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Fire shield-do you need to hit the person or just attack

ceratitis said:

what if you use a touch spell of someone protected by a fire shield? you said earlier hitting a touch ac isnt enough so can one avoid the fire defence this way?
i'm inclined to say no, you would be hit but this is getting a little inconsistent.
Z


If you actually hit him, then you take damage. If you use a touch spell and hit his touch AC, then you are actually hitting him.

My "no" response to hitting the touch AC was assuming the full question was "What if I make a normal attack, and roll high enough to hit his touch AC but not to hit his normal AC?"

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