Radiant assault -- focus price?

[rrwoods]

Radiant Assault from Spell Compendium lists a focus of "The eye of an outsider with 4 or more HD", but doesn't list a price. Is this like any other spell component, where you're assumed to have it on you? Seems weird.

[Thurbane]

Radiant Assault from Spell Compendium lists a focus of "The eye of an outsider with 4 or more HD", but doesn't list a price. Is this like any other spell component, where you're assumed to have it on you? Seems weird.

Yeah, it's one of those weird cases. It doesn't list a GP cost, so it can be assumed to already be in your spell component pouch.

Just re-read: being a focus may change the ruling. While it doesn't have a listed cost, only components appear in a spell component pouch.

The one that always struck me as odd is Protection From Evil/Magic Circle Against Evil. Since when does powdered silver not have a cost?

[Nifft]

Just re-read: being a focus may change the ruling. While it doesn't have a listed cost, only components appear in a spell component pouch. Yeah this is congruent with my thinking. The focus is a thing you need to find, because you can't rely on buying it (no GP price) and it's not in your component pouch (not a component).


The one that always struck me as odd is Protection From Evil/Magic Circle Against Evil. Since when does powdered silver not have a cost? When the cost is less than 1 gp, since 1 gp is the demarcation line for caring about price.

[Goaty14]

You could probably summon a celestial X with summon monster whenever... just saying...

[Jack_Simth]

Yeah, it's one of those weird cases. It doesn't list a GP cost, so it can be assumed to already be in your spell component pouch.

Just re-read: being a focus may change the ruling. While it doesn't have a listed cost, only components appear in a spell component pouch.

The one that always struck me as odd is Protection From Evil/Magic Circle Against Evil. Since when does powdered silver not have a cost?

A focus is a component. See Here (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/magicOverview/spellDescriptions.htm#components) for 3.5, and Here (https://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic/#TOC-Components) for Pathfinder.

Both include equivalent language:

A focus component is a prop of some sort. Unlike a material component, a focus is not consumed when the spell is cast and can be reused. As with material components, the cost for a focus is negligible unless a price is given. Assume that focus components of negligible cost are in your spell component pouch.(Emphasis added)


A focus component is a prop of some sort. Unlike a material component, a focus is not consumed when the spell is cast and can be reused. As with material components, the cost for a focus is negligible unless a price is given. Assume that focus components of negligible cost are in your spell component pouch. (Emphasis added)

So weird as it is... it's in a pouch.

[umbergod]

You could probably summon a celestial X with summon monster whenever... just saying...

Summons return to their plane of origin when the spell ends or when theyre slain, so your focus would disappear as well

[Thurbane]

When the cost is less than 1 gp, since 1 gp is the demarcation line for caring about price.

Of course, but most other spells that call for powdered precious metals or gems do have a cost. Obviously PFE uses less than 10 silver coins worth of silver.