Shield Spell Rules question.

[Zlorf2004]

This ones probably been asked numerous times.

Does the shield spell protect you from touch attacks?

Thanks
Zlorf2004

 

[da chicken]

Against most touch attacks, it protects you no more than a real shield would. Which is not at all. Against incorporeal touch attacks, however, the spell still functions because it is a [Force] effect.

The same is true for mage armor, for precisely the same reasons.