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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wulfgar76" data-source="post: 6127287" data-attributes="member: 61867">Because it's not just 'dodging'. Your shield could block the ray. The ray could glance off your armor. As many others have already said, Armor and Shields without question helps you resist and avoid just about every kind of magical 'ray' you can think of. Fair enough, but I've yet to hear a good reason why my plate armor and my shield shouldn't protect me from Scorching Ray, Acid Arrow and Ray of Frost. Any spell where Armor/Shield could conceivably protect you: rays and touch spells.Because, again, Armor should help resist these spells - irrespective of DEX.We're talking about a pretty small group of spells here - it's not as disruptive to the 'spell system' as you think. Plus this isn't some new mechanic showing up to complicate things: 3rd edition and 4th edition both had attack rolls for spells, and some spells still do in Next</blockquote>