William T Roberson  writes:

>Concerning Shield of Faith:  Since it is part of the armor of God, 
>which
>previously on this list was said to not be tangible armor, I would
>consider that the shield of faith is the Lightraider's trust in God 
>to
>direct him, second by second in combat, a faith that when used, 
>protects
>the warrior from the blows of the Devil.  

Better stated that I did.

>Concerning the 6 second round.  I remember way back when (in Jr. High) 
>a
>person explaining to me that you are not getting one swing per round, 
>but
>rather each round includes feints, parries, blocks, jabs, slashes, 
>etc,
>and that the roll determines how well that segment of combat went.  It 
>is
>simply allowing the game to move more quickly.  

I believe that this is the way that most other game systems that I have
looked at explain it.

Joe