Some Grimswarm with Ranger spells/attributes are completely immune to ambush punches when I hold a buckler, but are no more difficult to attack than their peers without. This is with 5 ranks of small shield focus, 5 ranks of shielded brawler. Notice the lack of any messaging regarding if the grimswarm is dodging, evading, blocking or their wall of thorns activating (which has a visible message that does display when it activates!)

You leap from hiding to strike!
You attempt to punch a Grimswarm giant hunter!
Your attack is hindered by holding a zelnorn buckler!
Roundtime: 3 sec.

You leap from hiding to strike!
You attempt to punch a Grimswarm giant hunter!
Your attack is hindered by holding a zelnorn buckler!
Roundtime: 3 sec.

You leap from hiding to strike!
You attempt to punch a Grimswarm giant hunter!
Your attack is hindered by holding a zelnorn buckler!
Roundtime: 3 sec.

You leap from hiding to strike!
You attempt to punch a Grimswarm giant hunter!
Your attack is hindered by holding a zelnorn buckler!
Roundtime: 3 sec.

You put a zelnorn buckler in your harness, being careful not to reveal your location.
Roundtime: 2 sec.

You leap from hiding to strike!
You attempt to punch a Grimswarm giant hunter!
You have good positioning against a Grimswarm giant hunter.
UAF: 678 vs UDF: 476 = 1.424 * MM: 105 + d100: 82 = 231
... and hit for 66 points of damage!
Sudden impact to chest! That'll make his day!
The giant hunter is stunned!
Roundtime: 3 sec.

You leap from hiding to strike!
You attempt to punch a Grimswarm giant hunter!
You have excellent positioning against a Grimswarm giant hunter.
UAF: 670 vs UDF: 433 = 1.547 * MM: 108 + d100: 27 = 194
... and hit for 63 points of damage!
Awesome crossover punch shatters femur into a hundred pieces, shredding upper right leg!
A Grimswarm giant hunter falls to the ground grasping his mangled right leg!
The giant hunter is stunned!
Roundtime: 3 sec.

You make a precise attempt to punch a Grimswarm giant hunter!
You have excellent positioning against a Grimswarm giant hunter.
UAF: 670 vs UDF: 384 = 1.744 * MM: 123 + d100: 54 = 268
... and hit for 84 points of damage!
Explosive punch to the face leaves little else than a pulpy mass of blood, bone, and brain matter!
[You have earned 55 prestige points.]
The giant hunter rolls over and dies.
The light blue glow leaves a Grimswarm giant hunter.
The dull golden nimbus fades from around a Grimswarm giant hunter.
The very powerful look leaves a Grimswarm giant hunter.
The white light leaves a Grimswarm giant hunter.
A Grimswarm giant hunter loses a thorny barrier.
A Grimswarm giant hunter seems to lose some dexterity.
Roundtime: 4 sec.

They have a highly-coveted yet poorly advertised skill called mock buckler.

You can't see anything because they are highly trained to only laugh on the inside.

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>(OOC) Rozy's player whispers to the group, "Spiiiiiderhalfling!"

>Out of no where, a ki-lin gallops in.

Thanks!