Item: Helmsman's Recourse (Major)
Shield throw 30 ft.
This standard-grade duskwood meteor shield (Hardness 11, HP 80, BT 40) is a wheel from a ship. While wielding the shield, you gain a +2 item bonus to Sailing Lore and to Athletics checks to Swim.
Activate 2 command
Frequency once per day
Requirements You're in a body of water
Effect For 10 minutes, you don't sink if you haven't succeeded at a Swim action on a turn, and if you're submerged, you automatically ascend 10 feet at the end of your turn. When you Activate the shield, it casts Water Walk on you. and you can breathe underwater for 10 minutes.
Trait Effects
Magical: Something with the magical trait is imbued with magical energies not tied to a specific tradition of magic. Some items or effects are closely tied to a particular tradition of magic. In these cases, the item has the arcane, divine, occult, or primal trait instead of the magical trait. Any of these traits indicate that the item is magical.
Shield Throw: A shield with this trait is designed to be thrown as a ranged attack. When thrown, the shield is a martial thrown ranged weapon. Its damage dice and type are the same as its shield bash attack, but if the shield includes an attached weapon or integrated weapon, you can choose to attack with it instead when you throw the shield. You add your Strength modifier to damage, as typical of a thrown weapon. The trait also includes the range increment.
Related Items
| Name | Level | Rarity | AC Bonus |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helmsman's Recourse (Greater) | 7 | Common | 2 |
| Helmsman's Recourse | 5 | Common | 2 |
| Meteor Shield | - | Common | 2 |
| Arrow-Catching Shield | 11 | Common | 2 |
| Clockwork Shield | 11 | Common | 2 |
| Energized Shield (Moderate) | 11 | Uncommon | 2 |
| Evil-Reflecting Shield | 11 | Uncommon | 2 |
| Floating Shield | 11 | Uncommon | 1 |
| Guardian Shield | 11 | Uncommon | 2 |
| Kizidhar's Shield | 11 | Common | 2 |
| Lodestone Shield | 11 | Common | 2 |
| Staff-Storing Shield (Greater) | 11 | Common | 2 |
| Amaranthine Pavise | 10 | Uncommon | 2 |
| Arctic Worm Chitin Shield | 12 | Uncommon | 2 |
| Forge Warden | 10 | Uncommon | 2 |
| Hippopotamus Klar | 10 | Uncommon | 1 |
| Jawbreaker Shield | 12 | Uncommon | 2 |
| Rampart Shield | 12 | Uncommon | 2 |
| Sapling Shield (Greater) | 12 | Common | 1 |
| Shield of Snakes | 10 | Unique | 2 |