Free Hands and Casting Spells

[SWAT]

Can the one free hand required to cast spells with a somatic component be the same hand that manipulates a required material component? Or do spells with material and somatic components require two hands to cast? I never felt the rules were entirely clear about this...

 

[Agamon]

Geez, I hope not, or the cleric's got some problems....

 

[shilsen]

It's not spelled out clearly in the rules, but I personally allow clerics to use the free hand for both.

 

[Doug McCrae]

A spell's components are what you must do or possess to cast it.

From this, you don't have to manipulate or even hold a material component, just have it on your person.

 

[Hypersmurf]

From this, you don't have to manipulate or even hold a material component, just have it on your person.

"To cast a spell, you must be able to speak (if the spell has a verbal component), gesture (if it has a somatic component), and manipulate the material components or focus (if any)."

-Hyp.

 

[GorTeX]

I've always just assumed that part of the somatic getures were manipulating the materials. But then, I don't play spell casters alot...do (m)any spells exist that have a material component without a somatic component? (I'm betting there are..)