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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 3243636" data-attributes="member: 1656">Is he?I see he has a class ability that lets him ignore the arcane spell failure chance for using a shield.But let's say we have a wizard with a shield in one hand, and nothing in the other.  He can cast Ray of Enfeeblement, but with a 5% chance of ASF.  Now let's say he has a dagger in his other hand.  He cannot cast Ray of Enfeeblement at all; he has no hand free.Let's say we have a duskblade with a shield in one hand, and nothing in the other.  He can cast Ray of Enfeeblement, with no chance of ASF due to Armored Mage [Ex].  Now let's say he has a dagger in his other hand.  He cannot cast Ray of Enfeeblement at all; he has no hand free.  There's nothing in the duskblade class description that says he can ignore the one-hand-free requirement for casting a spell with a somatic component, only the ASF chance.To confuse matters a little, the three starting packages use greataxe, waraxe-and-shield, and glaive respectively, so none of the three starting packages have a hand free in combat.  Similarly, the sample Duskblade-7 uses longsword and light shield.By my reading, there's nothing allowing the duskblade to cast with both hands occupied (for a spell with S, M, or F components), but the example characters suggest that perhaps there was supposed to be.What fuzziness?  Somatic components require a free hand.  There are no mechanics in any of the duskblade class abilities that remove this requirement.-Hyp.</blockquote>

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