Brutally Tricky Question

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What hardness and hit points would a +1 darkwood Tower Shield have?

 

[mikebr99]

What hardness and hit points would a +1 darkwood Tower Shield have?

Hardness = 5
HPS = 20

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This rare magic wood is as hard as normal wood but very light. Any wooden or mostly wooden item (such as a bow, an arrow, or a spear) made from darkwood is considered a masterwork item and weighs only half as much as a normal wooden item of that type. Items not normally made of wood or only partially of wood (such as a battleaxe or a mace) either cannot be made from darkwood or do not gain any special benefit from being made of darkwood. The armor check penalty of a darkwood shield is lessened by 2 compared to an ordinary shield of its type. To determine the price of a darkwood item, use the original weight but add 10 gp per pound to the price of a masterwork version of that item. Darkwood has 10 hit points per inch of thickness and hardness 5.
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[Altamont Ravenard]

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Shield Hardness and Hit Points: Each +1 of enhancement bonus adds 2 to a shield’s hardness and +10 to its hit points.

So a Tower Darkwood +1 Shield would have a Hardness of 7 and 30 HPs

AR

 

[mikebr99]

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So a Tower Darkwood +1 Shield would have a Hardness of 7 and 30 HPs

AR

Ahh... yes. Thanks AR, I neglected the magic part of the question.


Mike

 

[Altamont Ravenard]

"it takes two..."

AR

 

[Darklone]

So a shield is 2 inch thick ? Woah.

 

[Altamont Ravenard]

So a shield is 2 inch thick ? Woah.

Tower Shield, yes. It's a wooden door, basically. The usual tactic involves going near an enemy, swinging the Tower shield open, saying "Hi there!" and pounding their skull in with the appropriate tool.

AR