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Shield, Heavy Wooden or Steel

Codex Manesse, UB Heidelberg, Cod. Pal. germ. 848, fol. 52r: Walther von Klingen Date between 1305 and 1315, Shield, Heavy Wooden or Steel
Codex Manesse, UB Heidelberg, Cod. Pal. germ. 848, fol. 52r: Walther von Klingen Date between 1305 and 1315

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
ShieldCostArmor/Shield
Bonus
Maximum
Dexterity Bonus
Armor
Check
Penalty
Arcane Spell Failure Chance
Speed
(30 ft.)
Speed (20 ft.)Weight.
1
Shield, heavy wooden7 gp+2-215%10 lbs.
Shield, heavy steel20 gp+2-215%15 lbs.
One-Handed  Melee Weapons (Martial)
Martial WeaponsCostDmg (S)Dmg (M)CriticalRange
Increment
WeightTypeSpecial
Shield heavyspecial1d31d4×2specialBludgeoning
Source:  Core Rulebook
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