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<blockquote data-quote="Elder-Basilisk" data-source="post: 655562" data-attributes="member: 3146">Why would +7 be high for a shield bonus but not for a cover bonus? The only difference is that the shield bonus stacks with hiding behind battlements but not a normal shield and that the cover bonus stacks with a normal shield but not battlements. And that the cover bonus is usually directional.IMO, going to the d20 Modern version (+4 AC, no facing) would make the spell pretty useless. Wizards would no longer be able to get a decent armor class--pretty much no matter what they do without risking serious spell failure for large or tower shields. And since the spell wouldn't cut down on damage taken by very much anymore (reducing it from +7 to +4 cuts its effectiveness by at least 75% in most cases since small bonusses to AC become more significant as AC approaches higher values) and can't be cast significantly prior to combat, there's not much point in casting it at all.In any event, there's no contradiction between the FAQ and the purported revision of the spell since the revision will be released in 3.5e and the FAQ is for the current ruleset.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Elder-Basilisk, post: 655562, member: 3146"] Why would +7 be high for a shield bonus but not for a cover bonus? The only difference is that the shield bonus stacks with hiding behind battlements but not a normal shield and that the cover bonus stacks with a normal shield but not battlements. And that the cover bonus is usually directional. IMO, going to the d20 Modern version (+4 AC, no facing) would make the spell pretty useless. Wizards would no longer be able to get a decent armor class--pretty much no matter what they do without risking serious spell failure for large or tower shields. And since the spell wouldn't cut down on damage taken by very much anymore (reducing it from +7 to +4 cuts its effectiveness by at least 75% in most cases since small bonusses to AC become more significant as AC approaches higher values) and can't be cast significantly prior to combat, there's not much point in casting it at all. In any event, there's no contradiction between the FAQ and the purported revision of the spell since the revision will be released in 3.5e and the FAQ is for the current ruleset. [/QUOTE]

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