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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 2708617" data-attributes="member: 19675">As some argue, by RAW, he cannot, because the basic spell component pouch doesn't contain any foci at all, including divine foci.Unless you are saying that a sprig of mistletoe is a non-divine focus spell component for at least one Druid spell...I agree 100%Whoa! Whoa! Whoaaaaa!  I'm not in the pro-RAW VoP camp!  In fact, I'm one of the most ardent posters AGAINST using VoP RAW.I feel that VoP RAW does not model what it seems to be trying to model- that is, an ascetic holy man.  Why?  Because if it is interpreted in such a way that DF's are disallowed, Clerics and Paladins (presumably the most holy of a deity's followers) find their basic holy powers annihilated, and become unable to perform many of the typical duties for such a personage.Sir Reginald, A fallen Paladin, comes to Brother Lumen...Sir R: "Oh most holy Brother Lumen, I have violated my vow to our god, and I must set things aright in order to resume my crusade against evil!  Can you purify me, and restore me to my status?"Br. Lumen, Regular Cleric: (casting Atonement) "Sir Reginald, arise and sin no more- continue to do thy good works in the name of the Shining One!"Br. Lumen, Exalted VoP Cleric: (casting Slay Living) "Sir Reginald, you have failed to keep thy vow sacrosanct...would that I could purify thy soul for you have been a mighty and righteous blade in the divine hands of the Shining One.  But as one of the most holy chosen of our shared faith, I have no choice but remove the ill-formed sketch of your personage from the beauteous and perfect painting of the gods!  DIE, VILE SINNER!"...simply because Atonement requires a divine focus, and Slay Living does not.Nor am I, not really, nor am I really concerned about the cost.  I'm just saying that a VoP PC is to be more interested in things divine than in things martial, so they would gravitate to weapons that would require less training.  Using a Crossbow effectively requires about the same amount of training as a sling, despite its cost.  In contrast, an Axe requires a lot of training to use with any skill as a weapon.</blockquote>

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