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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 3568288" data-attributes="member: 1656">But it's necessary to know about switching hands in certain circumstances.  The wizard with a quarterstaff who wishes to cast a spell with a somatic component - he needs to take a hand off his staff, and put it back on.  What actions does it cost to do so?  Can he still threaten with his staff if he has cast a spell and moved this round?If you feel that a free action to place a hand on a weapon you are already holding is not sufficient to prepare it for combat, that's fine... but it must apply to the barbarian and the wizard as well as to someone switching a sword from hand to hand.In the earlier example, my intent was to get to my feet.  Your answer was that the means (kneeling then standing) meant it was two move actions, not one move actions.  Why did the intent (getting to my feet) fix it as a single move action provoking an AoO?Speaking is not sufficient to cast even a verbal-only spell.  There is concentration required - the verbal-only spell, for example, may provoke an AoO when speaking does not, because casting a spell - even a verbal-only one - requires more care and effort than simply speaking.-Hyp.</blockquote>