Questions tagged [spellcasting-focus]
For questions about items which serve as a focus for in spellcasting. Examples include wands and staves. NOTE: For questions about magic items such as magic wands or staves, use [magic-items] instead.
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What balance pitfalls result from permitting an artillerist artificer to use ordinary, non-infused arcane foci for spellcasting?
For reasons of narrative flexibility, my group is considering house-ruling the artificer to permit using ordinary arcane foci (wands, staves, orbs, etc.) in addition to artisan's tools for ...
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Can some Tools be used as a Druidic focus?
While I was thinking about multiclassing Druid with Artificer, I wonder how broad the definition of Druidic Focus is. Might this definition cover some Tools to use the same focus for both Druid and ...
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What is the mechanism for a character swapping their arcane/Druidic focus
As has been pointed out, a Druidic focus and a holy symbol are distinct from an arcane focus, but given they all perform essentially the same function, and the same issues probably apply to all of ...
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Divine spellcasting aside, can the actual symbol of a deity have any effects which are not purely symbolic?
I wasn't able to find much lore regarding effects of holy symbols apart from "allows divine spellcasters to channel deity energy" and "require blessing from associated church to work&...
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Can a wizard dual wield spellbooks and still use somatics while gaining the spellbooks "held" abilities?
I'm playing a wizard who has come across two magical spellbooks. Both spellbooks have abilities/effects that I may choose to activate if I hold them, as well as functioning as spell foci. In the PHB/...
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Do NPC spellcasters need a component pouch or an arcane focus?
By D&D 5e RAW, is it possible for the BBEG (or any NPC) to cast spells without needing material components? Alternatively, is there any powerful magic item (e.g. a ring or pendant) in the ...
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Does wearing a focus keep your hands free?
So the text for the Nature's Mantle in Tasha's Cauldron of Everything states:
while wearing the cloak, you can use it as a focus for your druid and ranger spells." Other foci specify "while ...
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Can a wizard have previously prepared objects as backup arcane focuses?
Could a wizard somehow have already prepped objects (like backup wands, staves, or whatever object) as backup arcane focuses?
For example, say you're a Runesage (which is the class I'm interested in), ...
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Can an Eldritch Knight use a Ruby of the War Mage?
As explained in How does an arcane focus work with an Eldritch Knight?, Eldritch Knights can't use an arcane focus as a spellcasting focus.
Ruby of the War Mage (XGtE p. 138), however, states:
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Are Spellcasting Focuses inherently magical? [duplicate]
Im having a bit of a quarrel with my DM about if spellcasting focuses are magical. He believes that they are magical since it seems magical to him that you now dont need actual material components ...
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Can an Armorer Artificer wearing Guardian-model Arcane Armor cast a somatic spell without holding tools or having the Warcaster feat?
The Guardian model described in the Arcane Armor feature of the Armorer Artificer includes "Thunder Gauntlets":
Each of the armor’s gauntlets counts as a simple melee weapon while you aren’...
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Is a bonus for a dedicated spell focus too powerful? [closed]
Would giving a bonus to spell casters via a dedicated spell focus make them too powerful?
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A dedicated focus for all evocation spells grants a +1 bonus to spell attack rolls and damage. A ...
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Can I use a gauntlet as an arcane focus?
I am creating a Dragonborn warlock character and was just wondering if I could get a crystal arcane focus set into the middle of a gauntlet?
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Do you need a free hand for your holy symbol if you're wearing it visibly?
I've been creating a Paladin who uses the Defense fighting style while wielding two weapons (instead of the more common Dueling style with weapon and shield). However, I was worried that spell ...
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