[@DJAtomika]
I don't understand what you mean, Gonad wanted the strike to hit the shield. He was counting on that happening, it was his plan all along. You said it hit dead center, and I said beforehand that if such a thing occurred Gonad would commence the grabby-grabby.

[b][quote]"If the King kept his shield braced before himself in anticipation of a direct attack, he'd find that it wouldn't be a fist which connected with it. It would be the big man's right forearm. Gonad would have pulled his punch to brace himself against the kiteshield. If this occurred... Those blocky, scarred fingers curling around the inner rim of his shield, like iron bands..."
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[b][quote]"He halted in his backward retreat and stood firm as the barbarian approached. As that meaty right mitt came in towards him, he sidestepped to the left (Gonad's right) and raised his shield so the incoming forearm strike met it square in the center."[/quote][/b]


Press your firearm against an open door, imagine it is Galliard's shield. Now just grab the edge of the door, palm facing away from you. I'm pretty sure that's like the only plausible way my action could be interpreted when taking into consideration that Gonad wanted to grab the inner rim whilst his forearm was pressing against the shield. Unless you are thinking of like a lariat. I'm talking about something akin to an elbow bash, but done with the forearm. For reference, here's a video of a similar thing. Gonad basically pretended to throw a punch, and instead went for that knowing that the King would probably try to block it, allowing Gonad to grab the inner rim of the shield.

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_FwcsT2rH0[/youtube]

Hope that cleared things up!