Mauril wrote:
Two Weapon Defense and Shield of Swings also provide a shield bonus. This does not make you suddenly have a shield.
I understand, but my argument is that it is a PHYSICAL property of the material, there isn't some magic pixie inside Living Steel going, "Am I in a shield or armor? I'm not? Well then I guess this Living Steel won't be super hard!"
And the description of the material even has a logic behind why this should be the case.
"Some trees suck up potent minerals through their roots the same way others draw water from the ground. Though these trees blunt saws and axes used to hew them and shrug off fire, they eventually succumb to time or the elements. When properly harvested, these fallen trees produce nuggets of a metal called living steel. This glossy green metal slowly repairs itself. An item made from living steel repairs damage to itself at a rate of 2 hit points per day, or 1 hit point per day if it has the broken condition."
So by the description and the logic that it is a physical property of the material then any item that blocks an attack and the attacker rolls a 1 on their attack their weapon should gain the broken status.