Editing Saintess shield

{{Item
|title = ''Saintess shield''
|image = [[File:DQIX Saintess shield.png|175px]]
|japanese = 聖女の盾
|romaji=Seijo no tate
|names = N/A
|games = ''[[Dragon Quest VIII]]''<br>''[[Dragon Quest IX]]''<br>''[[Dragon Quest X]]''<br>''[[Dragon Quest XI]]''<br>''[[Dragon Quest Heroes]]''<br>''[[Dragon Quest Heroes II]]''
|buy = Varies, see articles
|sell = Varies, see articles
|effect = Cuts elemental damage
}}

The '''Saintess shield''' is a recurring shield in the {{DQSeries}}, introduced in ''[[Dragon Quest VIII]]''. Embellished with the enchanting figure of a holy woman, the shield is occasionally reserved for the fairer sex and greatly reduces elemental damage.

==Appearances==
==={{DQ8}}===
{{Descriptions
|DQ8=A holy shield that reduces the damage from fire and ice based attacks by 2/3.
}}
The Saintess shield offers a defense bonus of +46. It can only be equipped by Jessica, as well as [[Red]] in the Nintendo 3DS port, and cuts [[Fire Breath|fire]] and [[Cool Breath|ice]] breath by 33.3%. The in-game description for the shield erroneously states that it reduces the damage ''by'' two-thirds rather than ''to'' two-thirds.

Recipe: Saintess shield = [[Mirror shield]] + [[White shield]] + [[Holy water]]

==={{DQ9}}===
Starting with this game, the saintess shield became a light pink and red colored version of the Goddess shield and is also unisex, rather than exclusive to female characters.
{{DQIXEquipment
|header=[[file:Saintess shield.png]]
|name=Saintess shield
|icon=[[File:Saintess shield IX artwork.png]]
|description=A sanctified shield that's stout in the face of magical attacks
|rarity=★★★☆☆
|stats=Defence +32<br>Charm +54<br>Block +6.5%
|vocation=[[File:IXarmamentalisticon.png|link=Armamentalist]][[File:IXluminaryicon.png|link=Luminary (vocation)]][[File:IXmageicon.png|link=Mage]][[File:IXminstrelicon.png|link=Minstrel]]<br>[[File:IXPaladinicon.png|link=Paladin]][[File:IXpriesticon.png|link=Priest]][[File:IXsageicon.png|link=Sage]][[File:IXwarrioricon.png|link=Warrior]]
|notes=-7% Blast/Lightning, Dark, Fire, Ice, & Wind damage<br>Upgrades into [[Goddess shield]]
|price=NA/14,000
|location=[[Krak Pot]]
|i1=[[File:DQIX Ruinous shield.png|link=Ruinous shield]]
|i2=[[File:DQIX Saints ashes.png|link=Saint's ashes]] x3
|i3=N/A
}}

==={{DQ10}}===
Characters need to be level 80 before they can equip the Saintess shield. It increases defence by +7, block rate by +4.5%, magical might by +3, magical mending by +3, style by +10, and weight by +12. It will reduce all spell damage by 5%.

==={{DQ11}}===
{{DQXIEquipment
|name=<big><big></big></big>
|icon=[[File:Saintess shield xi icon.png]]
|description=A blessed buckler that can block a fair bit of the damage dealt by magical attacks
|rarity=<big><big>★★★★☆</big></big>
|stats=Defence +46/47/49/51<br>Block +11%
|notes=-7% all elemental damage
|price=NA/14,000
|location=See below
|diff=N/A
|i1=N/A
|character=[[File:Hero XI sprite walk.gif|50px|link=Hero (Dragon Quest XI)]][[File:Hendrik sprite walk.gif|50px|link=Hendrik]]
}}
A Saintess Shield is a rare drop off of [[Dark dullahan]]s at a 1/256 rate and by [[Headless hunter]]s at 1/128, which are found in the [[Fortress of Fear]] .

==={{DQH}}===
{{Descriptions
|DQH=A shield sanctified by the patron saint of punch-ups.
}}
The Saintess shield has a blocking bonus of +30 and can only be equipped by [[Aurora]]. It can be purchased after defeating the [[Barbatos]] at Yggdrasil for 8,400 gold and can be sold for 4,200 gold.

==Trivia==
*The Saintess shield's countenance in ''VIII'' is based on the [[Silver shield]]'s design prior to ''VII''. The Saintess shield would see a redesign in ''IX'' from a rounded buckler into a kite shield to better distinguish the two.

==Gallery==
<center><gallery>
DVIII_Saintess_Shield.png|The saintess shield in ''Dragon Quest VIII''
DQH Saintess shield.png|The saintess shield in ''Dragon Quest Heroes''
</gallery></center>

[[Category:Dragon Quest VIII shields]]
[[Category:Dragon Quest IX shields]]
[[Category:Dragon Quest X shields]]
[[Category:Dragon Quest XI shields]]
[[Category:Dragon Quest Heroes shields]]