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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Charlaquin" data-source="post: 8136174" data-attributes="member: 6779196">Spells never require a spellcasting focus. The benefit of a spellcasting focus is that you can use it in place of material components that don’t list a specific cost. Since rangers, arcane tricksters, and eldritch knights don’t have any features which allow them to use a spellcasting focus*, they must use the exact material components or a component pouch in order to cast spells with material components. Many class and race features, such as the Way of the Four Elements Monk, specify that the character can cast the spell without needing material components. These features do not require a component pouch, and would therefore gain no benefit from a spellcasting focus.*except for slme optional variant features from Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything.</blockquote>