing over a wierd table thing. Please any suggestions as what this could be would greatly help get our games back on track! Note: I really wish I could provide a picture of the card, but I can't find a pic on google