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Do clerics bybass arcane spell failure from armour? RSS

Title sums it up -- since a cleric casts divine magic, not arcane, does their casting bypass they type of armour they wear?

I'm rolling a 3rd level cleric as an NPC for our next session.

Thanks!
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Denim N Leather wrote:

Title sums it up -- since a cleric casts divine magic, not arcane, does their casting bypass they type of armour they wear?

I'm rolling a 3rd level cleric as an NPC for our next session.

Thanks!

Arcane spell failure only applies to spells cast by an arcane class. A cleric never has to worry about arcane spell failure for any cleric spell they cast. This even applies to wizard/sorcerer spells they gain from domains, they are still considered 'divine' for that cleric.

Having said that, if you multiclass as a cleric/sorcerer, your sorcerer spells would be affected by the arcane spell failure of their armor, but not their cleric spells.

That's what I thought. Thanks!
Osirion (Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Adventure Path, Campaign Setting, Companion, Modules Subscriber)
Denim N Leather wrote:
Title sums it up -- since a cleric casts divine magic, not arcane, does their casting bypass they type of armour they wear?

Yes, ASF only applies to Arcane Spells cast by Arcane classes that have ASF. Some Arcane classes don't have ASF and others modify it.


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