Exotic Shields

• Tower Shield, Steel (Shield)
  

  Tower Shield, Steel		Exotic Shield				edit
  	Cost	Shield Bonus to AC	Dex Penalty to AC	Armor Check Penalty	Arcane Spell Failure	Shield Bash?	Hold Item / Use Somatic?	Durability	Weight
  	60 gp	4	-2	-4	60%	No	No	6	90 lbs.
  	Special: —
  	A Tower Shield is the largest shield made. In order to use a tower shield, you must take the feat Shield Use: Tower Shield. Once you take this feat, a Tower Shield is treated as a heavy shield for all other feats you may take. Donning and readying a Tower Shield takes a move action like a heavy shield, although the in-combat penalties are very high to reflect the bulk of the thing. It is usually wooden, because a metal shield this big weighs a LOT. A tower shield is commonly made as tall as the wielder, so that when it is carried it covers even the crown of the head from attacks. In most situations, a tower shield provides the indicated shield bonus to your Armor Class. As a standard action, however, you can use a tower shield to grant you total cover until the beginning of your next turn. When using a tower shield in this way, you must choose one edge of your space. That edge is treated as a solid wall for attacks targeting you only. You gain total cover for attacks that pass through this edge and no cover for attacks that do not pass through this edge. The cover acts against all attacks which require line of sight, even spell-like or supernatural effects. Attacks requiring only line of effect can go around this barrier, so are unaffected if they have sufficient range to reach you. You cannot bash with a tower shield, nor can you use your shield hand for anything else.

• Tower Shield, Wooden (Shield)
  

  Tower Shield, Wooden		Exotic Shield				edit
  	Cost	Shield Bonus to AC	Dex Penalty to AC	Armor Check Penalty	Arcane Spell Failure	Shield Bash?	Hold Item / Use Somatic?	Durability	Weight
  	30 gp	4	-2	-4	50%	No	No	5	45 lbs.
  	Special: —
  	A Tower Shield is the largest shield made. In order to use a tower shield, you must take the feat Shield Use: Tower Shield. Once you take this feat, a Tower Shield is treated as a heavy shield for all other feats you may take. Donning and readying a Tower Shield takes a move action like a heavy shield, although the in-combat penalties are very high to reflect the bulk of the thing. It is usually wooden, because a metal shield this big weighs a LOT. A tower shield is commonly made as tall as the wielder, so that when it is carried it covers even the crown of the head from attacks. In most situations, a tower shield provides the indicated shield bonus to your Armor Class. As a standard action, however, you can use a tower shield to grant you total cover until the beginning of your next turn. When using a tower shield in this way, you must choose one edge of your space. That edge is treated as a solid wall for attacks targeting you only. You gain total cover for attacks that pass through this edge and no cover for attacks that do not pass through this edge. The cover acts against all attacks which require line of sight, even spell-like or supernatural effects. Attacks requiring only line of effect can go around this barrier, so are unaffected if they have sufficient range to reach you. You cannot bash with a tower shield, nor can you use your shield hand for anything else.

• War Shield, Steel (Shield)
  

  War Shield, Steel		Exotic Shield				edit
  	Cost	Shield Bonus to AC	Dex Penalty to AC	Armor Check Penalty	Arcane Spell Failure	Shield Bash?	Hold Item / Use Somatic?	Durability	Weight
  	50 gp	3	-1	-3	40%	Yes	No	5	50 lbs.
  	Special: —
  	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 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.

• War Shield, Wooden (Shield)
  

  War Shield, Wooden		Exotic Shield				edit
  	Cost	Shield Bonus to AC	Dex Penalty to AC	Armor Check Penalty	Arcane Spell Failure	Shield Bash?	Hold Item / Use Somatic?	Durability	Weight
  	25 gp	3	-1	-3	30%	Yes	No	4	25 lbs.
  	Special: —
  	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 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.