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Can shields block damage from NPC or ship gun special abilities?

The designer answered this directly on BoardGameGeek.

  • ira212 · Designer · 2021-01-08
  • Xia: Legends of a Drift System rulebook · Rulebook · Shields
  • ira212 · Designer · 2023-01-06
  • ChromiumAgeCollector · Community · 2016-02-28

Yes, unless the damage is stated as unblockable. Shields and other defensive abilities still work, and it matters whether the damage is combat or environmental, since some abilities care about that.

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