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'''Size Changing Shields''' are [[shield]]s whose size (small/medium/large/tower) can be changed at will by the owner. All associated factors of the shield change to the corresponding shield size. <!-- This spot reserved for informational blurb for item. Remove as part of copy/paste.-->
'''Size Changing Shields''' are [[shield]]s whose size (small/medium/large/tower) can be changed at will by the owner. All associated factors of the shield change to the corresponding shield size.
<pre{{log2}}>''a ruby-inset golvern target shield''

On the reverse of the golvern target shield, a complex arrangement of gears, cogs, and shafts link a series of tightly overlapping plates about the edges so that they can swivel synchronously while still maintaining most of their strength. A small pin locks the plates firmly in place. You judge that the plates could swivel both inward and outward from their current position.
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==Analyze==
==Analyze==
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===Show===
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You analyze the golvern tower shield and sense that the item is largely free from merchant alteration restrictions, but the creator has stated that "The item has restrictions on changing the noun."
On the reverse of the golvern target shield, a complex arrangement of gears, cogs, and shafts link a series of tightly overlapping plates about the edges so that they can swivel synchronously while still maintaining most of their strength. A small pin locks the plates firmly in place. You judge that the plates could swivel both inward and outward from their current position.
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The creator has also provided the following information:
This is a Size-changing shield. It will change between shield sizes when PUSHed and PULLed. It must be OPENed to change sizes. This shield can be changed between:
-Small: kidney shield
-Medium: target shield
-Large: round shield
-Tower: tower shield
Alteration Restrictions: The shield may be altered with a long or a show, but not both, and the descriptions must use the above shield name and make sense for all shield sizes.
You can tell that the shield is as light as it can get.</pre>
==Usage==
==Usage==
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! scope="rowgroup" role="rowheader"|OPEN
! scope="row" role="rowheader"|LOOK
|On the reverse of the golvern round shield, a complex arrangement of gears, cogs and shafts link a series of tightly overlapping plates about the edges so that they can swivel synchronously while still maintaining most of their strength. The locking pin is open, allowing the plates to move. You judge that the plates could swivel both inward and outward from their current position.
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| N/A
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! scope="row" role="rowheader"|OPEN
|<!-- First Person View --> You flip open the locking pin on the mechanism holding the edges of the shield in place.
|<!-- First Person View --> You flip open the locking pin on the mechanism holding the edges of the shield in place.
|XXX fiddles with something on the back of his shield.
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! scope="row" role="rowheader"|PULL
| As you pull on the edges of your shield, they ingeniously telescope outwards, making the shield a bit larger.
| As XXX pulls on the edges of his shield, they ingeniously telescope outwards, making the shield a bit larger.
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! scope="rowgroup" role="rowheader"|PUSH
! scope="row" role="rowheader"|PUSH
! scope="rowgroup" role="rowheader"|
|<!-- First Person View --> As you push on the edges of your shield, they ingeniously fold in on themselves, making the shield a bit smaller.
|<!-- First Person View --> As you push on the edges of your shield, they ingeniously fold in on themselves, making the shield a bit smaller.
Roundtime: 3 sec.
Roundtime: 3 sec.
|As XXX pushes on the edges of his shield, they ingeniously fold in on themselves, making the shield a bit smaller.
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=== Example ===
''a ruby-inset golvern target shield''
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Latest revision as of 07:40, 23 August 2026

Size Changing Shields are shields whose size (small/medium/large/tower) can be changed at will by the owner. All associated factors of the shield change to the corresponding shield size.

a ruby-inset golvern target shield

On the reverse of the golvern target shield, a complex arrangement of gears, cogs, and shafts link a series of tightly overlapping plates about the edges so that they can swivel synchronously while still maintaining most of their strength. A small pin locks the plates firmly in place. You judge that the plates could swivel both inward and outward from their current position. 

Analyze

You analyze the golvern tower shield and sense that the item is largely free from merchant alteration restrictions, but the creator has stated that "The item has restrictions on changing the noun."
 
The creator has also provided the following information:
 
This is a Size-changing shield.  It will change between shield sizes when PUSHed and PULLed.  It must be OPENed to change sizes.  This shield can be changed between:
-Small: kidney shield
-Medium: target shield
-Large: round shield
-Tower: tower shield
Alteration Restrictions: The shield may be altered with a long or a show, but not both, and the descriptions must use the above shield name and make sense for all shield sizes.
 
You can tell that the shield is as light as it can get.

Usage

Verb First Third
LOOK On the reverse of the golvern round shield, a complex arrangement of gears, cogs and shafts link a series of tightly overlapping plates about the edges so that they can swivel synchronously while still maintaining most of their strength. The locking pin is open, allowing the plates to move. You judge that the plates could swivel both inward and outward from their current position. N/A
OPEN You flip open the locking pin on the mechanism holding the edges of the shield in place. XXX fiddles with something on the back of his shield.
PULL As you pull on the edges of your shield, they ingeniously telescope outwards, making the shield a bit larger. As XXX pulls on the edges of his shield, they ingeniously telescope outwards, making the shield a bit larger.
PUSH As you push on the edges of your shield, they ingeniously fold in on themselves, making the shield a bit smaller.

Roundtime: 3 sec.

As XXX pushes on the edges of his shield, they ingeniously fold in on themselves, making the shield a bit smaller.
Size changing shield Information
Type Mechanical
Item Classification Shield
Item(s) Applied to
Alterable
Light/Deep
Item Verbs
OPEN PUSH