It's you!
I followed your guide when making my first pathfinder remastered character, an ash oracle.
You should know that my GM did not agree with your distinction between ranged and ranged spell attack rolls.
Aside from Tridus' argument that spell attacks also suffer from attack roll penalties, he argues:
For example the Prone condition says that with the "Take Cover" action you get Great Cover against ranged attack rolls. So in your case, an enemy would get a +4 AC bonus against bows and crossbows, but not against your ignition cantrip?"
Considering the oracle will rarely be making ranged weapon attacks, the intended ruling of the curse is pretty obvious...
