Shield, Light Wooden or Steel
You strap a shield to your forearm and grip it with your hand. A light shield’s weight lets you carry other items in that hand, although you cannot use weapons with it.
Benefit: Wooden or Steel: Wooden and steel shields offer the same basic protection, though they respond differently to some spells and effects.
Shield Bash Attacks: You can bash an opponent with a light shield. Used this way, a light shield is a martial bludgeoning weapon. For the purpose of penalties on attack rolls, treat a light shield as a light weapon. If you use your shield as a weapon, you lose its Armor Class bonus until your next turn. 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.
Shields | ||||||||
Shield | Cost | Armor/Shield Bonus | Maximum Dexterity Bonus | Armor Check | Penalty Arcane Spell Failure Chance | Speed (30 ft.) | Speed (20 ft.) | Weight. 1 |
Shield, light wooden | 3 gp | +1 | – | -1 | 5% | – | – | 5 lbs. |
Shield, light steel | 9 gp | +1 | – | -1 | 5% | – | – | 6 lbs. |
Light Melee Weapons (Martial) | ||||||||
Weapon | Cost | Dmg (S) | Dmg (M) | Critical | Range Increment | Weight | Type | Special |
Shield light | special | 1d2 | 1d3 | ×2 | – | special | Bludgeoning | – |
Source: Core Rulebook