Armor and Shields: Difference between revisions
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| 25 gp || AC 3 || Align="left" | No shield-hand use, no shield bash, -1 to-hit || +6 || -4 || 30% || 30 || 20 || 4 || 25 lbs. | | 25 gp || AC 3 || Align="left" | No shield-hand use, no shield bash, -1 to-hit || +6 || -4 || 30% || 30 || 20 || 4 || 25 lbs. | ||
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| colspan="11" align="left" | A War shield is strapped to the forearm and secured around the shoulders with a harness, as well as gripped by the hand. The hand and arm holding a War shield can do nothing else. Instead of move | | colspan="11" align="left" | A War shield is strapped to the forearm and secured around the shoulders with a harness, as well as gripped by the hand. The hand and arm holding a War shield can do nothing else. Instead of a move action to equip, donning and removing a war shield requires a full-round action. War Shields are so heavy and so tightly strapped to the user's body that they cannot be used to perform shield bashes. As such, there is no damage entry for a War Shield. (Note that Shield Spikes may still be installed on a War Shield, and if they are, then the Spikes can be used to attack, even though the bare shield cannot.) War shields are noticeably larger than a heavy shield, and are more heavily built, to boot. To use a War Shield, you must take the feat [[Shield Use: War Shield (Feat)]]. Once you take this feat, a War Shield is treated as a heavy shield for all other feats you may take. A War shield commonly covers "from chin to shin". You cannot use a war shield to grant yourself cover. When employing a war shield in combat, you take a -1 penalty on attack rolls because of the shield's size, mass, and strappings. | ||
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