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Message: <blockquote data-quote="paranoid" data-source="post: 1123954" data-attributes="member: 13419">Can someone please point out a reference to me that material components, foci or divine foci have to be touched to cast a spell? I stumbled over that problem while pondering if it would be useful to grease a clerics' holy symbol to prevent him from spellcasting. But, looking through the books and the SRD, I found nothing about that material components / foci have to be actually grasped in the moment of casting. the only thing I found isBut does "preparing" really say that you have to touch it? Perhaps they just "disappear" out of your component pouch??The only other reference I found is under the grappling entry:But grappling is certainly not the usual environment.While I always took for granted that those components need to be handled somehow, I'd like to see it confirmed by some rule.thanks,paranoid.</blockquote>