Darkness8Me
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I'm having a bit of trouble figuring the costs of shields that have also been enchanted as weapons. I'm hoping someone can help me out.
This leads me to believe that the magical ability cost for a shield that had a +3 enhancement to attack and and +2 to AC would be 22,000 (18,000 Weapon + 4,000 Shield).
However, the only example I could find of an offensive shield was the Shield of Vigilance (a +1 bashing shock large steel shield) in Magic of Faerun. The magical ability cost was only 9000 (a +3 shield). This suggests to me that shields enchanted as weapons use the armor/shield tables to determine price. So the shield I mentioned before would cost 25,000.
Can anyone tell me which method (or other method) is correct? If it is the first method, can a shield be a +10 weapon and a +10 shield?
Last, how does the bashing ability affects the cost of the attack enhancements for a shield? The ability description states that the shield acts a +1 weapon when used to bash. So what would a +3 (attack & AC) bashing shield cost?
From the SRD:
Shields: Shield enhancement bonuses stack with armor enhancement bonuses. Shield enhancement bonuses do not act as attack or damage bonuses when the shield is used in a bash. The bashing shield enchantment, however, does grant a +1 bonus to attacks and damage (see the item description). You could, in fact, build a shield that also acted as a magic weapon, but the magic offensive bonus cost would need to be added into the defensive bonus cost of the shield.
This leads me to believe that the magical ability cost for a shield that had a +3 enhancement to attack and and +2 to AC would be 22,000 (18,000 Weapon + 4,000 Shield).
However, the only example I could find of an offensive shield was the Shield of Vigilance (a +1 bashing shock large steel shield) in Magic of Faerun. The magical ability cost was only 9000 (a +3 shield). This suggests to me that shields enchanted as weapons use the armor/shield tables to determine price. So the shield I mentioned before would cost 25,000.
Can anyone tell me which method (or other method) is correct? If it is the first method, can a shield be a +10 weapon and a +10 shield?
Last, how does the bashing ability affects the cost of the attack enhancements for a shield? The ability description states that the shield acts a +1 weapon when used to bash. So what would a +3 (attack & AC) bashing shield cost?