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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ARandomGod" data-source="post: 2383616" data-attributes="member: 17296">It's not to hard to rule that they still get spell failure in heavier armors ... in fact, it's not at all difficult to give sorcerous spell-like abilities special somatic components. They did that with warlocks. Note that if you make ALL of them had somatic components you seriously nerf the "get out of grapple" card that is dimension door and teleport. Something I think most arcane casters actually need...To improve counterspell I personally suggest that you use the same basic rules, same existing feats, but change the ability to be reactive. So that instead of having to ready an action to counter a spell, you can choose to counter a spell using your next standard action as an immediate action. It doesn't change your place in the initiaive, but assuming they haven't done this already that round, they can counter and then lose their next standard action. That prevents more than one spell at a time from being countered, and it removed the necessity to be omniscient in order to effectively use counterspells, which is an unwritten prerequisite that the ability has now.</blockquote>