D20:Shield, Heavy (Armor)

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Weight figures are for armor sized to fit Medium characters. Armor fitted for Small characters weighs half as much, and armor fitted for Large characters weighs twice as much.

Notes

You strap a shield to your forearm and grip it with your hand. A heavy shield is so heavy that you can’t use your shield hand for anything else.

Wooden or Steel: Wooden and steel shields offer the same basic protection, though they respond differently to special attacks.

Shield Bash Attacks: You can bash an opponent with a heavy shield, using it as an off-hand weapon. See Table: Weapons for the damage dealt by a shield bash. Used this way, a heavy shield is a martial bludgeoning weapon. For the purpose of penalties on attack rolls, treat a heavy shield as a one-handed weapon. If you use your shield as a weapon, you lose its AC bonus until your next action (usually until the next round). An enhancement bonus on a shield does not improve the effectiveness of a shield bash made with it, but the shield can be made into a magic weapon in its own right.

Enhancements

These are the prices for this item when made with specific materials or enhancements.

Heavy Wooden Shield

• Masterwork: 157 gp (armor check penalty is lessened by 1)
• Adamantine: N/A
• Crystal, Mundane: N/A
• Darkwood: 207 gp (halve weight)
• Dragonhide: N/A gp
• Mithral: N/A
• Magic^*

+1: 1,157 gp (+1,000 gp for +1 enhancement bonus)

+2: 4,157 gp (+4,000 gp for +2 enhancement bonus)

+3: 9,157 gp (+9,000 gp for +3 enhancement bonus)

+4: 16,157 gp (+16,000 gp for +4 enhancement bonus)

+5: 25,157 gp (+25,000 gp for +5 enhancement bonus)

* Magic items must be masterwork. Costs listed are for masterwork armor.

Heavy Steel Shield

• Masterwork: 170 gp (+1 enhancement bonus to hit)
• Adamantine: 2,020 gp (price includes masterwork)
• Crystal, Mundane: 170 gp
• Darkwood: N/A
• Dragonhide: 170 gp
• Mithral: 1,020 gp (price includes masterwork, halve weight)
• Magic^*

+1: 1,170 gp (+1,000 gp for +1 enhancement bonus)

+2: 4,170 gp (+4,000 gp for +2 enhancement bonus)

+3: 9,170 gp (+9,000 gp for +3 enhancement bonus)

+4: 16,170 gp (+16,000 gp for +4 enhancement bonus)

+5: 25,170 gp (+25,000 gp for +5 enhancement bonus)

* Magic items must be masterwork. Costs listed are for masterwork armor.

See Also

• Armor Qualities
• Magic Items: Armor
• Wikipedia: Shield

System Reference Document -> Equipment (SRD) -> Armor Description