(09-24-2015, 11:29 AM)Devyn Piper Wrote: Focus/Weapon - Agree wholeheartedly with Gegenji on this. As far as casting with/without, I also RP the ability to cast minor spells without a specific focus, but require the higher end stuff or the more intricate/delicate stuff to need SOME kind of focus.
For example: One of Devyn's friends was about to get into a stupid fight the other day and he used his innate casting ability - no focus - to conjure a fist-sized rock hovering over his hand so he could threaten to bean the first moron to try turning the argument into a physical fight.
For higher end casting, however, he does need a focus. Being a conjurer these are fairly easy to find in one form or another, and I've RPed being able to use just about any natural wood in a pinch. Obviously it would be ineffective compared to a specially prepared staff or wand but in an emergency it could mean the difference between life and death. Is this actually plausible? I'm curious to know what the game says, but it does mention "unworked wood" somewhere so I thought it made sense that a conjurer, caught without his normal focus, could get a makeshift one out of nearby material.
I've seen a decent amount of RP where spellcasters can cast at least minor spells without a real focus, and I do this, myself. Setoh is a conjurer, so I'll RP him as able to use things like fluid aura and repose without more of a focus than a wooden ring. Anything more significant than that, though, and he needs a focus.
Ultimately, for me, I tend to be pretty flexible with lore and am willing to accept a lot of lore bending if it makes the story interesting. I may run into someone at some point who's unwilling to accept the use of spellcasting at all without a full focus, and I'll roll with that for that RP.
