Yes, though, as always, Bard spellsong failure has no negative consequences -- no wasted mana or RT.

Sonic armor is armor. Armor has spell hindrance and thus so does sonic armor. You want to be trained for the armor you wear whether it is physical or sung.

As for bardsong failure due to hindrance, indicating there is no downside would be false. While it is true that one does not lose mana or gain RT, there is the human factor of needing to react to the fact your song failed, needs recasting and such. This does take time and it can cause a negative situation, such as death. I suspect that is rare and it is certainly a benefit to bards, but spell hindrance failure is not a neutral or good event. It is always negative.

~Galenok

>>As for bardsong failure due to hindrance, indicating there is no downside would be false. While it is true that one does not lose mana or gain RT, there is the human factor of needing to react to the fact your song failed, needs recasting and such. This does take time and it can cause a negative situation, such as death. I suspect that is rare and it is certainly a benefit to bards, but spell hindrance failure is not a neutral or good event. It is always negative.

While this is true, it's trivial to write a script to automatically recast a bardsong until it succeeds, which minimizes the negative consequences of that failed cast.