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Old 05-12-2020, 01:08 PM   #22
Varyon
 
Join Date: Jun 2013
Default Re: Avoiding Deathtouch? (or touch spells in general?)

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Originally Posted by Anthony View Post
Note that the DB of a shield does help you dodge deathtouch.
Well, unless using Damage to Shields, in which case anytime you succeed due to the DB of the shield it basically instead grants you DR, which it sounds like touch spells specifically bypass. If going with my suggestion above to allow for a penalized Block to avoid it, I'd be tempted to apply that same penalty (or maybe a fraction of it) to the shield's DB when using Dodge/Parry... but that can readily get complicated.
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