A type of Shield that is specifically meant for parrying.

An idea of mine is a type of shield which (Unlike the normal shield) can only be up for .5 seconds and has a 6-second cooldown. it would be smaller and has gold instead of iron but if you would successfully block an attack (if its a melee) the damage would go to the source of damage. If it was an arrow, it would  just block it and it would be a 3-second cooldown instead. I think this would be a fair alternative to the  average shield.