Master Focus A master focus is a type of magical item useful only to the type of spellcaster that created it. It serves as a focus for the caster's spells and allows the spellcaster to cast many spells without the use of material components. While a master focus can be made into any object that can be held in hand, for wizards it is usually crafted as a staff, and for clerics and druids it is usually a holy symbol dedicated to their deity. An individual master focus can only be used by someone of the same class (and faith, in the cast of clerics and druids) as the creator. The only real function of a master focus is to allow a spellcaster to cast spells without the use of material components or a different focus for each spell. Each master focus is attuned to a specific class (and possibly faith) and spell level. A master focus of any level includes all of the functions of the ones of lower level. If a master focus is to be used by a spellcaster other than the one that created it, it must be attuned to a spellcaster before it can be used. This entails a mystical ritual (known only to those with the Craft Master Focus feat) which takes 1 day per level of the master focus and costs the attuned spellcaster 500 XP. A newly created master focus is already attuned to the spellcaster that crafted it. A master focus must be held in the spellcaster's hand to be used. A master focus can be enchanted with other powers and abilities (using other item creation feats), but those addition powers will cost twice the normal price due to the secondary nature of those enchantments. A spellcaster can further enchant his master focus, raising it to a higher level. Doing so costs the difference between the new and old, just as if further enchanting any other magical item, and requires the Craft Master Focus feat. A spellcaster can only create a master focus up to the highest level spells he can cast (for example, a 5th level wizard can only craft one up to master focus III, while a 5th level sorcerer can only create a master focus II). Master Focus Functions Base Price apprentice focus no material components needed for 0-level spells 500 gp master focus I no material components needed for 1st-level spells no focuses needed for 0-level spells 1,000 gp master focus II no material components needed for 2nd-level spells no focuses needed for 1st-level spells 3,000 gp master focus III no material components needed for 3rd-level spells no focuses needed for 2nd-level spells 6,000 gp master focus IV no material components needed for 4th-level spells no focuses needed for 3rd-level spells 10,000 gp master focus V no material components needed for 5th-level spells no focuses needed for 4th-level spells 15,000 gp master focus VI no material components needed for 6th-level spells no focuses needed for 5th-level spells 21,000 gp master focus VII no material components needed for 7th-level spells no focuses needed for 6th-level spells 28,000 gp master focus VIII no material components needed for 8th-level spells no focuses needed for 7th-level spells 36,000 gp master focus IX no material components needed for 9th-level spells no focuses needed for 8th-level spells 45,000 gp NPCs & Monsters | Rules | Magic | Deities | Resources | History © 1996 - 2005 www.amethyst-dragon.com Site created and maintained by Amethyst Dragon Designs.