Shatter and Worn Armor

[Silentman73]

In your estimation, does Shatter work against non-magical armor while it's worn? In such a case, does the save against the spell come from the wearer, or does the armor have its own save? If it works, is the armor completely ruined (can no longer provide armor bonus), or does it instead gain the Broken condition?

[Duiker]

My impression was that attended (i.e. worn or wielded) items use the wearer's will save, but I can't find where it says so in the rules explicitly.

[Silentman73]

Heya Duniker, thanks for your quick response. I found the saving throw question answered on page 174 of the Core Rulebook.

Quote:

An item attended by a character (being grasped, touched or worn) makes saving throws as the character (that is, using the character's saving throw bonus).

I'm still sketchy on whether the Shatter spell can be used against non-magical armor while it's being worn by a PC, however. There's a chance the PCs will encounter something that'd do this in this afternoon's session, and I want to make sure I have a solid grasp of the rules. I dislike damaging players' items, but tactics are tactics, and I'd rather do it before they start running around in expensive magic items that they'd be a lot unhappier about losing. ;)