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<blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 2835984" data-attributes="member: 2011">As part of the Spell Casting action. This is listed there so that there is no confusion as to whether it is a Move Action separate from the actual Spell Casting action. In other words, Retrieve a Stored Item is listed as a Move Action, so prepare (i.e. pull out material) Spell Components would take a Move Action as well if the rules did not state in some way that they did not.How do you prepare your verbal components? Presumably, you speak the words.How do you prepare your somatic components? Presumably, you do them.How do you prepare your material components? Presumably, you grab them.Spell Components are integral to Spell Casting, but preparing them is probably considered a free action to prevent confusion, specifically for material components as listed above. In fact, this entire free action entry might only really be referring to material components.The use of spell components is also listed under Cast a Spell / Spell Components where spell components are explicitly stated as part of casting a spell. You could theoretically Ready an Action to counterspell a spell when an opponent pulls out his material components and still disrupt the spell since they are part of the casting. There is typically no need for this, Readying for when someone starts to cast a spell should usually be sufficient.It's possible that Prepare Spell Components is also listed as a free action to help DMs minimize the number of free actions in a round.I suspect there are no real game mechanics reason for making this a free action other than the designers apparently did not want to make it a Not an Action action.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="KarinsDad, post: 2835984, member: 2011"] As part of the Spell Casting action. This is listed there so that there is no confusion as to whether it is a Move Action separate from the actual Spell Casting action. In other words, Retrieve a Stored Item is listed as a Move Action, so prepare (i.e. pull out material) Spell Components would take a Move Action as well if the rules did not state in some way that they did not. How do you prepare your verbal components? Presumably, you speak the words. How do you prepare your somatic components? Presumably, you do them. How do you prepare your material components? Presumably, you grab them. Spell Components are integral to Spell Casting, but preparing them is probably considered a free action to prevent confusion, specifically for material components as listed above. In fact, this entire free action entry might only really be referring to material components. The use of spell components is also listed under Cast a Spell / Spell Components where spell components are explicitly stated as part of casting a spell. You could theoretically Ready an Action to counterspell a spell when an opponent pulls out his material components and still disrupt the spell since they are part of the casting. There is typically no need for this, Readying for when someone starts to cast a spell should usually be sufficient. It's possible that Prepare Spell Components is also listed as a free action to help DMs minimize the number of free actions in a round. I suspect there are no real game mechanics reason for making this a free action other than the designers apparently did not want to make it a Not an Action action. [/QUOTE]

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