does dragonhide armer help spell failure [Archive] - Wizards Community

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KBAZZ

02-13-04, 02:38 PM
it says it lighter so why would it not lower the spell failure.
Derren S.

02-13-04, 04:14 PM
Because lighter doesn't mean more flexible.
Radio_Fishlips

02-17-04, 08:27 PM
the other way to look at it is that the suppleness of it is only part of the problem

in on of my campaign settings i have said that Arcane spell failure is a function of suppleness and metal content (the metal acts as a barrier to the flow of magical energy ) this has allowed me to lower the ASF for armor made of some material and as such i have added new materials

as such dragon scale lowers ASF by 10% tho it wont drop an armor to lower than 15% it helps with some armors but not with others

tho along with that their are new spells that lower the ASF some

i guess its a question of how much magic you have in your setting and or ho bound you are to th