Spellsword ASF Not Applying to Shields

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Spellsword ASF Not Applying to Shields

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As the title suggests, my greensteel shield (or any equipped shield) is not getting the -5% arcane spell failure reduction.
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Re: Spellsword ASF Not Applying to Shields

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I've talked to several people now that say that spellsword ASF reduction applied to shields. Was this a quiet nerf or is it a bug?
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This was never a thing. There is the open hand shield AC bonus, that may be what you are thinking. But I went back through the code and it never appeared.
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I know about the open hand ac, but I and several others remember them getting ASF applied to shields as well.
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Re: Spellsword ASF Not Applying to Shields

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This is incorrect. When I was leveling mine, both the armor and the shield got -5% asf. This was early last year, for frame of reference.

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Re: Spellsword ASF Not Applying to Shields

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Every spellsword player I know has always been entirely confident that the ASF reduction worked on shields. If that is not the case presently, it is definitely a change.
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I had tested this build on the pgcc just within the last month or two and it was fine using green steel armor and shield. Now it has 5% ASF because no reduction is on the shield.
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Re: Spellsword ASF Not Applying to Shields

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Maybe the removal of the pending bard asf did something.
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Alright, this has been an issue for three week. Found the error, fix is submitted.
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Sockss wrote: Mon Sep 09, 2019 5:20 pm Maybe the removal of the pending bard asf did something.
Nope, this was never a thing.
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Thank you!
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