Personal protection

Other (objects, etc.) theme

Any tags describing things the player character can use to protect themselves or are protected with.

Blocking	Player can block attacks, usually with a shield or similar.	1993 / 2022	174 games
Body armor		1980 / 2023	433 games
Dodging	Includes movement functionality solely meant for dodging.	1978 / 2024	433 games
Energy shields	Includes energy shields of one sort or another, especially when employed by the protagonist.	1973 / 2024	229 games
Main-Gauche	A dagger like off-hand weapon designed to parry and/or defend though many games have it for attack only. Stouter than a dagger to so as to catch blows	1983 / 2013	10 games
Meat shield	The player character can use the bodies of other characters - dead or still living - as shields.	1981 / 2020	74 games
Parrying	Player can parry attacks. Not to be confused with blocking.	1990 / 2022	42 games
Power armor	Player character wears or can wear a power armor or powered exoskeleton short of piloted robots.	1984 / 2023	205 games
Shields	Player can wield a shield or other object to manually block incoming attacks.	1983 / 2024	296 games
Tumbling	Player can tumble, roll head over heels on the ground more or less controllably.	1994 / 2019	106 games