Hey all,
Was looking for a way to generate cover that is not magic and/OR a tower shield. I have been searching but other than buying a trusty pincushion -- i mean steed, for my character, I have not found many options. Help is appreciated.
Chariot.
for the cost though I could end up just buying 4-5 trusty pincushions
Edit: also they are only 5ft. tall after getting into one not sure how much cover id be granted
Try googling for 'pavise'. As for rules, I would say it's something like a tower shield that cannot be wielded as a shield due to the awkwardness of the support struts that make it stand up (no shield bonus, but still penalises attacks when carried), and may be placed as terrain as a move action. Give it hardness and hit points as a tower shield.
I think I like the pavise idea better. It has legitimate grounding in reality, doesn't require 3 people to operate, or take up a a 2x2 chunk of space.
did you read my first post about the pincushion bit?
Was looking for something portable and easy to deploy that wasn't magical and did not hinder a ranged character beyond maybe 1 action (move or standard). Essentially was looking for something akin to the previously mentioned pavise, but there seems to be a lack of options besides using a poor animal or a large wheeled device in PF.
inverted canoe or small boat.
Bright side is that it nonmagically doubles as a walk on water device.
no hinderance to your ranged character as you simply drop when not needed.
- sorry I couldn't help myself.
Just start flipping the bar tables tables over as you start the brawl. Roll them about as needed.
is it not just sad that bar tables and canoes and magically animated stuff would work better in PF rules than a specific type of shield. either way the non magic part BBT was to see if it could be done as there is about 50 kajillion ways to make cover with magic, whereas in the mundane world its all canoes and bar tables if you don't have tower shield prof.
If spells are allowed, go for a permanent animate object or permanent shrink object. Most anything would make good cover.
My favorite was a wizard who created a giant conical wizard's hat that was bigger than he was. He cast permanent shrink item on it and wore it around. When he stumbled into an antimagic field, it would dispel and return to its normal size, dropping around him and breaking line of effect to the antimagic field. He would then teleport to safety.