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<blockquote data-quote="The Crimson Binome" data-source="post: 6772047" data-attributes="member: 6775031">Here's my interpretation, and it has nothing to do with where your hands are. Basically, a spell can have up to three components, and each of those components is checking for one specific thing. A somatic component is very specifically checking for whether you're free to move your arms. Are you tied up, with both arms bound? Are you paralyzed? If not, then you're fine.A verbal component is very specifically checking for whether you can speak freely. Are you gagged? Are you trying to be sneaky? If not, then you're fine.A material component is very specifically checking for whether you have the material component (or focus) on hand. Has your component pouch been taken from you? Has your focus been stolen or confiscated? If not, then you're fine.That's my story, and I'm sticking to it. Having read the rules for the matter when the book first came out, and again just now, it still seems like a reasonable interpretation to me. Allow me to quote some text at you:So it really comes down to what it means for a hand to be &quot;free&quot;. One side could say that the hand needs to be entirely empty and free of anything, and the other side could say that you just need the hand to not be bound or otherwise incapable of movement. It's a judgment call for the DM.If you're playing with feats, though, then there exists a feat which will counter the strict interpretation. If you aren't playing with feats, then you're only out of luck if the DM is using that strict interpretation.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Crimson Binome, post: 6772047, member: 6775031"] Here's my interpretation, and it has nothing to do with where your hands are. Basically, a spell can have up to three components, and each of those components is checking for one specific thing. A somatic component is very specifically checking for whether you're free to move your arms. Are you tied up, with both arms bound? Are you paralyzed? If not, then you're fine. A verbal component is very specifically checking for whether you can speak freely. Are you gagged? Are you trying to be sneaky? If not, then you're fine. A material component is very specifically checking for whether you have the material component (or focus) on hand. Has your component pouch been taken from you? Has your focus been stolen or confiscated? If not, then you're fine. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it. Having read the rules for the matter when the book first came out, and again just now, it still seems like a reasonable interpretation to me. Allow me to quote some text at you: So it really comes down to what it means for a hand to be "free". One side could say that the hand needs to be entirely empty and free of anything, and the other side could say that you just need the hand to not be bound or otherwise [I]incapable[/I] of movement. It's a judgment call for the DM. If you're playing with feats, though, then there exists a feat which will counter the strict interpretation. If you aren't playing with feats, then you're only out of luck [I]if[/I] the DM is using that strict interpretation. [/QUOTE]

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