Yes, but the percentages do seem to match up to those used in p1999.
However, monk block fires way more often than shield block does. If I remember my logs correctly, it might be close to 19% chance. Perhaps it is the first thing checked for monks?
Block may seem overpowered, but you must remember when eq was first released, itemisation was a large part of the balance. Monks did not get many high AC items, so relied on their skills and abilities instead of equipment to offset incoming damage.
By Velious they get the benefit of decent worn stats in addition to their excellent innate abilities, which left them with little drawback. This discrepancy between initial itemisation philosophy, game mechanics, and subsequent itemisation is what lead to the infamous 'monk nerf' at the start of PoP; at this point Sony realised the original game mechanics were not compatible with the direction they wanted to go with itemisation.
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