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Do bracers of archery benefit ranged spell attacks?
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<blockquote data-quote="ECMO3" data-source="post: 8627273" data-attributes="member: 7030563"><p>It is not RAW. You do not use an arcane focus for casting Eldritch Blast.</p><p></p><p>From the section on spell casting:</p><p><em>Material (M)</em></p><p><em>Casting some spells requires particular objects, specified in parentheses in the component entry. A character can use a component pouch or a spellcasting focus<strong><u> in place of the components</u></strong> specified for a spell.</em></p><p></p><p>You don't use a spell casting focus to cast a spell with no material components.</p><p></p><p></p><p>The words bolded and underlined are what matters and what makes BOA not usable with Eldritch Blast attack.</p><p></p><p>Having your bow in your hand when you cast EB is no different than having it in one hand when you throw a dagger with the other hand, you are not making the attack with it in either case it is just there and it is irrelevant to the attack. Further unless you have the warcaster feat you need at least one hand empty to do the somatic component associated with EB. So not only are you not using it with EB, you can't even be holding it at all when you cast EB unless your other hand is free. So if you go around with say a shield while using the bow as a focus for your other spells you would actually have to drop or stow the bow to even cast EB at all.</p><p></p><p>Now if you are a hexblade and use the bow to cast booming blade (swinging your bow as an improvised weapon) or if you cast witchbolt then absolutely you would get the +2, because in either of these cases<em> the attack is made using said weapon</em>. Note for witchbolt it would only be for the initial attack because that is the only one that you make an attack for.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ECMO3, post: 8627273, member: 7030563"] It is not RAW. You do not use an arcane focus for casting Eldritch Blast. From the section on spell casting: [I]Material (M) Casting some spells requires particular objects, specified in parentheses in the component entry. A character can use a component pouch or a spellcasting focus[B][U] in place of the components[/U][/B] specified for a spell.[/I] You don't use a spell casting focus to cast a spell with no material components. The words bolded and underlined are what matters and what makes BOA not usable with Eldritch Blast attack. Having your bow in your hand when you cast EB is no different than having it in one hand when you throw a dagger with the other hand, you are not making the attack with it in either case it is just there and it is irrelevant to the attack. Further unless you have the warcaster feat you need at least one hand empty to do the somatic component associated with EB. So not only are you not using it with EB, you can't even be holding it at all when you cast EB unless your other hand is free. So if you go around with say a shield while using the bow as a focus for your other spells you would actually have to drop or stow the bow to even cast EB at all. Now if you are a hexblade and use the bow to cast booming blade (swinging your bow as an improvised weapon) or if you cast witchbolt then absolutely you would get the +2, because in either of these cases[I] the attack is made using said weapon[/I]. Note for witchbolt it would only be for the initial attack because that is the only one that you make an attack for. [/QUOTE]
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