Jack Simth
First Post
Hey all,
The Innate Spell feat (Complete Arcane) lets you burn a spell slot 8 levels higher (permanently) to get a spell-like ability at will. However, if the spell requires an expensive component, "you must use an item worth 50 times that cost as a focus".
My question is this:
What happens with variable-cost spells? In this specific instance, I'm looking at Miracle (it's a 30th level gestalt character, yes, it's doable by then without overly much hassle), but it really applies to any spell where the component is 'see text' or similar. Miracle includes the line "When a miracle spell duplicates a spell with a material component that costs more than 100 gp, you must provide that component."
So... we have a variable cost component in the base spell (from 0 on up to... what, 10,000 gp for a duplicated Resurrection?), with the feat requiring a focus based on the component cost of the base spell.
Do I just pick a focus that has a particular cap and stop worrying about it (e.g., get a 500,000 gp focus, and say it's my '10,000 gp or less material component for Miracle' focus?)? Do I get off scott-free because the spell itself doesn't have a material component? Do I need to provide the specific component each time? How does this work?
The Innate Spell feat (Complete Arcane) lets you burn a spell slot 8 levels higher (permanently) to get a spell-like ability at will. However, if the spell requires an expensive component, "you must use an item worth 50 times that cost as a focus".
My question is this:
What happens with variable-cost spells? In this specific instance, I'm looking at Miracle (it's a 30th level gestalt character, yes, it's doable by then without overly much hassle), but it really applies to any spell where the component is 'see text' or similar. Miracle includes the line "When a miracle spell duplicates a spell with a material component that costs more than 100 gp, you must provide that component."
So... we have a variable cost component in the base spell (from 0 on up to... what, 10,000 gp for a duplicated Resurrection?), with the feat requiring a focus based on the component cost of the base spell.
Do I just pick a focus that has a particular cap and stop worrying about it (e.g., get a 500,000 gp focus, and say it's my '10,000 gp or less material component for Miracle' focus?)? Do I get off scott-free because the spell itself doesn't have a material component? Do I need to provide the specific component each time? How does this work?
