Changes

Shields no longer grant an AC bonus. Instead, as a non-action usable any number of times per round when using a shieldwith which you are proficient, you may automatically increase your AC by 10 + twice the shield's enhancement bonus against a single attack . This must be declared after knowing the result of the an attack. If the change in AC causes is declared against you to take no damage from the , but before any attackrolls are made, the shield loses one durability. It is possible and cannot be used if you would be denied your Dexterity to repair a shield by spending five minutes to mainten it, resetting its durability to the maximum possible. If a shield's durability drops to 0 or lower, the shield must make a Fortitude save (DC equal to 10 + the amount of damage dealt after factoring in hardness) or break, becoming entirely splintered and made uselessAC against that attack.

If the attack misses, the shield loses one durability. If a shield's durability drops to 0 or lower, the shield must make a Fortitude save (DC equal to 15 + the amount of damage dealt after factoring in hardness, as per the [[SRD:Breaking_and_Entering#Smashing_an_Object|smashing an object]] rules) or become [[Broken (3.5e Condition)|broken]], becoming almost useless (see below on what happens when a shield breaks). The shield's effective hardness drops by two for every negative point of durability it possesses (for example, a shield with -2 durability would have 4 less hardness than normal), and if the shield's hardness reaches 0, it automatically becomes [[Broken (3.5e Condition)|broken]]. As durability drops (even to 0 and below), the shield doesn't take any actual damage, only the hardness is reduced. It is possible to repair a shield by spending five minutes to maintain it, resetting its durability to the maximum possible, while the [[SRD:Mending|mending]] spell increases the durability by one (up to its maximum) and the [[SRD:Make_Whole|make whole]] spell completely repairs the shield. If a shield splinters, it is no longer usable except by being readied (see below), but you still take all the normal penalties while equipping it (arcane spell failure, armor check penalty, penalty to using things in the same hand as the shield, and so on), and must use the normal kind of action to divest yourself of the shield as you would were it whole. A shield's durability is equal to its innate durability (as per the table below) plus its enhancement bonusto AC. Thus, a +2 [[SRD:Darkwood|Darkwood]] [[SRD:Fortification|Heavy Fortification]] [[SRD:Buckler|Buckler ]] would have a durability of 43, while a +5 [[SRD:Animated|Animated]] [[SRD:Adamantine|Adamantine]] [[SRD:Tower Shield |Tower Shield]] would have a durability of 1110. Once a shield is [[Broken (3.5e Condition)|broken]], you are unable to use it unless you spend a move action to ready it. When you use it in this way, you may only block a single attack (or spell) per round.

| Buckler || 21

| Light || 32

| Heavy || 43

| Tower || 65

Spells that deal damage, as well as melee and ranged [[SRD:Armor_Class#Touch_Attacks|touch attacks ]] may also be blocked by a shield, but require the expenditure of two points of durability instead of one. If you use a shield in this way to block a spell, instead gain a bonus equal to 5 +10 the shield's enhancement bonus to your save against the spell(you may use this after rolling your save), and you take no damage or any of the effects on a successful save (though your shield takes full damage as though it had failed the save for the purposes of the DC against breaking if its durability falls to 0 or lower).A tower shield may be used to block any spell that requires a saving throw to resist, and when reduced to 0 durability, if the spell does not normally deal damage, consider the damage to be equal to twice the spell's level added to twice the caster level of the spellcaster. === New Feat === {{3.5e Feat|name=Shield Focus|types=Fighter|summary=|prereqs=[[BAB]] +1, Proficient with shields|benefit=You gain a Durability pool which you can expend instead of the durability that would be taken off your shield. The pool begins at one, and increases by one at level 6 and every 5 levels after (to a maximum of 4 at level 16). Your pool refills to its maximum value at the beginning of each encounter. Furthermore, once your shield is [[Broken (3.5e Condition)|broken]], you can ready it as a swift action instead of a move action.|special=}}