D20:Shield, Light Armor

You strap a shield to your forearm and grip it with your hand. A light shield?s weight lets you carry other items in that hand, although you cannot use weapons with it.
Wooden or Steel: Wooden and steel shields offer the same basic protection, though they respond differently to special attacks.
Shield Bash Attacks: You can bash an opponent with a light shield, using it as an off-hand weapon. See Table: Weapons for the damage dealt by a shield bash. Used this way, a light shield is a martial bludgeoning weapon. For the purpose of penalties on attack rolls, treat a light shield as a light weapon. If you use your shield as a weapon, you lose its AC bonus until your next action (usually until the next round). An enhancement bonus on a shield does not improve the effectiveness of a shield bash made with it, but the shield can be made into a magic weapon in its own right.

These are the prices for this item when made with specific materials or enhancements.
;Shield, Light Wooden

• Masterwork: 153 gp (armor check penalty is lessened by 1)
  
• Adamantine: N/A
  
• Crystal, Mundane: N/A
  
• Darkwood: 203 gp (halve weight)
  
• Dragonhide: 306 gp
  
• Mithral: N/A
  
• Magic^*
  

:+2: 4,153 gp (+4,000 gp for +2 enhancement bonus):+4: 16,153 gp (+16,000 gp for +4 enhancement bonus):* Magic items must be masterwork. Costs listed are for masterwork armor.
;Shield, Light Steel

• Masterwork: 159 gp (+1 enhancement bonus to hit)
  
• Adamantine: 2,009 gp (price includes masterwork)
  
• Crystal, Mundane: 159 gp
  
• Darkwood: N/A
  
• Dragonhide: 318 gp
  
• Mithral: 1,009 gp (price includes masterwork, halve weight)
  
• Magic^*
  

:+2: 4,159 gp (+4,000 gp for +2 enhancement bonus):+4: 16,159 gp (+16,000 gp for +4 enhancement bonus):* Magic items must be masterwork. Costs listed are for masterwork armor.

• Armor Qualities
  
• Magic Items: Armor
  
• Wikipedia: Shield
  

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