Vanguard's Shield

While holding this shield, you gain a bonus to AC as though you were holding a normal shield. When you take the attack action, you can use this shield as a 1d8 + STR melee weapon. Once per turn, you can throw the shield as one of your weapon attacks as though it had the thrown property (20/60). When you hit with a ranged attack using this shield, deal 1d6 + STR/DEX damage and then you may roll a second attack to hit a target within 10 feet of the first. Two targets maximum, unless the second roll is a Natural 20.
After the attack, the shield flies back to your hand as long as you are within 60 feet of the last target it attempted to hit and it has not passed through anything that would alter its trajectory, such as a wall of wind. However, the shield does not return until the start of your next turn, and so using the thrown property of the shield negates the shield bonus to your AC until it returns.

Item type

Armor