D&D 5E (2024) Eldritch Knight

[Parmandur]

Why, in the 5.24 PHB, does the Eldritch Knight not allow you to use your weapon as a spell focus? The Valor Bard and the Bladesinger Wizard allow you to do so, so why not the magic-using subclass of the Fighter which is supposed to be a weapon master? It just seems daft.

Probably to subtly encourage selecting spells without a material component.

 

[Stalker0]

Does anyone actually keep track of Spellcasting Focuses?

Its mainly used in our campaigns to defang a spellcaster when they have been capture. Alright tie up teh wizard, remove his staff, that should keep him docile.

That kind of thing.

 

[Zardnaar]

I guess I'm one of the hardass DMs mentioned. Two-hander? No problem, you just need two hands to attack, not hold. But you're not gonna sword n' board AND cast spells unless you sheathe/drop the sword. Or take war caster, which yes is a feat tax but lets you have your cake and eat it too.

I guess the logic, if there's logic to it, is that full casters: yes, others: no.

Warcaster still doesn't fix the M part.
Your two handed sword isnt an arcane focus. Are you enforcing the M part?

 

[Azzy]

Its mainly used in our campaigns to defang a spellcaster when they have been capture. Alright tie up teh wizard, remove his staff, that should keep him docile.

That kind of thing.

How often does that happen?

 

[Stalker0]

How often does that happen?

well if the players are doing it well, not very often

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

Its mainly used in our campaigns to defang a spellcaster when they have been capture. Alright tie up teh wizard, remove his staff, that should keep him docile.

That kind of thing.

You would part an old man from his walking stick?!

Barbarian!

 

[Distracted DM]

Warcaster still doesn't fix the M part.
Your two handed sword isnt an arcane focus. Are you enforcing the M part?

You know it's funny now that you mention it, I don't know that this has actually come up. The characters that were taking warcaster were either clerics n paladins, so I reasoned they could touch their focus with their weapon hand when they had warcaster (since they can do the somatics with it). The arcane martials that didn't take the feat just sheathed their weapons that turn and drew them the next, or they had pact weapon and called it to them with a BA; the ones that did take the feat never cast spells with material components.

I guess I'm not as much of a hardass as I thought, 'cuz I'd be tempted to say that if you take warcaster, as long as it's a non-costly component, you can go ahead and cast S+M with that weapon hand. Costly components though, sheathe/drop that weapon.