Swapping Weapons to 1h + shield?

[Jambit]

Maybe I'm just missing how to do this, but I've run into a situation where I my Busker for example has a nice 1h katana + shield that he usually fights with, but occasionally swaps to his instrument situationally.

However, when I swap back to my katana, I can't equip my shield.

Is there a way or could we add the ability to "swap" in shields using the in-combat Swap Weapons ability?

Thanks!

[Bullett00th]

I'm pretty sure you can equip your shield mid-combat, no?

it just takes a separate turn. And if so I think that's deliberate

[ajfusch]

Situationally ... if you mean you don't tell him to, then he does it because he's confused. In that debuffed state chars use a random weapon skill, swap weapons randomly, use perishables randomyl or (try to) flee each turn it lasts.

When they swap to a 1 handed weapon they don't automatically equip a shield with it.
On the other hand when they swap to a thwohanded weapon they de-equip both weapon and shield, naturally.

However, you should be able to equip a shield in combat, it just takes a turn. If you want to swap back to Katana AND shield you need 2 turns for that.
And yeah, it's meant to be that way, like the person above me said. It's not the kind of game where you can go through your backpack and change your complete armor and weapons midfight ...

[Jambit]

Ok thanks! I know you could only change weapons midfight (at the cost of an action), but I guess I didn't keep going to see if I could swap again to add in the shield (at the cost of another action turn). Doesn't seem worth it just for that one strum on my lute, lol :)