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<blockquote data-quote="cbwjm" data-source="post: 8179414" data-attributes="member: 6788732">I was fine with arcane spell failure, I think they mostly got rid of it due to the changes in gameplay between 3e and 4e or maybe it was just natural progression from no chance to cast a spell, some chance to cast a spell, to what we have in 5e where as long as you're proficient, you can cast (interestingly this affects all spellcasters so even a cleric would be affected if they tried wearing heavy armour without proficiency).I thought arcane spell failure back in 3e was fine as a mechanic, though I always felt that it should have applied to all spellcasters but that would have changed the heavily armoured cleric tradition too much. There were also exceptions to the rules, bards could cast their spells in light armour, or prestige classes, items, and feats (I might be thinking of pathfinder for the feats) that reduced the penalty so that you could reduce the arcane spell failure chance.In 5e, you could possibly bring it back but I'm not sure it is worth it to add back in the 3e version, I think what 5e does is sufficient.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cbwjm, post: 8179414, member: 6788732"] I was fine with arcane spell failure, I think they mostly got rid of it due to the changes in gameplay between 3e and 4e or maybe it was just natural progression from no chance to cast a spell, some chance to cast a spell, to what we have in 5e where as long as you're proficient, you can cast (interestingly this affects all spellcasters so even a cleric would be affected if they tried wearing heavy armour without proficiency). I thought arcane spell failure back in 3e was fine as a mechanic, though I always felt that it should have applied to all spellcasters but that would have changed the heavily armoured cleric tradition too much. There were also exceptions to the rules, bards could cast their spells in light armour, or prestige classes, items, and feats (I might be thinking of pathfinder for the feats) that reduced the penalty so that you could reduce the arcane spell failure chance. In 5e, you could possibly bring it back but I'm not sure it is worth it to add back in the 3e version, I think what 5e does is sufficient. [/QUOTE]

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