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<blockquote data-quote="N'raac" data-source="post: 5982758" data-attributes="member: 6681948">The answer to your specific question, for many posters, appears to be &quot;infinite&quot;.Let us assume you decide the pouch holds 50 &quot;uses&quot; (10 uses per 1 gp).&nbsp; How do you then explain to the wizard's player that, since he has cast Sleep 50 times, he cannot cast his Light spell?&nbsp; By using up his fine sand, he has somehow run out of fireflies?&nbsp; There's a loss of verisimilitude here.And why must the pouch be replenished by cash outlays?&nbsp; The character is somehow incapable of going out at night to catch fireflies, or gathering fine sand or rose petals?&nbsp; He has to engage others to do these things for him?It seems that, in trying to engage the caster in addressing his material components, you risk shattering suspension of disbelief (how DOES that little pouch carry enough components to cast every 0 level spell plus all those 1st level spells - even at the start of his career - a dozen or so times?&nbsp; What keeps all those fireflies alive in there so they can be used to cast Light every ten minutes?&nbsp; I have to BUY a drop of sweat to cast Touch of Fatigue???&nbsp; Very few components for low level spells (at least from the core rules) seem all that difficult to come by.&nbsp; The more unusual/crafted ones are Focuses, so you don't need to replace it.&nbsp; I think 5gp pays for the pouch itself - the spellcaster gathers up the components to fill it.&nbsp; Just like fighters are assumed to spend down time maintaining weapons and armor, the spellcasters maintain their spell pouches and do spell research.&nbsp; A standard belt pouch costs 1 GP, but this one must be specially made to segregate those various components for easy retrieval in the course of casting the spells.&nbsp; How many different components does a high level wizard pack around in it?Especially where magic is scarce and feared, it seems like the guy selling live fireflies, crickets and grasshopper legs is the one who will attract undue attention.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="N'raac, post: 5982758, member: 6681948"] The answer to your specific question, for many posters, appears to be "infinite". Let us assume you decide the pouch holds 50 "uses" (10 uses per 1 gp). How do you then explain to the wizard's player that, since he has cast Sleep 50 times, he cannot cast his Light spell? By using up his fine sand, he has somehow run out of fireflies? There's a loss of verisimilitude here. And why must the pouch be replenished by cash outlays? The character is somehow incapable of going out at night to catch fireflies, or gathering fine sand or rose petals? He has to engage others to do these things for him? It seems that, in trying to engage the caster in addressing his material components, you risk shattering suspension of disbelief (how DOES that little pouch carry enough components to cast every 0 level spell plus all those 1st level spells - even at the start of his career - a dozen or so times? What keeps all those fireflies alive in there so they can be used to cast Light every ten minutes? I have to BUY a drop of sweat to cast Touch of Fatigue??? Very few components for low level spells (at least from the core rules) seem all that difficult to come by. The more unusual/crafted ones are Focuses, so you don't need to replace it. I think 5gp pays for the pouch itself - the spellcaster gathers up the components to fill it. Just like fighters are assumed to spend down time maintaining weapons and armor, the spellcasters maintain their spell pouches and do spell research. A standard belt pouch costs 1 GP, but this one must be specially made to segregate those various components for easy retrieval in the course of casting the spells. How many different components does a high level wizard pack around in it? Especially where magic is scarce and feared, it seems like the guy selling live fireflies, crickets and grasshopper legs is the one who will attract undue attention. [/QUOTE]

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