| Name | Heavy Steel Shield |
|---|---|
| Sorted Name | Heavy Steel Shield |
| Family | Armor and Shields |
| Category | Armor |
| Subcategory | Shields |
| Item Slot | Held |
| Price | 20 gp |
| Price as Gold Pieces | 20 |
| Creation Cost | 20 gp |
| Armor/Shield Bonus | +2 |
| Maximum Dex Bonus | - |
| Armor Check Penalty | -2 |
| Arcane Spell Failure Chance | 15% |
| Speed (30 ft. base) | - |
| Speed (20 ft. base) | - |
| Weight | 15 lb. |
| Hardness | 10 |
| Hitpoints | 20 |
| Aura | No aura (nonmagical) |
| Version | SRD |
| Sources | System Reference Document on page 123 |
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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 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. |
Source Copyright: System Reference Document Copyright 2000-2003, Wizards of the Coast, Inc.; Authors Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, Skip Williams, Rich Baker, Andy Collins, David Noonan, Rich Redman, Bruce R. Cordell, John D. Rateliff, Thomas Reid, James Wyatt, based on original material by E. Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson.
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