I always thought of the Shield of Faith as something not physical but allowing the lightraider a method of avoiding the blow (like dodging). I know that sounds more like an agility\evasion basis for it, but how else do you account for having 2 handed weapons along with a SoF defense? James I tend to agree with James on this one. After all the ways that I have been shown to defend vs attacks is just to not be there when the attack comes in. Now from fighting I know that it is not an easy task to do so with the help of the shield of faith I can see it being much easier. So we have the current use of the SoF. Your lil bro in Christ Joseph Roberson