Are Spiked Shields considered Spiked Armor for the purpose of feats?


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Lantern Lodge

Quick question, are Spiked Shields considered Spiked Armor for the purpose of feats?
Specifically Spiked Destroyer?

I'm a little confused by the sentence "See the armor spikes entry on page 10 for details."

Can anyone help clarify the relation between Spiked Shields and Spiked Armor?


First off Armor Spikes and Shield Spikes are different, it references "Armor Spikes" on your armor, shields don’t get armor spikes.

Secondly the feat mentions armor, not shields, even though a shield may be in the armor section of the books, it doesn’t mentions shields so by RAW this would apply to armor with armor spikes only.


No, why would spiked shields be the same as spiked armor?

Are daggers the same as handaxes? I don't even understand how this question got asked other than someone clumsily trying to abuse Spiked Destroyer and Shield Slam without investing in two weapons.

Lantern Lodge

Thanks for the Clarification.

I didn't quite understand why the Spiked Shield entry in UE would ask you to reference Armor Spikes.


Where are you referring to? Pg. 14 with the description of the Shield Spikes?

Edit* Never mind I found what he was talking about on pg. 38

Spiked Shields:
SPIKED HEAVY SHIELD PRICE 57 GP/70 GP
TYPE martial
Spiked shields are intimidating weapons, and can have a single
protruding central spike, razored shield edges, or a whole forest
of deadly protrusions. You can bash with a spiked heavy shield
instead of using it for defense. A spiked heavy shield can’t be
disarmed. See the armor spikes entry on page 10 for details.
SPIKED LIGHT SHIELD PRICE 53 GP/59 GP
TYPE martial
You can bash with a spiked light shield instead of using it for
defense. A spiked light shield can’t be disarmed. See the armor
spikes entry on page 10 for details.

I can understand why it looks confusing now.

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