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<blockquote data-quote="Dingleberry" data-source="post: 595016" data-attributes="member: 490">I disagree.&nbsp; Table 8-4 (PHB p. 128) lists &quot;Prepare spell components to cast a spell&quot; as a free action that does not provoke an attack of opportunity.&nbsp; I read the grapple rule to simply mean you can't reach your spell component pouch when grappled.Rules aside, I think it would grossly penalize spellcasters to require an additional move-equivalent action to cast a spell with a material component.&nbsp; By that interpretation, a hasted spellcaster couldn't cast two spells with material components each round, and a spellcaster with a Quickened spell with a material component would still have to spend a move-equivalent to get the component out first.Agreed.&nbsp; PHB p. 151: &quot;Unless a cost is given for a material component, the cost is negligible.&nbsp; Don't bother to keep track of material components with negligible cost.&nbsp; Assume you have all you need as long as you have your spell component pouch.&quot;Also: &quot;As with material components, the cost for a focus is negligible unless a specific price is listed.&nbsp; Assume that focus components of negligible cost are in your spell component pouch.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dingleberry, post: 595016, member: 490"] I disagree. Table 8-4 (PHB p. 128) lists "Prepare spell components to cast a spell" as a free action that does not provoke an attack of opportunity. I read the grapple rule to simply mean you can't reach your spell component pouch when grappled. Rules aside, I think it would [i]grossly[/i] penalize spellcasters to require an additional move-equivalent action to cast a spell with a material component. By that interpretation, a [i]hasted[/i] spellcaster couldn't cast two spells with material components each round, and a spellcaster with a Quickened spell with a material component would still have to spend a move-equivalent to get the component out first. Agreed. PHB p. 151: "Unless a cost is given for a material component, the cost is negligible. Don't bother to keep track of material components with negligible cost. Assume you have all you need as long as you have your spell component pouch." Also: "As with material components, the cost for a focus is negligible unless a specific price is listed. Assume that focus components of negligible cost are in your spell component pouch." [/QUOTE]

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