Is Force Shield broken?????

[Hypersmurf]

The reasoning is that force effect AC - like mage armor or force shield - specifically protects against incorporeal attacks.

The only incorporeal attacks in the game are incorporeal touch attacks.

The conclusion we draw is that they are incorporeal touch attacks, as opposed to incorporeal touch attacks - that is to say, you can't apply the rules for ordinary touch attacks to them; they run by their own rules.

(As an analogy, Barkskin provides a natural armor bonus, which is very different to if you read it as a natural armor bonus.)

-Hyp.

 

[AuraSeer]

The conclusion we draw is that they are incorporeal touch attacks, as opposed to incorporeal touch attacks - that is to say, you can't apply the rules for ordinary touch attacks to them; they run by their own rules.

FTR, the Sage has confirmed this. Incorporeal Touch is a special attack type, unrelated to a Touch attack.