Eek! Help me lower spell failure!

[cthuluftaghn]

Question #2 for the day. Just made my first cleric character. Little dwarven holy tank in full plate mail. Problem is... 35% spell failure. It's even higher with his shield.

What feats / magical abilities / material properties are out there that might be able to help me lower that a bit? I'm starting at level 5, so I have a little bit of gold to play with (9,000 starting gold, as per DMG). If that isn't enough $$ to help, then at least what can I be working towards?

 

[Arcturus_Rugend]

That spell failure percentage applies to arcane spells only. As a cleric, you cast divine spells. No worries.

 

[cthuluftaghn]

DOH! Probably why it's called "Arcane Spell Failure".

*smacks forehead*

 

[hammymchamham]

yep, just check out page 105 of the PHB. Look under "Arcane Spell Failure" and the chart lists it as "Arcane spell Failure" on page 104.

 

[cthuluftaghn]

Need to learn to not ask questions when I don't have my books in front of me.

Then again... stuck at work for 9 hours. Getting the correct answer to D&D questions NOW is MUCH more important!



Per SRD -- Arcane Spell Failure: Armor interferes with the gestures that are needed to make to cast an arcane spell.

 

[Spatzimaus]

Well, those two guys explained that as a Cleric you don't have to worry about this, but if you had asked about a Fighter/Wizard cross or something:

> Materials: Mithril lowers Arcane Failure.
> Feats: from the Netbook of Feats, "Armored Caster" lowers Arcane Failure by 10%. Nothing in official products AFAIK.
> Enchantments: nothing I know of, but I made a homebrew enchantment, "Mobility", that for a +1 price adds 1 to Max DEX, lowers Armor Check penalty by 1, lowers item weight by 10%, and reduces Arcane Failure by 5%. You can put it on multiple times, too.

 

[Murrdox]

Hey, certain people on this board are better for rules than the PHB sometimes, especially for silly questions that are hard to look up. I know I've missed an extremely obvious rule many many times.

 

[Skinwalker]

If you want official WoTC solutions, the Arms and Equipment Guide introduced several special materials for constructing armor that reduce Arcane Spell Failure.

 

[DiFier]

I think in Monte Cook's Book of Eldrigh Might (maybe BOEM II?) there is an armor enchantment that a reduces spell failure and one that eliminates it totally. +2 and +4 enchantment (I think)

There is a PrC Called spell sword (Tome and Blood) in which as you increase in levels you gain a decrease in spell failure %. I think at 10th level spell sword you gain a 25 or 35% reduction to spell failure. so you could cast in Mithril full plate and a Mithril shield with little or no spell failure.

 

[RedSwan78]

Difier you are correct, it was Book of Eldritch Might II

There is also one that for a +1 ability gives the armor no maximum dex score (use that high dex with Full Plate)

Also, for a +1 you can lower the Armor Check Penalty by 2, and for +2 you can make it 0.

Book of Eldritch Might II is a good buy and has some nifty things in it, consider picking it up.

(although, this post had nothing to do with the original question which has already been answered.. hehe)