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Message: <blockquote data-quote="katahn" data-source="post: 4198223" data-attributes="member: 65004">I can't really say I've seen that straight-class arcane casters' abilities noticeably make the lack of spell failure for divine casters a balanced equation.  But even if I were to agree in the case of the wizard, conceptually arcane spell failure for a sorcerer (who's magic is innate rather than studied) just doesn't makes sense to me.  Of course I'd balance the supposed superior utility of an arcanist against the fact that they have weaker hit dice, poorer nonmagical combat ability, and don't start with any sort of armor proficiencies rather than all of that plus spell failure.The real reason for spell failure was (IMHO) because if it weren't for that every wizard/sorcerer in the game would multiclass with Fighter 1 to get all three armor proficiency feats plus a boost in HP and extra weapon skills.  Losing one caster level for that would probably be worth it.  If taking level 1 of a class didn't give such a front-loaded benefit, the game-balance reasons for arcane spell failure would cease to exist.</blockquote>