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<blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 7967057" data-attributes="member: 23751">I think the designers understand that most tables use them.&nbsp; Put a silence spell around a wizard and what table is just going to allow them to cast anyway?&nbsp; Maybe a very few, but the rest understand that verbal is a component and play with it.&nbsp; Take away a wizard's access to his spell components and barring something special, tables play with material components and will keep that wizard from casting spells requiring them.&nbsp; I've never seen a DM fail to describe a wizard using components during dramatic moments or at least some battles when facing them.&nbsp; Apparently you don't, but I doubt this is a very common practice.&nbsp; I've experienced lots of DMs over the decades.&nbsp; When someone wants to try and see who cast a spell, there is typically a roll to see or hear the spells being cast.&nbsp; If you truly do not use components, it would be nearly impossible to tell who just charmed the fighter.The overwhelming majority of tables use components to some degree, which makes being a Psion who does not use them an advantage.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Maxperson, post: 7967057, member: 23751"] I think the designers understand that most tables use them. Put a silence spell around a wizard and what table is just going to allow them to cast anyway? Maybe a very few, but the rest understand that verbal is a component and play with it. Take away a wizard's access to his spell components and barring something special, tables play with material components and will keep that wizard from casting spells requiring them. I've never seen a DM fail to describe a wizard using components during dramatic moments or at least some battles when facing them. Apparently you don't, but I doubt this is a very common practice. I've experienced lots of DMs over the decades. When someone wants to try and see who cast a spell, there is typically a roll to see or hear the spells being cast. If you truly do not use components, it would be nearly impossible to tell who just charmed the fighter. The overwhelming majority of tables use components to some degree, which makes being a Psion who does not use them an advantage. [/QUOTE]

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