Hello,
anybody have a clear idea if the shield's hardness can save it from any damage?
E.g. I have this path ability and use a light mithral shield +1 with a hardness of 17. Then I get hit for 13 hp and I use sacrificual shield to block it.
So does my shield get the broken condition now if I do not use mythic power, or can its hardness prevent that?
It's a good ability when using a magic shield anyway, but it would be even nicer if its hardness would prevent burning MP...
Sacrificial Shield (Ex) (Mythic Adventures pg. 29): Once per round when you would normally be hit by a weapon attack, you can use your shield to block the attack. You must be using a shield in order to use this ability. Subtract your shield's hardness and hit points (see Table 7–12 on page 175 of the Core Rulebook) from the damage of the attack and apply the remaining damage to your hit points. If the shield takes enough damage to destroy it, it's destroyed. Otherwise, it gains the broken condition, even if the damage was not enough to give it the broken condition under other circumstances. You can expend one use of mythic power when using this ability to negate any damage dealt to the shield, though you still take any damage that exceeds its hardness and hit points. You can choose to negate the damage after the damage is rolled.
I think the intention is yes, the shield gains the broken condition no matter what.
Thanks for your input, bad for my PC though... ;)
That was my first thought, I only got the idea with the hardness after reading the very few comments in the www that exist about that path ability.
Has this been subject of any rules clarification / FAQ from Paizo?