Requesting Help on ASF issue

[Gnominal_Aphasia]

Hi,

PROBLEM: Bard Splash seems to allow casting with light armor, no asf penalty; Warlock splash does not seem to work...

Playing around with a few ideas for Hardcore season 6 and thought about a ranged Alchemist.

Built a [lvl 7 variant test] of Alchemist 16/Bard 3/Rogue 1 thrower and had no ASF problems with light armor, BUT then decided to build a Alch 18/Arti 1/Warlock 1 Inquisitive (can be changed to thrower later). In theory, the second variant is stronger, but I can't understand why the ASF persists with Warlock splash when Bard splash worked as expected.

Can anyone confirm this is a known issue please?

FYI, I used same armor for both (Fey light Lotus Mail) and tried unequipping and re-equipping it on Warlock version. -10% arcane spell failure is still showing.

I wanted 1 lvl of Warlock for both the light armor and the shield spell.

THANKS!

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EDIT: further testing; Warlock splash is the problem
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Rolled two level 7 Sorcs, one Sorc 6 / Bard 1, the second Sorc 6 / Warlock 1. Equiped light armor on both. Bard variant bypasses ASF for Sorc spells, Warlock variant does not.

As I posted below, I have raised a ticket and will share feedback from SSG.