Isn’t it amusing that in a high fantasy setting with powerful magics and brutal martial prowess, that Shove is one of the strongest mechanics in the game. I remember as a kid and teen that shoving was what happened when nobody actually wanted a real fight, so there’d be a sort of shoving contest until friends pulled the combatants apart or the shove fight fizzled out.
Thank God for all the conveniently located precipices in Larian’s maps, I guess. The crazy thing is that even if you avoid using it yourself it would seem that the AI has still has a boner for using Shove at every opportunity.