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<blockquote data-quote="slaughterj" data-source="post: 7487701" data-attributes="member: 5341">Ruby of the War Mage only partially solves the problem.&nbsp; The ruby allows use of the weapon as a spellcasting focus for your spells.&nbsp; A spellcasting focus substitutes for a material component, and will also cover for the somatic component when a material component gets covered.&nbsp; However, the spellcasting focus by RAW does not cover the somatic component when there is no material component being covered by it.&nbsp; So you can't use the Ruby while doing sword &amp; board to cover for Somatic or Verbal/Somatic spells, e.g., Absorb Elements, Acid Splash (and pretty much every other attack/save cantrip), Counterspell, Silence (messes up some Ranger builds), etc.Because this seems stupid (why does it work to cover somatic with a material but not without a material?!) and otherwise would make the Ruby very limited functionality (just for use with Material component spells), we have houseruled it to work with just VS or S spells.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="slaughterj, post: 7487701, member: 5341"] Ruby of the War Mage only partially solves the problem. The ruby allows use of the weapon as a spellcasting focus for your spells. A spellcasting focus substitutes for a material component, and will also cover for the somatic component when a material component gets covered. However, the spellcasting focus by RAW does not cover the somatic component when there is no material component being covered by it. So you can't use the Ruby while doing sword & board to cover for Somatic or Verbal/Somatic spells, e.g., Absorb Elements, Acid Splash (and pretty much every other attack/save cantrip), Counterspell, Silence (messes up some Ranger builds), etc. Because this seems stupid (why does it work to cover somatic with a material but not without a material?!) and otherwise would make the Ruby very limited functionality (just for use with Material component spells), we have houseruled it to work with just VS or S spells. [/QUOTE]

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