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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jigokusabre" data-source="post: 2447490" data-attributes="member: 34620">somatic explinataion This is a flavor explanation only. In terms of the rules, all three classes need 'one arm able to gesture freely' to cast spells with somatic components--so all three should suffer the same restrictions to spellcasting. And they do... for everything but armor. If the somatic component for Bards and clerics is really different than that of Wizards and Sorcerers, this should be reflected in the rules--they should, in fact, be two different components altogether. Call them G (for trivial gesture used only to direct the spell) and C (for the horrible Contortion of the arm and hand that is so unnatural, armor--and only armor--will prevent the correct range of motion altogether.)  But that's the whole point, there IS a distinction, which is why its called "ARCANE spell failure" (meaning that divine casting is uneffected) and why there is a specific rule stating that bards can cast in light armor without penalty.</blockquote>