Originally Posted by
Skrum
Could bring back arcane spell failure. Lol.
Clerics can cast in armor because they cast divine spells. Ditto for paladins and druids.
But wizards, sorcerers, etc., cast arcane spells and that means they have spell failure for using a shield or wearing armor. Bards would have to suck it up until they get to their subclass or something.
Even though (I think) I was the person to bring this up, it occurs to me that I might be looking at the wrong thing. I think maybe my problem isn't with armor - it's with the shield spell. A wizard with 20 AC? Ok, that's cool. Hit points are still low, still gonna avoid melee. Doesn't really change much.
A wizard with 20 AC that can selectively raise it to 25? That's getting ridiculous.