Bastion de Fer

==Bastion de Fer==
Invented by Gregorian musketeers, the bastion de fer - or iron bastion - is a bulky shield that can be planted to create portable cover to fire two-handed firearms from. Although stockier and slightly more off balance than an ordinary heavy steel shield, the bastion de fer has two notable features. The first are a pair of adjustable arms that reach from the front of the shield, and the other is a slot designed to stabilize the barrel of a two-handed firearm or similar weapon. 
*Type Shield; Proficiency Heavy Shield
*Benefit As a standard action, you may plant a bastion de fer in any loose terrain (such as dirt, sand, snow, or loose rocks) facing one edge of your space. While planted, a bastion de fer acts as a low wall for the purposes of crouching behind it for cover, and the creature crouching behind the benefits of its shield bonus and special abilities as if they were wearing it but only against attacks that pass through the edge it was planted on. In addition, as a swift action, a creature crouched behind a bastion de fer can mount a single two-handed crossbow, firearm, or ranged invented weapon in the slot on top of the shield. While mounted, the weapon's wielder gets a +1 bonus to attack rolls with it, but crossbows and early firearms (except the Dumont Rifle) cannot be reloaded while mounted. If no weapon is mounted on the shield, it can be unplanted and picked up as a standard action, or in place of drawing a weapon while standing up from crouching.
Type 	Cost 	Shield Bonus	Max Dex Bonus	ACP	ASF Chance	Speed 	Speed 	Weight
Type 	Cost 	Shield Bonus	Max Dex Bonus	ACP	ASF Chance	30 ft.	20 ft.	Weight
Shield	30 gp	+2 	+4 	-3 	15% 	- 	- 	20 lbs
Category:Armor