Focus (item)
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In Magic 3.0 a focus [1] is a magical item that will help the magician to prepare three types of spells.
Ritual Focus
Ritual foci come in several flavors. There are limited used foci that work only for a specific spellbook, there are unlimited use ritual foci that work for any spell within a mana type, and there are true universal foci that work with any ritual spell.
Universal and realm-attuned ritual foci require knowledge of the Improvised Rituals Magical Feat.
A few commonly-available examples from Herilo's Artifacts in Crossing are listed below:
- lapis lazuli tree statuette: life magic (realm-attuned)
- blue-grey steel staff acid-etched with geometric runes: elemental magic (realm-attuned)
- crystal-inset oaken staff surmounted with a witch ball: lunar magic (realm-attuned)
- slender alabaster staff with a silver cobra coiled along it: holy magic (realm-attuned)
- pale blue-lacquered inkwell: metamagic
- soft blue silken reticule: divine intervention
- dark crimson pouch: fire manipulation
- silvery-white metal jar: earth manipulation
- tiny cream-colored sack: stellar
- deep purple glass phial: mental preparation
- cylindrical packet: enlightened geometry
- small iron box: analogous patterns
- corked glass bottle: elemental invokations (Bard)
- jade apple: Antinomic Sorcery spellbook
You must INVOKE the focus during the preparation of your ritual spell. Doing this considerably eases the ability to cast the ritual spell your focus is attuned to. You can STUDY a foci item for additional description of its use. Using FOCUS on a focus allows you to determine what type of focus (spellbook, mana, or universal) they are.
Arcana Check
There is an Arcana requirement to invoke a ritual focus. The Arcana requirement is dependent on the spell, with Arcana ranks equal to the minimum magic skill ranks specified for the spell giving around a 50% chance of success under ideal conditions, though there is a random factor involved.[2]
List of Ritual Foci
Sorcery Focus
Targeted Magic Focus
A Targeted Magic focus enchantment will modify your Targeted Magic spells (to provide a damage boost, for example) from the time you INVOKE it. The focus must remain in your right hand after being invoked to use its effect.
The boost lasts for several minutes. IMPORTANT NOTE: MOST other normal activities aside from magic will stop the enchantment - for example attacking. Thus, when using the TM Focus you must just cast spells
The Arcana requirement to use a Targeted Magic focus is tied to the strength of the enchantment.
TM Foci do not boost summoned pets[3] due to the unique way these spells function.[4]
List of TM Foci
| Worn | Source | |
|---|---|---|
| Anglerfish carved from slick grey-green stone | - | Misenseor Goods (6) |
| Asharsh'dai scorpion tipped with a coruscating Firulfian crystal stinger | Hollow Eve Festival 450/Auction | |
| Baleful lion dragon faceted from a Gemfire ruby | - | Ritual Addiction (3) |
| Baleful lion dragon faceted from a fire whirl ruby | Ritual Addiction (2) Ritual Addiction (1) | |
| Bejeweled garden oasis sculpted from lush viridian estrildite | - | Su Helmas 440: Entrapped/Raffle Item:Canvas pouch pinned with a purple gold garden |
| Blade-bone dragon skull set with maelstone eyes | - | Hollow Eve Festival 454/Auction |
| Brilliant azure ayabere scepter | Misenseor Goods (6) | |
| Caliginous glass orb containing a model of the Red Spiral | Ritual Addiction (1) Ritual Addiction (3) Ritual Addiction (2) | |
| Carved howlite eyeball centered with a dragonvein agate iris | - | Guildfest 423/Auction |
| Ceremonial scourge with a diamond-hide grip | belt | Drathrok's Duskruin 430/Drathrok's Assemblage |
| Chaosknit voodoo doll set with midnight ruby cabochon eyes | - | Hollow Eve Festival 447/Auction |
| Coruscant crystal-bone octahedron edged in gold | - | Droughtman's Challenge 441/End loot Droughtman's Challenge 437/End loot Droughtman's Challenge 433/End loot Droughtman's Challenge 430/End loot Droughtman's Challenge 444/End loot Droughtman's Challenge 454/End loot Droughtman's Challenge 450/End loot |
| Coursing Hound of Rutilor forged from windsteel | Ritual Addiction (1) Ritual Addiction (3) Ritual Addiction (2) | |
| Crimson moonsilver pupil wreathed in a silvery-blue iris shrouded by cold white light | - | Su Helmas 438: The Forbidden Temple/Raffle |
| Crystal-bone globe caught in a web of interlocking finivire twigs | - | Guildfest 423/Auction |
| Diacan codex inlaid with moonsilver | Su Helmas: Seeds of Entropy/End loot Su Helmas 444: Make Haste!/End loot Su Helmas 440: Entrapped/End loot Su Helmas 438: The Forbidden Temple/End loot Su Helmas 434: The Forbidden Temple/End loot Droughtman's Challenge 450/End loot | |
| Eerily glowing blackened moonsilver crow with large gais eyes | - | Item:Shadowy pack pinned with a midnight diamond moon Drathrok's Duskruin 448/Raffle |
| Ethereal Phelim shell sliced lengthwise | Ritual Addiction (1) Ritual Addiction (3) Ritual Addiction (2) | |
| Flawlessly cut crystal fist inset with Imperial gemstones | - | Hollow Eve Festival 428/Auction |
| Gnarled azurelle branch dangling myriad stone amulets | Drathrok's Duskruin 430/Drathrok's Assemblage Drathrok's Duskruin 426/Drathrok's Assemblage | |
| Gnarled bogbirch staff covered with moss | Drathrok's Duskruin 452/End Loot | |
| Gnarled branch with a small leather-bound grip | - | Finest Box of Gems (3) Finest Box of Gems (1) |
| Gnarled mistwood staff capped with an amber lump | - | Drathrok's Duskruin 422/Drathrok's Assemblage |
| Haizeebo and abyssium replica depicting the blighted birth of the Zaulfung swamp | - | Item:Cloudlake leather bag with an Imperial sapphire set in Maiden's marble Aesthene's Close 445/Raffle |
| Hiromin-eyed leviathan sculpted from grazhite | - | Hollow Eve Festival 436/Auction |
| Jagged ka'hurst lightning bolt tipped with tempest sapphires | Sleeping Dragon Corn Maze 447/End loot Sleeping Dragon Corn Maze 443/End loot Sleeping Dragon Corn Maze 439/End loot Sleeping Dragon Corn Maze 436/End loot Aesthene's Close 449/End Loot Aesthene's Close 452/End Loot | |
| Katamba-black volume titled "A Merelew's Guide to Lunar Magic" | - | Finest Box of Gems (4) |
| Kelpzyte death adder coiled in ambush | Ritual Addiction (1) Ritual Addiction (3) Ritual Addiction (2) | |
| Lifelike mantis shrimp carved from spectrolite | Ritual Addiction (1) Ritual Addiction (3) Ritual Addiction (2) | |
| Massive vengeance ruby fireball | - | Sleeping Dragon Corn Maze 432/End loot Sleeping Dragon Corn Maze 428/End loot |
| Metallic sphere covered in Xibar-blue enamel | - | Finest Box of Gems (2) |
| Misshapen lump | - | |
| Mistglass comet with a bright nucleus of aldamdin | Ritual Addiction (1) Ritual Addiction (3) Ritual Addiction (2) | |
| Pair of half-melted merman figurines cast in red gold | Misenseor Goods (6) | |
| Pristine white reference guide titled "A Merelew's Guide to Holy Magic" | - | Finest Box of Gems (4) |
| Quartzite skull inset with spherical onyx eyes | - | Finest Box of Gems (3) Finest Box of Gems (1) |
| Radiant sun of blue gold with trapezoidal rays | Ritual Addiction (1) Ritual Addiction (3) Ritual Addiction (2) | |
| Ribbed sandstone tart filled with indurium jelly | Su Helmas 444: Make Haste!/End loot Su Helmas 440: Entrapped/End loot Aesthene's Close 449/End Loot Aesthene's Close 452/End Loot | |
| Round sungold ducky with swirling charoite eyes | - | Sleeping Dragon Corn Maze 432/End loot Sleeping Dragon Corn Maze 428/End loot |
| Scintillating Drogor's Wrath sapphire whirlpool with stylized waves | Sleeping Dragon Corn Maze 447/End loot Sleeping Dragon Corn Maze 443/End loot Sleeping Dragon Corn Maze 439/End loot Sleeping Dragon Corn Maze 436/End loot Aesthene's Close 449/End Loot Aesthene's Close 452/End Loot | |
| Shattered asarenjan pieces wrapped in soot-blackened cloth | Misenseor Goods (6) | |
| Sigilated indurium rod | - | Drathrok's Duskruin 430/Drathrok's Assemblage Drathrok's Duskruin 426/Drathrok's Assemblage |
| Silver statuette worked to resemble a kneeling man | - | Finest Box of Gems (1) |
| Silversteel taper with a flame of molten-core diamond | Ritual Addiction (1) Ritual Addiction (3) Ritual Addiction (2) | |
| Silvery grey animite sphere with stormfire topaz inlay | Droughtman's Challenge 441/End loot Droughtman's Challenge 437/End loot Droughtman's Challenge 433/End loot Droughtman's Challenge 430/End loot Droughtman's Challenge 426/End loot Droughtman's Challenge 450/End loot Droughtman's Challenge 444/End loot | |
| Silvery-black icon | - | Finest Box of Gems (2) Finest Box of Gems (1) |
| Simple golden reliquary stamped with the image of Saint Yalvache | Drathrok's Duskruin 430/Drathrok's Assemblage Drathrok's Duskruin 426/Drathrok's Assemblage | |
| Sleek sailfish carved from Drogor's Wrath sapphire | Ritual Addiction (1) Ritual Addiction (3) Ritual Addiction (2) | |
| Small crystal-bone helix dusted with platinum | - | Drathrok's Duskruin 422/Drathrok's Assemblage |
| Small granite disc scorched along the edges | - | Drathrok's Duskruin 435/Drathrok's Assemblage Drathrok's Duskruin 430/Drathrok's Assemblage |
| ... further results | ||
Parallel Casting Focus
Parallel casting foci let you prep/cast two spells at once (non-TM, debil, or ritual).
List of Parallel Casting Foci
| Worn | Source | |
|---|---|---|
| Amorphous purple blob infused with starry silver crystals | Droughtman's Challenge 444/End loot Droughtman's Challenge 454/End loot Droughtman's Challenge 450/End loot | |
| Blade-bone skull inset with demon gaze agate eyes | Droughtman's Challenge 444/End loot Droughtman's Challenge 454/End loot Droughtman's Challenge 450/End loot | |
| Dark cube inlaid with shards of blackwater jet | Droughtman's Challenge 444/End loot Droughtman's Challenge 454/End loot Droughtman's Challenge 450/End loot | |
| Dark green lemicule turtle with shimmering cosmic zircon eyes | Droughtman's Challenge 444/End loot Droughtman's Challenge 454/End loot Droughtman's Challenge 450/End loot | |
| Snow-white bitterweave poppet with mismatched button eyes | Droughtman's Challenge 444/End loot Droughtman's Challenge 454/End loot Droughtman's Challenge 450/End loot |
References
- ↑ Terminology Note: The singular form is focus. The plural form is foci.
- ↑ Post:Rank Requirement to Study Absolution Scroll - 04/02/2015 - 18:47
- ↑ e.g. Guardian Spirit, Blessing of the Naga, Awaken Forest, etc.
- ↑ Post:TM Foci information - 11/22/2017 - 03:44