Handbooker Helper: Spell Components

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Handbooker Helper: Spell Components

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5 жыл бұрын

Dani Carr is here to charm you with the basics of using spellcasting components and focuses in D&D 5e.
Featuring doodles by our friend Wendy: / wendydoodles
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@pavarottiaardvark3431 4 жыл бұрын

"Nobody said spells were easy" Wrong! My fiend patron said they were super easy and had no downsides!

@erikwilliams1562 3 жыл бұрын

Super easy, barely an inconvenience

@pavarottiaardvark3431 3 жыл бұрын

@ No it's fine! I've got lots of new spells to work with like...[checks]...Eldritch Bliss.... Helpful Rebuke .... and Hug!

@memesbydentyne 3 жыл бұрын

At least yours is still around - mine got mad and took off with my spells!

@danielcastillo591 2 жыл бұрын

@@memesbydentyne _She took the elder horror magic in the divorce_

@sr.lontra Жыл бұрын

@@erikwilliams1562 oh, really!?

@Emmanemanemm 5 жыл бұрын

Only alchemist's spells will cost you an arm and a leg

@Animedork2008 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you I thought that to

@Jorison432 5 жыл бұрын

Is that a jojo reference?

@masterclif 5 жыл бұрын

My necromancer needs more than that, heh.

@hashtaghashtag9967 5 жыл бұрын

Oof

@cjhenderson61 5 жыл бұрын

I see what you did there

@Entias 5 жыл бұрын

"Some spells cost an arm and a leg to be completed." We talkin' about D&D or Fullmetal Alchemist?

@romanabanin2216 5 жыл бұрын

u know, u have to spend 1 cubic inch of flash from person u would like to clone. And some warlock spells sometimes need blood...

@Grey_Shard 5 жыл бұрын

well, FMA did use certain voice talents...

@antonionunez3759 5 жыл бұрын

@Nicholas Slaughter That's good I'll give you that one. Well done. 👏👏👏👏👏

@stevenvanrosendaal2808 5 жыл бұрын

"Some spells cost an arm and a leg to be completed. Others your daughter and her dog!"

@brendanshaw7401 5 жыл бұрын

Oof

@ryanschmidt3319 5 жыл бұрын

"Focus takes care of the smaller stuff, but not the financial burden." College. This is college.

@baldur106 5 жыл бұрын

"Or, cost an arm and a leg to be completed" yep..

@Zamnwhoasked 4 жыл бұрын

Ryan Schmidt BROTHER?

@cosmo7238 3 жыл бұрын

@@Zamnwhoasked Deutsch? :D

@Zamnwhoasked 3 жыл бұрын

@@cosmo7238 Ja bruder! Komm aus den Land des Schnitzels und Fußball!

@cosmo7238 3 жыл бұрын

@@Zamnwhoasked Haha nice! Habe einfach wegen dem Nachnamen so gedacht :D

@Rathkryn 5 жыл бұрын

My favorite Requires Material Components example is the _Mending_ cantrip for my _College of Swords_ Bard. Since his weapons count as his spell focus, they replace the lodestones. So when my bard casts _Mending_ he's using his daggers to fix tears in clothing. I just picture him using them like knitting needles.

@EliteWarrior1026 5 жыл бұрын

Haha! Nice! XD

@klusternider6540 4 жыл бұрын

More like a random video of someone cutting something but it's reversed

@aethyr4006 5 жыл бұрын

It remind me of two boys trying to cast "Raise Dead" without the material component. It did cost them an arm and a leg...... and more.

@Vegas242 5 жыл бұрын

And it didn't even work properly :/

@elfireii328 5 жыл бұрын

Don't forget that one of the boys lost an entire body.

@drsatanrx 5 жыл бұрын

What about that one guy trying to cast polymorph and his dog became gis daughter?

@TheKazragore 5 жыл бұрын

@@drsatanrx TOO SOON

@drsatanrx 5 жыл бұрын

@@TheKazragore lol best character

@samanthamansfield6693 5 жыл бұрын

THIS HAS BEEN THE MOST IMPORTANT HANDBOOKER HELPER YET, THANK YOU. THE ARCANE FOCUS HAS BEEN CONFUSING ME FOR NEARLY TWO YEARS!!!! SWEET CLARITY!

@MaximillianGreil 5 жыл бұрын

The hand holding the focus can also be used to cast somatic components. So, a wizard can cast spells holding a staff and a dagger with no problems. The staff hand counts as the somatic hand. (PHB page 203)

@thesuspiciousace715 5 жыл бұрын

Keep in mind however, that if a spell requires a somatic component but not a material component, you must have a free hand to cast the spell (unless you have a feature such as the war caster feat that specifies otherwise).

@Aleph-Noll 5 жыл бұрын

me and my group were having some arguments about this earlier this week. i said that as a cleric i had my holy symbol spell focus on my shield so with spells that need somatic and material costs(that arent consumed) im still able to do it without having to drop whats in my other hand(like my mace or whatever to be free). it took so long to convince my dm thats the rules lol. so if the spell does consume materials then i guess i will need to have a free hand to hold those materials and do the somatic in that hand as well tho and thats fair.

@romanabanin2216 5 жыл бұрын

the problem is that u can't use one hand for somatic and material components and depend on your spell list it'd be better usually have one arm always empty

@MaximillianGreil 5 жыл бұрын

You can use the same hand for Somatic AND material. A character can use a component pouch or a spellcasting focus (found in chapter 5) in place of the components specified for a spell. (page 203 phb) A spellcaster must have a hand free to access these components, but it can be the same hand that he or she uses to perform somatic components. (page 203 phb). Now, the way it is written, and I can't find a sage advice on this.... if you are holding a spell casting focus, that hand is considered free. I know it makes no sense, but that's how they wrote it.

@thehumangerm 5 жыл бұрын

Or you can tell your anal retentive party member to bugger off and play in the spirit of the game not as a min max rule junky. Unless your hands are bound or you do not have access to your focus you can ignore the BS and instead enjoy a fuller story and adventure. Those details are there for the very rare instances not to obsess over in gameplay.

@JohnPablob 5 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: "Olfacies, sicut brassica!" means "You smell like Cabbage!" In latin.

@MrUmakemelaff 5 жыл бұрын

It's also the Foster family motto.

@thegreatbutterfly 3 жыл бұрын

_Olfacies_ is future tense. It's "You *will* smell like cabbage!"

@Kittsuera 2 жыл бұрын

that better have the effect of making the target smell like cabbage.

@Bishpo 5 жыл бұрын

"Some spells require you to say something in order for you to cast." Caleb: Ellllldryyyytch BLLEEEEYYYYYYSST :D

@bom.6658 4 жыл бұрын

You mean Fjord?

@kllrnooooova 4 жыл бұрын

@@bom.6658 ya

@m_nivon1652 4 жыл бұрын

@@bom.6658 it's a joke which referencing the part of the campaign that Caleb tried to talk with different accent which led him to try to imitate the other members accents. (The whole scene was performed amazingly by Liam)

@einsamerkeks5977 3 жыл бұрын

@@m_nivon1652 Do you remember then this happens? I am c2-40 currently

@Puliping8918 5 жыл бұрын

Something important that's missing! Paladins, like Clerics, can use a holy symbol as a spellcasting focus. Rangers, however, cannot use any sort of focus (only component pouches), just like Arcane Tricksters (Rogues) and Eldritch Knights (Fighters).

@strider2175 5 жыл бұрын

Oh god the Wilhelm scream getting so much work in this series xD

@Swordsquire 5 жыл бұрын

I've used in game when my character takes down an opponent. Fun times.... : )

@EliotLash 4 жыл бұрын

I approve.

@blairbird8022 5 жыл бұрын

Somatic: Requires a physical Jester.

@ahmedakmal9244 5 жыл бұрын

Okay, okay well done my friend well done!

@UltimateMustacheX 5 жыл бұрын

But I only have the duplicate Jester.

@maxmight9533 3 жыл бұрын

and I thought my jokes where bad....

@MisterSmith00 5 жыл бұрын

The benefit of an Arcane Focus is simplicity, and possibly associating such a Focus with your character...a Wizard with an "Entertainer" background, for instance, could style his Focus as a conductor's baton, or cane. But as Caleb Widowgast has shown in marvelous ways, the use of components can add fun descriptive layers to gameplay...sticking a licorice root in his jaw for an added introduction to "Haste", or a puff of powdered iron for "Slow", or (personal favorite) a "smooshing" of phosphorous for a "Wall of Fire".... Personally, I love the use of a hot pepper for the spell, "Dragon's Breath"...yeah, YOU could use it, but giving it to a party member is funny as hell... "Eat the pepper!" "Ah...no thanks.." "It is LITERALLY a matter of life and death!" "Um..." "Our friends are DYING!" "Oh, jeez...alright..." (shoves hot pepper into their mouth as LIGHTNING explodes from their esophagus)

@ericaheathrow7085 5 жыл бұрын

An illustration of this, and the way it can come full circle, is that in a recent episode, the process had become so entrenched and familiar, that all Liam had to do was stone-facedly start making the somatic and component gestures, without saying anything, to make the rest of the party panic and freak out; it was a really wonderful moment in that respect.

@shadycactus6146 5 жыл бұрын

agreed. i about lost my shit when he did the little wall of fire gesture lol

@Jimersion 5 жыл бұрын

Just remember: the spell costs do not have to be YOUR arm and/or leg.

@gerstein03 Жыл бұрын

You can supplement the price tag by using your whole brother if need be

@Amdoss1986 5 жыл бұрын

Probably have an extra Percy arm lying around somewhere. Bugbears seemed to like that toy quite a bit.

@browncoatkevin 5 жыл бұрын

Watch "The Search for Bob" provide the spare Percy leg to match. He'll end up in rags at that rate.

@MrClonedzero 5 жыл бұрын

Even though i already know all (read: most) of the rules in these little videos i still really dig them, and can see them being super helpful to new players. Keep it up folks!

@NorthWriter 5 жыл бұрын

Playing in my first campaign (meaning the first one NOT with my kids) as a druid, and it took me a while to figure out that my staff replaces the material components, and also gives me something to think about with regard to how I describe my casting process. Like, I've always loved how Liam describes "squelching my hand through the phosphorus" to cast Wall of Fire, or "smearing molasses on my lips" to cast Slow. He's really given some thought to how to make his spellcasting process come alive, and I love how much more real it makes it for me, and I want to do that in my own game.

@shaneheidt6607 5 жыл бұрын

I love that Danni grabbed her CR necklace when mentioning a holy symbol 🤣

@chadbizeau5997 5 жыл бұрын

it qualifies!

@lanxreedalenlum3706 5 жыл бұрын

It is a holy symbol

@gvendurst 5 жыл бұрын

Missed opportunity: should've used "eldritch blast" as an example verbal component.

@BasementRuthie 5 жыл бұрын

EEEldritch berlllllaaaaaassst 😂

@Aozora210 5 жыл бұрын

Same. I was expecting "ELDERITCH BLAAAYST" there 😂😂

@kiran_vibez 5 жыл бұрын

Every comment here is a reference to FMA and now the feels are coming back...

@TheLukeskywalker2 5 жыл бұрын

The exception to somatic component is Warcaster feat, as you can have sutff in both hands and still complete the spell.

@boinkmaster9000 5 жыл бұрын

You just start to angrily wiggle at them and then fire shoots out of your eyes.

@aldograciano3032 5 жыл бұрын

3:39 Is that a Full Metal Alchemist reference? Gods! I love this guys!

@TheRealDerohneNick 5 жыл бұрын

A little caveat that applies 3 spells (Druid Grove, Protection from Evil and Good, Snare): Even if there is no cost to the material component, if it is consumed, you must supply it.

@Spiritxiii 5 жыл бұрын

This has been the most helpful episode yet - I was never sure if I needed both the material components and the focus to cast, but thank you for clearing it up that I only need the focus*~

@DeaconTaylor 5 жыл бұрын

that was good. nice and clear. i like how you explain what can stop spellcasting. longer would have been better of course but its a start. keep them coming.

@JohnFleshman Жыл бұрын

Liam does an amzing job describing using his components as Caleb.

@jellybean_91 4 жыл бұрын

These videos are so, so helpful! You guys are awesome!

@epicglitter7218 4 жыл бұрын

Dani did an excellent job explaining the mechanics of this. Gotta say, I love how Liam has roleplayed the use of spell components, really breathing life into this and making it part of Caleb's character. There are even certain epic moments from the Mighty Nein's campaign (SPOILERS), like his wall of fire on Avantika's ship, where I always always always envision exactly how Caleb's casting the spell whenever I think of that moment.

@Voxridian Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this. It greatly helped me understand the use of material components

@jonathanunderberg8751 Жыл бұрын

This is exactly what I needed, thank you!

@wraithryder 5 жыл бұрын

this was pretty good and i like how they are separating the spell info into sections such as Components video, spell slot video, etc, but 1 point of feedback for noobs, maybe have an overarching title such as Spells #1: Spell Components, Spells #2: Spell Slots. So that ppl know that all the "Spell Vids" are sectional and which they are missing (abliet #) as opposed to thinking that arbitrary spell video is all the need or is the last video they need to know. You dont have to have a cap on the videos (2/7) but a simple *"Handbooker Helper: Spells Vol 1 - Spell Components"* goes a LOOONG way and takes care of any retroactive confusion cause u can continue to build on the volumes in the future.

@jemdragons3120 5 жыл бұрын

*Thank You* I needed this so much!

@StormSage13 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for these videos. Have a few first-time casters in my next campaign and I wasn't sure how Arcane Focus's worked (migrating over from Pathfinder to the simpler land of 5e).

@user-wt4fm7gf1f 5 жыл бұрын

Costs an arm and a leg you say? Let me call my FMA friends

@bjcompeau1385 5 жыл бұрын

Thought the same, was expecting a pic of Ed to pop up on the screen.

@Nocturne22 5 жыл бұрын

You will need: Water (35 L), Carbon (20 kg), Ammonia (4 L), Lime (1.5 kg), Phosphorous (800 g), Salt (250 g), Saltpeter (100 g), Sulfur (80 g), Fluorine (7.5 g), Iron (5 g), Silicon (3 g) and trace amounts of fifteen other elements. Oh, and a human soul.

@meta1152 5 жыл бұрын

Get the right character, because it could end up costing a daughter and a dog.

@Anopano3000 5 жыл бұрын

@@meta1152 too soon (always too soon)

@EliteWarrior1026 5 жыл бұрын

@@meta1152 Aaaaand that was the moment I quit the show. There are some things I just can't stomach.

@januzzell8631 5 жыл бұрын

Can we have some appreciation for Dani again? She is awesome and I love her to bits :D

@secpendragon9760 5 жыл бұрын

To anyone actually new, one more bit. A spellcasting focus can be used in place of any components that are *NOT* consumed and that *DON'T* have a numbered cost. If a component says that it's consumed or has a numeric gold value, you can't use a focus to substitute it.

@Hannah99TW 4 жыл бұрын

Dani girl we needed you for ep 79 thank the Gods you were here to help us

@neventomicic330 4 жыл бұрын

love your energy!

@YuubiTimberwolf 5 жыл бұрын

If keeping track of components is too busy for you: Talk to your DM. I have a player with terrible, and i mean, terrible remembering skills, forgetting what he needs for certain spells and that he has to buy them. Long story short: He can buy a Component bag with X uses, means he can use X spells that would require stuff (not counting expensive shit like gems, diamonds and so on). Its a nice solution for that, i calc the price of all his current spell materials and just use 3/4 of that price for the bag. Sometimes its more/less depening on how nice the merchant is.

@ericaheathrow7085 5 жыл бұрын

That sounds a bit like the DM is making it notably harder for the player than it needs to be, by the core rules... By core, a component pouch simply *has* whatever you need as long as it's not a costed component, and never runs out or needs to be replenished in any mechanically functional way. If the player finds keeping track of the non-costed components too difficult, is there a reason they don't simply use a focus instead?

@HowtoRPG 5 жыл бұрын

Very nicely done.

@WallyDM 5 жыл бұрын

Material components are awesome finds in flavor-town. Sometimes I wish I would focus more on these and include them when describing spell-casting actions.

@dicedragon6207 5 жыл бұрын

I like how she touched the critical role necklace when she referred to the cleric's holy symbol

@DrewHerrema 5 жыл бұрын

I would like to see Dani play a flamboyant caster with all somatic spells.

@caerawrynn263 5 жыл бұрын

Sharing this with all my friends. Nice one

@CyColt 3 жыл бұрын

i suddenly want a story involving a pyromancer using lighters as an arcane focus.

@FistWizard9 5 жыл бұрын

1:28 Someone laugh at the finger wiggle?

@LordZeebee 5 жыл бұрын

Dani has such a nice cadence for informational videos, i'm really glad she gets to host these and the recaps

@toddhobza 5 жыл бұрын

Just wanna say great intro vary classic absolutely love it

@viscountsb7140 5 ай бұрын

OHHH MY GOD I was so relieved when I found out about spellcaster focus

@darkgodgiller7342 5 жыл бұрын

I thought this was how it worked. Awesome to know!

@hon3ybunny695 3 жыл бұрын

Got it! Thank you Danny!

@OobleckMan17 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, trying to learn how to play dnd right now and this helped so much :P

@chrisswallow6441 5 жыл бұрын

MOAR DANI!!! I love it when she does HH!

@browncoatkevin 5 жыл бұрын

Does cute Dani Carr drive Dani's cute car?

@domenico5815 3 жыл бұрын

0:59 "most spells require you to say something for you to cast. some sort of chant or magic phrase" *southern drawl, followed by gunshot sounds* EEEEEEEEEELDRICH BLAAAAAAAAST

@mistahjenkins4826 2 жыл бұрын

Little note regarding the talk of focuses: BARDS DO NOT ALWAYS NEED TO USE MUSIC. I cannot stress this enough. A Bard is an artist of some sort, and art comes in a variety of forms. In place of a song, it could be a sort of dance or chant that allows you to cast yours spells. Don't feel restricted into one form of art here, people!!!

@S0K0N0MI 5 жыл бұрын

Dani is Critical Roles very own Disney Princess.

@sadnessinside123 5 жыл бұрын

Great video. Thank you

@saint0wen 5 жыл бұрын

Really helpful. Thanks!

@yachijassi9571 5 жыл бұрын

dani looking like an angel as usual

@_modnar_ 5 жыл бұрын

3:04 perfect timing with this episode and the campaign

@Patricwithnok 5 жыл бұрын

I loved this host

@alexi4829 5 жыл бұрын

Edward Elric knows all about spells costing an arm and a leg...

@oniemployee3437 3 жыл бұрын

And from this point forward I know what my next spell will be. To have the power of the talking stick is to play god himself.

@WardNightstone 5 жыл бұрын

note: while Dani didn't mention it cause it's not a class in the PHB the new Artificer class can use an arcane focus as well, but it specifically says that it needs to either be items from your tool kit(s) or an item you yourself enchanted

@sillywaffless 5 жыл бұрын

This is incredibly unrelated to the video content, but I have the *exact* same dress as Dani.

@alarin612 5 жыл бұрын

Does anyone else get the feeling Dani Carr's job interview at Critical Role involved her showing pictures she took of the cast while they were sleeping?

@theprophet7318 2 жыл бұрын

Let's not forget Warcaster feat. Which gives you the ability to cast somatic components with both hands occupied, alongside some other awesome features in that feat.

@browncoatkevin 5 жыл бұрын

My DM and I worked out a wizard whose arcane focus replaces the Somatic part of spells, rather than the Material. He's got the component pouch as well as a quartz crystal necklace, since his hands are busy with his prototype Bracers of Defense (it's a small shield on each arm - I deliberately designed it so his hands are required to hold them in place, but when he takes Warcaster he'll spend some gold to smith them up into "hands no longer required" - he's proficient with smith's tools from his background, and BoD is a bit strong for a Level 1 character to possess, thus the disadvantageous design).

@elfireii328 5 жыл бұрын

Instructions unclear, tried to cast raise dead and lost entire body.

@peterwright5358 5 жыл бұрын

Everything has a price.

@cheezy5077 2 жыл бұрын

3 years ago??? Time flies man

@drewadams6667 3 жыл бұрын

Love the post , thank you , you have cast a spell on me.

@MelodicQuest 5 жыл бұрын

Eldritch... BLAST!

@browncoatkevin 5 жыл бұрын

Now say it in a Zemnian accent, but as a Zemnian who is terrible at doing other accents, so it doesn't sound at all like a Southern gentleman.

@jobiwan1015 5 жыл бұрын

LOVE DANI

@BOLANAREDE321 5 жыл бұрын

Spells are easy. There, now someone DID say it. I did. It was me.

@himchandgee Жыл бұрын

Your smart, Your tips help me

@DezwenTheDragon 3 жыл бұрын

Such a helpful handbook cause ive had my players constantly say "I cast...." And then describe what the spell does. When I say whats the cost they all (especially one) say oh I use my arcane voice to cast it. That's for clarifying for me so I don't get my bosses one shot by high-level spells.

@StarDash1 5 жыл бұрын

that cost at the end though... Sure suprised me.

@ryancarter8672 5 жыл бұрын

Talks Machina talks Mechanics!

@FulcanMal 5 жыл бұрын

While Vox Machina voices mechanics.

@miadestroyerofworlds5735 5 жыл бұрын

Is there any difference in using different normal arcane foci? I don’t see any but some have different prices if I recall correctly and I’m trying to figure out if you really are getting a bang for your buck with the more expensive options.

@somethingblabla5720 5 жыл бұрын

Im a simple man. I see Dani Carr, I click.

@tylerferguson3193 4 жыл бұрын

If you're multiclassing (fighter 3/druid 1), would the totem also take care of material requirement of the eldrich knight spells or just the druidic ones?

@brycenerdstrom567 5 жыл бұрын

"Cost an arm and a leg" Elric intensifies

@fhuber7507 5 жыл бұрын

I used to gleefully run spellcasters out of components s DM in original and 2nd Edition D&D Note that spellcaster focuses did not exist, except the few cleric spells where the holy symbol was needed. I never let a caster use just one pouch... they have to have a bunch of little pouches to keep their components separate. One reason for high Int or Wis was so the caster could keep track of which stuff was in which pouch.

@alexvanvarik9755 5 жыл бұрын

So helpfull, thank you😊♥

@AlleluiaElizabeth 5 жыл бұрын

So sword and shield paladin or cleric, in combat with weapon unsheathed, can't cast spells with somatic components unless they drop their weapon? Or are they able to gesticulate with the hand/arm the shield is attached to enough for it to work?

@CronyneWARE 5 жыл бұрын

I think it's worded like, they can PUT their symbol onto a shield, armor, weapon or something. As long as they're wearing it, I believe is the implication. They're the exception because sword-and-boarding is still relevant for Paladin's and Cleric's.

@jefry6782 4 жыл бұрын

I have a question. The arcane focus need to be something that i have to grab with one hand? can it be a neclake, a tatto or something like that?. And if the answer is a yes, do i have to grab the focus while casting the spell, or its optional? This question is because of cleric, paladins or multiclass characters that cant change easily between focuses

@toshomni9478 4 жыл бұрын

So that's why Keyleth always wore those awkward horns? I never realized.

@azer_lord-pyro2550 4 жыл бұрын

I run a Rogue Tiefling and picked the Arcane trickster subclass. I'm not a big fan of magic so I wanted to try it out. On D&DBeyond when you pick your Focuse it gives you 4 options and then the option Arcane Focus. I picked arcane focus because I really don't like the other options and now my tiefling uses his gloves as Arcane Focus and my DM is ok with this. Is that how the Arcane Focus option works in the game? Or am I cheatting? This would anser a question for my next character aswell. Thank you for your time

@NIGHTWINGEX 3 жыл бұрын

Do you have to make up where these materials are found? I’ve noticed some campaigns don’t have materials found on maps to perform certain spells

@Nairda442 5 жыл бұрын

I had no idea that the focus took away basic material components

@MaximillianGreil 5 жыл бұрын

page 203 PHB "A character can use a component pouch or a spellcasting focus (found in chapter 5) in place of the components specified for a spell. "

@Nairda442 5 жыл бұрын

@@MaximillianGreil Holy shit I read over the spellcasting chapter so many times but for some reason that NEVER registered!! Thanks, dude!

@FulcanMal 5 жыл бұрын

@@Nairda442 As far as I know, spellcasting focus has no other purpose.

@Nairda442 5 жыл бұрын

@@FulcanMal I know... I just never thought about it too much!

@MaximillianGreil 5 жыл бұрын

@@Nairda442 NP glad it helped.

@scw55 5 жыл бұрын

Helps make sense of the components bits. Also the somatic. Does this mean my Cleric can hold a shield and a weapon and cast non-S spells now?

@jamesjuldlp4595 5 жыл бұрын

Yes, as long as they dont require materials. The same hand for materials can be used for the somatic components.

@ChaoticInu 5 жыл бұрын

There's also the war caster feat you can take that allows you to cast Somatic spells even while holding a weapon and shield. War Caster Prerequisite: Able to cast at least one spell You have advantage one Constitution saves that you make to maintain concentration on a spell when you take damage. You can perform the somatic components of spells even when you have weapons or a shield in one or both hands. When a hostile creature's movement provokes an opportunity attack from you, you can use your reaction to cast a spell at the creature, instead of making an opportunity attack. The spell must have a casting time of only 1 action and must target only that creature.

@docnevyn5814 5 жыл бұрын

@@ChaoticInu right but if the shield has their holy symbol on it...

@nephdrummond3168 5 жыл бұрын

Cleric with a shield as a focus? You can cast any spells, somatic or not, because moving the focus can work as the somatic component. Like, if your focus is a wand for a wizard, you don’t need to hold the wand in one hand and flick your finger with the other hand, you flick the wand right? Basically that, except a god magic shield, so sometimes it’s kinda hard to picture what your character actually does with it

@I..cast..fireball 4 жыл бұрын

does drawing components from the component pouch consume your object interaction slot on your turn?

@vidxad349 3 жыл бұрын

Just wanted to ask. If my Eldritch knight has attuned to a Ruby of the war caster which has turned his sword in a spellcasting focus, does that negates the needs of materials for spells like Fireball or Ice knife?

@Zamnwhoasked 4 жыл бұрын

May i ask a question? Can i trade out equipment, like if I choose to not have a crossbow can I have a arcane focus instead.

@geoffreypeterson8903 5 жыл бұрын

Love that the new rules for 5e Artificer allows you to choose ANY artisan's tools as a focus. Which means.... MAGIC PAINTBRUSH! Serious question to the community: have you ever tried to house rule spell casting to allow for handicapped PCs? Like a deaf player wanted to play as a deaf wizard, so the DM allowed her to adjust her spell requirements to be more Somatic than Verbal since she would "speak" with her hands.

@Konpekikaminari 5 жыл бұрын

Well, speaking strictly about deaf spellcasters, I would say that since deaf doesn't neccessarily mean mute, I see no need to houserule the components; Somatic would cover both hand signs and other gestures, and vocal will include things like humming, shouting or other sounds that set the magic in motion- fluffed as sounds with a certain rythem to them, that are born from the casters instincts and connection to the weave (or whatever the campaign defines as the source of magic)

@animistchannel2983 5 жыл бұрын

A GM in a private game can house rule anything, any way they want. The only question the group has to ask itself is: -"Do we feel lucky?"- no not that, it's: "Does this affect the fun, and do we care?" After all, even Azazel paused to ask: "What's maximum fun, Hobbes?" I suspect most private games ignore the minor material components to spells most of the time, unless someone is really into playing that. It's a bit like roleplaying tying your shoes every morning.

@witchBoi_Connor 5 жыл бұрын

In the case of holy symbols as a focus, you may paint the symbol on your shield, or hang the symbol on your weapon if you have a kind of polearm. If your DM is kind enough, you might even be allowed to tattoo your religious symbol onto your body, likely your hand (being the hand of your god), etc.

@nephdrummond3168 5 жыл бұрын

Our Paladin uses a greatsword, and a sword is the symbol of his god, so if you carefully look at the art he drew one day, it’s got an etched replica of his own sword engraved along it, and I really liked that idea.

@shadowmage1988 5 жыл бұрын

Lol, please read your spells thoroughly. What everyone wishes their spell casters did but never happens a lot of the time. People forget spells are concentration, that they might actually lack a spell focus at the time, or their spell's casting time. While I know a lot of these hints, always amusing to hear them again as a refresher since playing a lot of random games with different house rules, sometimes it is easy to forget the core.

@eclatshwartzbaumcybertune2063 2 жыл бұрын

With the bard musical i heard mucus’s lol

@UZGArchives 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Critical Role! New DM starting a small campaign with my wife, brother, and friend. I play a Paladin in this, and was wondering. Can a Paladin's Holy Symbol be used like the Cleric's as a Spell Casting Focus??