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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ConcreteBuddha" data-source="post: 1301940" data-attributes="member: 3139">I don't like this for three reasons:1) I don't think armor of fortification is balanced to begin with. It single-handedly nerfs a rogue, regardless of said rogue's level.2) If we go ahead and assume that Fortification is balanced, a 5th level caster cannot buy Armor of Heavy Fortification, as it would cost 36,000 gp. By the treasure chart in the DMG, someone could not buy that armor until at least level 10 (and only if that is the only magic item that character has. Level 12-13 is far more likely.) So you can see why I think having a 3rd level cleric who can cast this spell is a little silly. I don't think reverse engineering magic items is necessarily balanced. Kinda like 3.0 rhino hide.3) I don't think clerics should have every possible spell WotC can think of: Stat increasers, true seeing, righteous might, divine power, greater magic weapon, spell resistance, shield of faith, the resistance spells from SS, blindsight from SS, not including flame strike, dispel magic, healing spells, gating spells and death spells. A rogue gets sneak attack and some lousy skill points. This spell nerfs half of that. What am I gonna do, bluff the clerics to death?When the heck are they going to give rogues more special abilities, instead of useless ones like defensive roll and crippling strike? Bleh......I don't think a spell should universally counter the main ability of another class unless the spell can be countered in some way. Unfortunately, there are only two ways to defeat this spell: surprise the cleric before they cast it, and dispel magic.The former is generally impossible, as my rogue would then be surrounded by lots of other angry bad guys (nor do I think one sneak attack would slay a cleric.)And too bad my rogue isn't going to be learning dispel magic any time soon.....That said, I like the idea of giving creatures who are currently immune to criticals an additional AC bonus against the threat roll. With sneak attack, either a threat roll would have to be added for each sneak attack, or a rogue can only sneak attack one of these creatures on a critical hit.At least then it would stop the sillyness of a 20th level rogue being confounded by 4 skeletons, or one 3rd level cleric.</blockquote>

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