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For an adamantine buckler I'm really not sure how to do the pricing, and sadly, neither is hero lab.
I've seen a lot of posts that shields are priced as weapons for adamantine, but a buckler specifically can not be used as a weapon. (Short of improvised)
I really just want it for the additional hardness/hp, but the -1 to armor check penalty doesn't hurt.
I'm looking for a "RAW Ruling" on this because I want to use it for a pathfinder society character.
Thanks!
Pricing of special materials is a bit of an odd thing in Pathfinder.
For Adamantine there is no price for a shield because there is no direct mechanical advantage (only that the shield is harder to sunder).
For Mithral there is a single price for shields, even though a Towershield probably uses a little more Mithral than a buckler.
Sadly there is not even a price/weight given since you could use that to calculate the shield's cost and the price ratio between Mithral and Adamantine is also not consistent.
In any case I would orient myself on the price for armor.
Buckler = Light Armor
Heavy Shield = Medium Armor
Tower Shield = Heavy Armor
Meaning your buckler would cost around 5000 gold.
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On that note the special metals won't actually increase the hp of the buckler like I was hoping anyway, since Mithril is the same as iron/steel. By the table here:
http://www.d20pfsrd.com/equipment---final/damaging-objects
The only benefit of going Mithril would be +5 hardness. At 5hp, a buckler is presumed to be 1/6th of an inch or 4.23mm in thickness.
Bucklers are so easy to sunder. ><
Well its not an official ruling (sadly). It is just what I thought would come closest.
And if you want to have a hard shield try the Impervious enchantment. Gives more HP and hardness.
