Can we change the spell hinderance so there is none for up to double leathers for all 4 pure classes? Or are we still saying spiritual spells are easier to cast?

That 2-4% doesn't sound like a lot but it sure feels like it happens a lot.

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I'm curious what people think of adding hindrance % to cast RT and making outright spell hindrance/failure less frequent. Couple this with updating armored fluidity/casting so it removes, say, 2% hindrance per rank instead of 10% failure rate. It seems like people who train a lot in armor could cast in it but it'd be clumsy and slow. The idea needs some work for squares in plate who cast spells like 410 but it'd encourage pures to train more in armor and rely on others who can offer them the armor specialization. It might also be a serious contender against armor support.

Again, maybe not needed but it seems like an interesting twist.

To make sure I am understanding your suggestion... are you saying that someone with a 10% spell failure to cast a spell would have their RT increased 10% of the time but it would be fine the other 90% of the time or something else?

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>To make sure I am understanding your suggestion... are you saying that someone with a 10% spell failure to cast a spell would have their RT increased 10% of the time but it would be fine the other 90% of the time or something else?

Cast RT (or prep time) would always increase a number of seconds equal to the spell failure %, but actually losing a spell would be much less frequent. Armor specialization would reduce the spell failure %, so if you had a modified spell failure % of 0 you would have no additional RT. The reason I suggested prep time instead of cast RT is I don't think you can attack or perform maneuvers during cast RT. Prep time, as far as I can remember, is just a countdown. It'd still encourage people to stay within their training but it'd add a choice. Most players, I think, would prefer not to raise the round/prep time.

>As a wizard that wears doubles (4% base spell failure), having my RT always increase sounds like a terrible idea. I'd much rather have my spells fail 4% of the time (which is effectively making it take 6 seconds to cast a spell 4% of the time and 3 seconds the rest of the time - yes I know I can get multiple failures in a row).
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>As a paladin that wears plate having my RT increase by up to ~20 seconds (picked a number somewhere close to spell failure pct in plate) is unacceptable.

In this scenario your wizard could get someone with 2 or more ranks fluidity (the paladin, or any other paladin trained in it) to adjust the armor and remove the failure chance completely. I agree the percents for plate throw the idea off, even for paladins who have lower thresholds and several effects to mitigate it. I think the only way it'd really work is to lower the failure %s for plate armors somewhat, or make the numbers independent of each other.