Masterwork Spiked Steel Shield

Armor Profile

Class

Shields

AC

+5

Grade

IV · Masterwork

Rarity

Epic

Tier

II · Industrial

Training

Shields

Cost

8065

Weight

13 lb

Without training in shields, you have disadvantage on every attack, check and save that uses Strength or Dexterity, your speed drops by 10 feet, and you cannot channel while it is on. Proficiency

To make: 4,033 gm of materials and 50 days of work, at a workshop with the right tools, by a crafter with Rift Affinity 4, finished with a DC 20 check. To repair: 1,009 gm and 13 days. Downtime

Properties

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• shieldHeld in the off hand for a flat bonus to armor class.
• shieldHeld in the off hand. One shield at a time, and it needs a free hand.

The same dished steel plate with a four-inch spike welded through the boss. It grants a +3 bonus to Armor Class beyond the shield's own. Faced twice and rimmed in steel, and the boss is let into a backing plate so a hit on the center goes into the arm.

Rules

• Always on

  • +5 AC

• Bonus action

  Shield bash (bonus action): melee attack with the spike, 1d6 piercing damage on a hit.

Grades

The same object, worked to a better standard. The grade is the rung; the bonus is what the rung is worth at the table.

1. Grade I · Standard
2. Grade II · Refined +1
3. Grade III · Pristine +2
4. Grade IV · Masterwork +3