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<blockquote data-quote="5ekyu" data-source="post: 7501460" data-attributes="member: 6919838">&quot;Note - I am not doing away with spell focus. Just that you have to have studied with the component before you can cast the spell with the focus. I assume that the wizards academy or higher-level caster you are learning from will have this available. Or go to jewelers and pay to let them study with a diamond for a nominal fee. If you want a backup diamond while travelling, in case you loe your focus, well, you need to find a way to get one&quot;Uhh normally arcane focus does not replace the ingredients with cost, so normally an arcane focus would not allow casting chromatic orb without the 50gp diamond.If you are now ruling it to be a borrow to train only, then use focus, that hits a lot of spells and really shofts the burden of costly materials.Fyi to the poster who gripes about chromatic orb, in my current gamr my sorc hascpassed on CO thru levels 1-3 and maybe 4 due to not seeing any chance on getting a 50 gp diamond. I doubt by now she will even be looking for it, having already worked offense around other combos.In a more &quot;traditional&quot; DnD game, it would have been likely taken at 2nd thru having sufficient loot and access.But she is keeping an eye out for caster spoils at evety opportunity.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="5ekyu, post: 7501460, member: 6919838"] "Note - I am not doing away with spell focus. Just that you have to have studied with the component before you can cast the spell with the focus. I assume that the wizards academy or higher-level caster you are learning from will have this available. Or go to jewelers and pay to let them study with a diamond for a nominal fee. If you want a backup diamond while travelling, in case you loe your focus, well, you need to find a way to get one" Uhh normally arcane focus does not replace the ingredients with cost, so normally an arcane focus would not allow casting chromatic orb without the 50gp diamond. If you are now ruling it to be a borrow to train only, then use focus, that hits a lot of spells and really shofts the burden of costly materials. Fyi to the poster who gripes about chromatic orb, in my current gamr my sorc hascpassed on CO thru levels 1-3 and maybe 4 due to not seeing any chance on getting a 50 gp diamond. I doubt by now she will even be looking for it, having already worked offense around other combos. In a more "traditional" DnD game, it would have been likely taken at 2nd thru having sufficient loot and access. But she is keeping an eye out for caster spoils at evety opportunity. [/QUOTE]

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