Danania snuck in a picture of some rather unfortunate clipping in Lotro in her latest entry and it reminded me of some shots I captured in Dragon Age 2. One of my poor party members seemed to have issues with her shield…
You’re doing it wrong Aveline! A shield is supposed to protect you, not hurt you. 
And geez, I’d forgotten how gory DA could be.. and I even had persistent gore turned off! Nothing worse than watching a cut scene with your character splattered with blood. *ick* Still it’s not as bad as what I’ve been seeing in Assassin’s Creed: Revelations as Spaix has been playing that.
Ah, poor Aveline. I always liked her but it really looks like she is hurting herself with those shields. The first screenshot even looks like she is stabbing herself with the sword! O_O
Dang. Owch, that looks painful! So gory. When lotro npcs do it, they make it look like an illusion rather than a botched decapitation like Aveline, lol.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ra_cUTmQykc