| Name | spiked heavy steel Shield |
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| Sorted Name | Shield, spiked heavy steel |
| Family | Armor and Shields |
| Category | Armor |
| Subcategory | Shields |
| Price | 30 gp |
| Price as Gold Pieces | 30 |
| Damage (Small) | 1d4 |
| Damage (Medium) | 1d6 |
| Critical Hit Threat Range | ×2 |
| Damage Type | P |
| Armor/Shield Bonus | 2 |
| Armor Check Penalty | -2 |
| Arcane Spell Failure Chance | 15% |
| Weight | 20 lbs. |
| Version | PRPG-O |
| Sources | Pathfinder RPG (Open) |
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Description: 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 and steel shields offer the same basic protection, though they respond differently to spells and effects. You can bash an opponent with a heavy shield, using it as an off-hand weapon. See “shield, heavy” on 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 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. |
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Source Copyright: Pathfinder RPG Core Rulebook. Copyright 2009, Paizo Publishing, LLC; Author: Jason Bulmahn, based on material by Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, and Skip Williams.
The Book of Experimental Might. Copyright 2008, Malhavoc Press; Author: Monte J. Cook.
Tome of Horrors. Copyright 2002, Necromancer Games, Inc.; Authors: Scott Greene, with Clark Peterson, Erica Balsley, Kevin Baase, Casey Christofferson, Lance Hawvermale, Travis Hawvermale, Patrick Lawinger, and Bill Webb; Based on original content from TSR.
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