Adamantine Sheilds

[Voodoo]

Iv'e just noticed that despite the text about adamantine items (DMG pg 283) mentions adamantine shields, it has neither a price nor any rules for them. Have any offical rules been posted anywhere?

 

[AdmundfortGeographer]

Iv'e just noticed that despite the text about adamantine items (DMG pg 283) mentions adamantine shields, it has neither a price nor any rules for them. Have any offical rules been posted anywhere?

Yes, in the Official 3.5 FAQ.

Look in the section on Armor in the Equipment portion of the FAQ.


Regards,
Eric Anondson

 

[Voodoo]

Thanks Eric, obvious place to look really.

I must say though at 5,000gp for increased hardness and HP it seems a little steep, but i guess that might be because sunder hardly ever gets used in the groups i play in.

 

[AdmundfortGeographer]

It does seem steep, but another thing to consider is that as it is laid out now, you could shield bash with an adamantine shield would bypass hardness on an attack.

Something I have with my primary character in Living Greyhawk is a shield bashing fellow. He has a bashing adamantine shield with, and a +1 ghost touch cold iron shield spike. This way he wields a single item to attack with and two materials to bypass material-dependent DR with and two types of damage (piercing or bludgeoning), no need to draw a new weapon.

It's certainly not something for the warrior who expects to dish out massive amounts of damage, but it is a nifty trick. Especially with the Shield Charge and Shield Slam feats from Complete Warrior.


Regards,
Eric Anondson