Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-36425927-20180804180956/@comment-36425927-20180804235707

Thats probably true, but the song is also in the book as well, thats where the lyrics come from. However, youre right about the shield wall being only from the movie, and therefore not accepted, ect. However, the dwarves should be capable of making a shield wall all the same, as a battle tactic, which is not just from the movie, but in real life as well. Its likely the dwarves had similar tactics, so therefor it can be added in. The shield wall doesnt have to be several layer high, though, it can very well be one layer high, just a line of dwarves making a shield wall, not stacking up like the movie. Besides, factions should be able to use the shields to some extent, and the shield wall would just be a few dwarves in a line holding up their shields to get protection, and since naturally, using shields is in lord of the rings, it should be valid. The elves jumping over the dwarves isnt nesscessary, true, but a shield wall is the least thing they can do, to make the battle more realistic. and to answer your question about the protection of the shields varying to the size of shields, Walking Ranger, all shields should give equal protection in my opinion, but the bigger ones would have a higher chance of deflecting some of the damage given than the smaller ones, like the ones used by the rohirric warriors.