now, before you go all "omg fred, shields are glitchy!" think, what if we had a shield player type? if there were sheild props and shield player types a player could click the prop to change his data block into a shield player type. this player type would hide the left hand node and replace it with a mode that is a hand + shield combo, this part of the player would block all attacks. i would make this but i'm stuffty at modeling/scripting.