Shield Ward - "Touch" Attacks

[Eechi]

Hello,

I have a question on Shield Ward.

In the help file it says:
After taking this feat your PC will gain a bonus against all "touch" attacks, or spells with the range of "touch" or "ranged touch".

I understand the spell portion as some spells have touch and ranged touch within their spell range, but what are the "touch" attacks that the help file speaks of?

Is this referring to skills such as gouge, disarm, bash, and so on? or is it more along the lines of a bonus against brawling?

Any clarification on this would be great, Thanks!

[Harroghty]

Touch Attacks
Some attacks disregard armor, including shields and natural armor. In these cases, the attacker makes a touch attack roll (either ranged or melee). When you are the target of a touch attack, your AC doesn’t include any armor bonus, shield bonus, or natural armor bonus. All other modifiers, such as your size modifier, Dexterity modifier, and deflection bonus (if any) apply normally.

http://www.d20srd.org/srd/combat/combatStatistics.htm

This was a helpful thread in discussing what that means. For the purposes of our combat system, I believe that this is -for now- limited to spells whose range is stated as "touch".

[Eechi]

Thanks for the clarification!