I found an elven shield, two of them actually, in the second room you can access in your homestead (the two personal bedrooms for your main chars).
they start off with 21 block.
with blacksmith 5, they DOUBLE the block to 42!!
there is an extra 5% block bonus at level 5 BS skill I think, aside from the regular block bonus, and the magical block bonus you can get from level 3.
also... I think those specific elven shields might be a bit on the odd side, as other elven shields I have found have not done this.
edit: ah, i failed to note that those specific shields were level 19! I found them when I was level 7. so... for you sword and board folks, check out your private space in the homestead thoroughly. reload on checking vases and containers in there. I can't imagine you will find a level 19 shield any place else that early in the game.
Last edited by Ichthyic; 22/07/14 11:06 PM.