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    Pixie in the Playground
     
    DruidGirl

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    Default Bashing enchantment and enhancement bonus

    Bashing: A shield with this special ability is designed to perform a shield bash. A bashing shield deals damage as if it were a weapon of two size categories larger (a Medium light shield thus deals 1d6 points of damage and a Medium heavy shield deals 1d8 points of damage). The shield acts as a +1 weapon when used to bash. (Only light and heavy shields can have this ability.)
    Provided that i am aware you have to enchant the defensive and offensive bonuses separately on a shield, i was wondering about this part of the enchantment: The shield acts as a +1 weapon when used to bash.

    I'm guessing not (or it would've said something similar to the bane weapon enchantment "its effective enhancement bonus is +2 better than its normal enhancement bonus.") but does this mean that if i put a +1 enhancement bonus (as a weapon) on the shield i get a +2 weapon when bashing?
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    PaladinGuy

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    Default Re: Bashing enchantment and enhancement bonus

    Quote Originally Posted by valepu View Post
    Provided that i am aware you have to enchant the defensive and offensive bonuses separately on a shield, i was wondering about this part of the enchantment: The shield acts as a +1 weapon when used to bash.

    I'm guessing not (or it would've said something similar to the bane weapon enchantment "its effective enhancement bonus is +2 better than its normal enhancement bonus.") but does this mean that if i put a +1 enhancement bonus (as a weapon) on the shield i get a +2 weapon when bashing?
    This needs a re-write, but I think I understand what you're getting at.

    And I think the answer is yes. Though I could be wrong. Because you have to enchant the defensive and offensive bonuses separately, you would in fact get a +2 to Shield Bashing when using that shield - there's no bonus type stated in the enchantment (leading me to believe there is no bonus involved at all, just a flat +1) so any sort of +1 to bashing bonus would stack. That being said, you wouldn't gain any additional AC or anything because offense and defense are dealt with separately, as you've stated.
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