Gedonia 1.37a: abandon big sword, return to shield

This is my battlebard. Formerly a crusher warrior wielding a big two-handed sword, now wields a one-handed axe with a shield. The new enduring armor set makes shield bash a very powerful attack with a big area. I poured runes into shield bash to get all four effects to 100 runes but I haven't upgraded any of this new equipment yet on this character. I also haven't reallocated this character's skill points since 1.35, so I'm missing out on a sizeable amount of power this build could have. Serenades of assault and speed seem to finally be fixed, the duration no longer resets from >10 minutes to 5 seconds, so I can regularly maintain the melee damage buff to make use of my 2 charisma. I'll miss being invincible during whirlwind but this is a lot stronger and can actually win fights against these new enemies.