I mean, yes, it's... pretty integral. You know. Part of the whole deal. And yet, this is about as far as I can get.

[ Aaand there's the change! His cloak appears, his face turns all skeletal. At least that's still the same. But when he holds out his hand, no weapon appears. ]

I don't know about a block, it just seems gone, which... That can't be right.