Heavy Wooden or Steel Shield
A heavy shield covers more of the bearer’s body and commits the shield hand completely. Wooden and steel versions provide the same protection, trading cost against weight.
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.
Benefit: Wooden or Steel: Wooden and steel shields offer the same basic protection, though they respond differently to spells and effects.
Shield Bash Attacks: You can bash an opponent with a heavy shield. 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 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, heavy wooden | 7 gp | +2 | – | -2 | 15% | – | – | 10 lbs. |
| Shield, heavy steel | 20 gp | +2 | – | -2 | 15% | – | – | 15 lbs. |
| One-Handed Melee Weapons (Martial) | ||||||||
| Martial Weapons | Cost | Dmg (S) | Dmg (M) | Critical | Range Increment | Weight | Type | Special |
| Shield heavy | special | 1d3 | 1d4 | ×2 | – | special | Bludgeoning | – |
Source: Core Rulebook
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