Mithral Shields Quality

[Miguel Madrid del Ama]

From Pathfinder PRD:

Mithral

Mithral is a rare, silvery metal that is lighter than steel but just as hard. When worked like steel, it can be used to create amazing armor, and is occasionally used for other items as well. Most mithral armors are one category lighter than normal for purposes of movement and other limitations. Heavy armors are treated as medium, and medium armors are treated as light, but light armors are still treated as light. This decrease does not apply to proficiency in wearing the armor. A character wearing mithral full plate must be proficient in wearing heavy armor to avoid adding the armor's check penalty on all his attack rolls and skill checks that involve moving. Spell failure chances for armors and shields made from mithral are decreased by 10%, maximum Dexterity bonuses are increased by 2, and armor check penalties are decreased by 3 (to a minimum of 0).
An item made from mithral weighs half as much as the same item made from other metals. In the case of weapons, this lighter weight does not change a weapon's size category or the ease with which it can be wielded (whether it is light, one-handed, or two-handed). Items not primarily of metal are not meaningfully affected by being partially made of mithral. (A longsword can be a mithral weapon, while a quarterstaff cannot.) Mithral weapons count as silver for the purpose of overcoming damage reduction.
Weapons and armors fashioned from mithral are always masterwork items as well; the masterwork cost is included in the prices given below.
Mithral has 30 hit points per inch of thickness and hardness 15.
Type of Mithral Item Item Price Modifier
Light armor +1,000 gp
Medium armor +4,000 gp
Heavy armor +9,000 gp
Shield +1,500 gp
Other items +500 gp/lb.

On last sentence of first paragraph, armors and shields are specifically mentioned, but on last paragraph only weapon and armors are listed.

So, Mithral Shields are not masterwork items?

[2ndGenerationCleric]

They are. Unless I'm mistaken, like with a magic item, it is masterwork.

[Lost In Limbo]

They might be including shields under the armor heading to save space, or simply because they forgot to add it in.

In any case, armor and shields follow exactly the same masterwork rules so it's an entirely reasonable assumption that what affects one affects the other.

[Gauss]

First, you misquoted the price for Mithral Shields. It is +1,000gp rather than +1,500gp.

Second, on CRB p467 there is an example of a Mithral Heavy Shield. The price is 1,020gp. That is 1,000gp for the Mithral and 20gp for the Heavy Shield.

Answer: The price (+1,000gp) includes Masterwork.

[Rikkan]

Is not a misquote. It is just listed differently in ultimate equipment and the core rulebook.
Most likely just an error on the prd though.

[Gauss]

Rikkan, thanks for the information. I never noticed that Ultimate Equipment (and the PRD) had the price wrong. It continues to list the Mithral Heavy Shield as 1,020gp.