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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AdmundfortGeographer" data-source="post: 5725611" data-attributes="member: 4682">I don't think that it is easy to make it good. Feats from non-core books help some. Shield spikes plus the bashing property on a heavy shield are about the best you can find. I believe that gets you up to 2d6 damage on a single hand weapon, if strapped on the arm is pretty hard to disarm, and leaves an open hand( for things like casting or stunning fist or deflect arrows).Get a DM ruling on what kind of action it would take to swapping back and forth between two-handed and single handed. My DM rules it was equivalent to a free action.We had to house rule on whether a shield with spikes could be invested with weapon enhancements in addition to shield enhancement. My DM rules that if a shield basher was willing to pay the extra cost as if it was a separate item, the shield wielder could invest weapon enhancements.Which opened up funny edge case enhancements, like the question of ghost touch shield enhancement on a shield being used for shield bashing. Our DM ruled it made sense that a ghost touched shield could affect incorporeal creatures as it it was a ghost touch weapon property. Sure, that's a +3 shield rating, but the cost for a shield enhancement is vastly less than a weapon enhancement in the uppermost enhancement +'s.Certain characters do well with an open hand, a heavy shield with spikes and the bashing property can be an attractive option. For instance a high level paladin, holding a rod of quicken metamagic in the open hand to cast 4th level paladin spells  (like holy sword on the spiked shield) as a free action.If your DM rules a spiked shield can be enhanced with weapon enhancements, a lot of interesting things can open up.</blockquote>

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