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Armor check penalties apply even when a character is proficient with the armor or shield they are wearing. However, armor check penalties do not apply to any skill with which the character has a [[Natural Talent]], even if the skill in question makes use of the character's STR or DEX modifier. | Armor check penalties apply even when a character is proficient with the armor or shield they are wearing. However, armor check penalties do not apply to any skill with which the character has a [[Natural Talent]], even if the skill in question makes use of the character's STR or DEX modifier. | ||
===Arcane Spell Failure Chance=== | |||
Armor interferes with the gestures that a spellcaster must make to cast an arcane spell that has a somatic [[components|component]]. Arcane spellcasters face the possibility of arcane spell failure if theyre wearing armor. Bards can wear light armor and use shields without incurring any arcane spell failure chance for their bard spells. | |||
Casting an Arcane Spell in Armor: A character who casts an arcane spell while wearing armor must usually make an arcane spell failure check. The number in the Arcane Spell Failure Chance column on Table: Armor and Shields is the percentage chance that the spell fails and is ruined. If the spell lacks a somatic component, however, it can be cast with no chance of arcane spell failure. | |||
Shields: If a character is wearing armor and using a shield, add the two numbers together to get a single arcane spell failure chance. | |||
===Masterwork=== | ===Masterwork=== | ||