Sword-and-Shield Soldier

The Sword-and-Shield Soldier is a regular enemy of Pascal's Wager. Its name is a translation of the internal name 盾剑兵 ("shield-and-sword soldier"); see Enemies. It appears in Ch.3 and Ch.5 and has 6 attack moves (physical damage). In the reference placement (Ch.3 Exilium) it has 497 HP in journey 1 and 2073 HP in journey 4. It raises a guard stance; it leaps down on you with a jump chop when it falls.

Where it appears#

Each row is one area: level, HP, Physical attack and Physical defence of its placements there (a range when they differ). Reading guide: The Where it appears table.

Maze scaling#

In Deep into the Dark Mist the level comes from the maze floor, not from the placement (details).

Stats#

Reference placement: story 3, monster 3025 (Ch.3 Exilium, the area with the most placements); how to read the table: The Stats section.

Senses and rewards#

Attacks#

How to read this table (move names, attack values, Poise and Resilience damage, AI column): The Attacks table.

Other numbers from its AI file (combo start windows): Dodge: 5-7 m, 55 deg; DodgeAttack: 2.5-5.5 m, 55 deg.

Moves without damage: Defence.

Reaction and utility moves: dodge (#102); threat roar (#106); alert (#109); idle (#110); jump chop (#111): 240-360 attack in journey 1, 916-1036 in journey 4, unblockable; spawn animation 1 (#114); spawn animation 2 (#115); spawn animation 3 (#116).

Drops#

Rolls, groups and lists work as described in The Drops section.

Group Ch.3 #30002 (used by 12 placement-rolls)

Group Ch.3 #30097 (used by 12 placement-rolls)

Group Ch.3 #30096 (used by 12 placement-rolls)

Group Ch.5 #50007 (used by 10 placement-rolls)

Group Ch.5 #50096 (used by 10 placement-rolls)

Group Ch.5 #50097 (used by 7 placement-rolls)

Group Ch.5 #50093 (used by 3 placement-rolls)

Hidden mechanics#

• Scaling. Level 8 / 33 / 59 / 72 in the reference placement for journeys 1-4 (fixed per placement, rising with each New Game Plus journey); HP goes from 497 to 2073 (x4.2) and Physical attack from 160 to 836 by journey 4. Poise and Resilience never scale; the rule is in How enemy stats are built.
• Fixed level. 1 of its 23 chapter placements keep the same level (1) in all four journeys, so those copies do not get stronger in New Game Plus apart from their fixed bonuses.
• Drop attack. It uses the unblockable jump chop (move #111) when it falls onto you; see AI and senses.

See How to read the enemy pages for what the sections mean and How enemy stats are built for the stat rules.

Sources#

• es_storymonster.lua: 82 rows with HeroId 20023 (stories 3, 5, 302, 401, 403, 404, 407, 409, 410, 414, 1003, 1005, 1006); es_storymonsterproperty.lua rows for the same story/monster ids; es_herodata.lua row HeroId 20023; es_heropropertydata.lua rows HeroId 20023; es_enemyattributedata.lua (attribute point to property curves).
• Moves: es_skilldata.lua rows HeroId 20023 (_id 1125-1150); AI tables logic/ai/behaviour/attack/attack20023.lua; move names gamedata/playerdefine/hero20023_define.lua.
• Shared rules (stat formula, drop roll, Dark Mist level rule, AI senses): see the Sources of Enemies.