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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
cylindirical 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.

There is an Arcana requirement to invoke a ritual focus. The Arcana requirement is dependent on the spell.

List of Ritual Foci

	Worn	Source
Acenite sea unicorn with a glittering tail of coralite	generic	Ritual Addiction (2) Ritual Addiction (1)
Agonite pin set with a delicate cluster of rikar crystals	generic	Return to the Keep 431/Supply Wagon
Aldamdin mirror	generic	Ritual Addiction (2) Ritual Addiction (1)
Amber beehive surrounded by golden honey bees	neck	Ritual Addiction (2) Ritual Addiction (1)
Anloral star of thirteen points	generic	Ritual Addiction (2) Ritual Addiction (1)
Articulated finger claw tipped with anloral	finger	Focus on the Past (3)
Clear glass charm etched with a floral motif	generic	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
Clockwork armillary sphere with golden rings	generic	Ritual Addiction (2) Ritual Addiction (1)
Clockwork lapel pin of softly luminescent starshine	generic	Droughtman's Challenge 450/End loot
Cluster of windsteel bells scribed with cryptic symbols	wrist	Focus on the Past (3)
Coruscating Firulfian crystal txistu trimmed in electrified goldfyre	head	Item:Cloudlake leather pack with an Imperial quartz set in Maiden's marble Aesthene's Close 445/Raffle
Crooked hand of pale witchclaw dangling a gleaming blood ruby droplet		Limited Treasures (5)
Desiccated black rabbit's foot	generic	Focus on the Past (3)
Devotional amulet carved from Idon's sapphire	neck	Drathrok's Duskruin 442/Drathrok's Assemblage Drathrok's Duskruin 438/Drathrok's Assemblage Drathrok's Duskruin 435/Drathrok's Assemblage Drathrok's Duskruin 430/Drathrok's Assemblage Drathrok's Duskruin 426/Drathrok's Assemblage Drathrok's Duskruin 448/End Loot Drathrok's Duskruin 446/Drathrok's Assemblage
Ethereal naga composed of gloomglass	generic	Ritual Addiction (2) Ritual Addiction (1)
Ethereal phofe flower of lilac moonsilver	generic	Su Helmas 444: Make Haste!/End loot Aesthene's Close 449/End Loot
Flowering vela'tohr plant lifesculpted from greenheart	generic	Ritual Addiction (2) Ritual Addiction (1)
Frozen flame carved from aoustone	generic	Ritual Addiction (2) Ritual Addiction (1)
Glaes bioluminescent octopus with photophores of asarenjan	generic	Ritual Addiction (2) Ritual Addiction (1)
Gleaming steel dagger inlaid with stylized onyx flames		Museum of Imperial History
Gloamstone prayer beads tethered to a frayed piece of silk	belt	Focus on the Past Focus on the Past (3)
Glowing truegold and cloudbark sitar with sandy silk strings	-	Taisidon Mystery 443/Raffle Item:Moleskin pouch pinned with a xenomite serpent
Golden scarab bracer inlaid with Velakan nacre	wrist	Ritual Addiction (2) Ritual Addiction (1)
Grinning leucro medallion wrought of dark steel with wolfsoul amber eyes	generic	Droughtman's Challenge 450/End loot
Hexwood harpy wing inlaid with flickering symbols of burning scarlet goldfyre	generic	Droughtman's Challenge 450/End loot
Howling wolf carved from eventide moonstone	generic	Ritual Addiction (2) Ritual Addiction (1)
Incurvated blood ruby comet hung from a loimic chain	neck	Focus on the Past (3)
Intricate athame pin with a sinister black blade attached to a hexwood handle	generic	Droughtman's Challenge 450/End loot
Jagged lightning bolt cast out of audrualm		Focus on the Past (3)
Lifelike anatomical heart carved from bloodmist garnet	generic	Ritual Addiction (2) Ritual Addiction (1)
Lifesculpted Vreeland pearwood triquetra set with an Eu's promise crystal		Limited Treasures (5)
Livery badge displaying the scales of justice	generic	Ritual Addiction (2) Ritual Addiction (1)
Luminous moonsilver clasp pierced by a field of stars	generic	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 Aesthene's Close 449/End Loot
Miniature Negotiant fabricated from crystalline tesserae	generic	Ritual Addiction (2) Ritual Addiction (1)
Misshapen bloodmarrow ring crudely carved with heavy notching	finger	Droughtman's Challenge 450/Incidental loot
Mistglass snow globe containing an opalescent city	generic	Ritual Addiction (2) Ritual Addiction (1)
Moradu-bone amulet strung from a rope of braided bloodstained bandages	neck	Drathrok's Duskruin 442/Drathrok's Assemblage Drathrok's Duskruin 438/Drathrok's Assemblage Drathrok's Duskruin 435/Drathrok's Assemblage Drathrok's Duskruin 430/Drathrok's Assemblage Drathrok's Duskruin 426/Drathrok's Assemblage Drathrok's Duskruin 448/End Loot Drathrok's Duskruin 446/Drathrok's Assemblage
Mystic topaz charm inscribed with a thirteen-pointed star	generic	Droughtman's Challenge 441/Incidental loot Droughtman's Challenge 437/Incidental loot Droughtman's Challenge 433/Incidental loot Droughtman's Challenge 430/Incidental loot Droughtman's Challenge 450/Incidental loot Droughtman's Challenge 444/Incidental loot
Nacre-bone capped bagpipes with dual shadowbark chanters	shoulder	Hollow Eve Festival 447/Auction
Nacre-bone leviathan skull inlaid with ghostly pale asarenjan symbols	neck	Limited Treasures (6) Item:Decrepit sunken leather haversack supported by a knotted rope strap
Oceanic orichalcum ouroboros	neck	Limited Treasures (6)
Pallid ouroboros ring carved from mother of pearl	finger	Ritual Addiction (2) Ritual Addiction (1)
Palm-sized gold phoenix with wings carved out of fire opals		Focus on the Past (3)
Platinum triquetra interlaced with a circle of blue gold	generic	Ritual Addiction (2) Ritual Addiction (1)
Raggedy leather hex bag with a spidersilk strap	shoulder	Focus on the Past (3)
Roughly carved stone cobra		Museum of Imperial History
Sanguine thealstone Bloodworm comet haloed in star sapphires		Limited Treasures (5)
Series of diacan chains wrapped around an enormous flame opal	neck	Drathrok's Duskruin 442/Drathrok's Assemblage Drathrok's Duskruin 438/Drathrok's Assemblage Drathrok's Duskruin 435/Drathrok's Assemblage Drathrok's Duskruin 430/Drathrok's Assemblage Drathrok's Duskruin 426/Drathrok's Assemblage Drathrok's Duskruin 448/End Loot Drathrok's Duskruin 446/Drathrok's Assemblage
Shadowy black umbral-bone dragon pin with blighted gold wings	generic	Droughtman's Challenge 450/End loot
Shriveled heart floating in a jar of shimmery liquid		Focus on the Past (3)
... further results

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^[2] due to the unique way these spells function.^[3]

List of TM Foci

	Worn	Source
Anglerfish carved from slick grey-green stone	-	Misenseor Goods (6)
Baleful lion dragon faceted from a Gemfire ruby	-	Ritual Addiction (2)
Baleful lion dragon faceted from a fire whirl ruby		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
Brilliant azure ayabere scepter		Misenseor Goods (6)
Caliginous glass orb containing a model of the Red Spiral		Ritual Addiction (2) Ritual Addiction (1)
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 450/End loot Droughtman's Challenge 444/End loot
Coursing Hound of Rutilor forged from windsteel		Ritual Addiction (2) Ritual Addiction (1)
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 (2) Ritual Addiction (1)
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 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
Katamba-black volume titled "A Merelew's Guide to Lunar Magic"	-	Finest Box of Gems (4)
Kelpzyte death adder coiled in ambush		Ritual Addiction (2) Ritual Addiction (1)
Lifelike mantis shrimp carved from spectrolite		Ritual Addiction (2) Ritual Addiction (1)
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 (2) Ritual Addiction (1)
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 (2) Ritual Addiction (1)
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
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
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 (2) Ritual Addiction (1)
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 (2) Ritual Addiction (1)
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
Smooth indurium rod etched with numerous sigils	-	Hollow Eve Festival 432/Auction
Soaring vulture carved from khor'vela		Ritual Addiction (2) Ritual Addiction (1)
Stormtouched silverwood staff crackling with barely contained electrical energies	-	Su Helmas 434: The Forbidden Temple/Raffle
... 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 450/End loot Droughtman's Challenge 444/End loot
Blade-bone skull inset with demon gaze agate eyes		Droughtman's Challenge 450/End loot Droughtman's Challenge 444/End loot
Dark cube inlaid with shards of blackwater jet		Droughtman's Challenge 450/End loot Droughtman's Challenge 444/End loot
Dark green lemicule turtle with shimmering cosmic zircon eyes		Droughtman's Challenge 450/End loot Droughtman's Challenge 444/End loot
Snow-white bitterweave poppet with mismatched button eyes		Droughtman's Challenge 450/End loot Droughtman's Challenge 444/End loot

References

↑ Terminology Note: The singular form is focus. The plural form is foci.
↑ e.g. Guardian Spirit, Blessing of the Naga, Awaken Forest, etc.
↑ Post:TM Foci information - 11/22/2017 - 03:44

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 {{RTOC}}
-In [[Magic 3.0]] a focus is a magical item that will help the magician to prepare three types of spells.
+In [[Magic 3.0]] a '''focus'''&thinsp;<ref>Terminology Note: The singular form is '''focus'''. The plural form is '''foci'''.</ref> is a magical item that will help the magician to prepare three types of spells.
 ==[[:Category:Ritual 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.<br> '''Universal and realm-attuned ritual foci require knowledge of the [[Magical_feats#Spell_Casting|Improvised Rituals Magical Feat]].'''
+A few commonly-available examples from [[Herilo's Artifacts]] in [[Crossing]] are listed below:
-*{{ilink|i|lapis lazuli tree statuette}}: mental preparation
-*{{ilink|w|blue-grey steel staff acid-etched with geometric runes}}: elemental magic (WM)
-*{{ilink|w|crystal-inset oaken staff surmounted with a witch ball}}: lunar magic
+*{{ilink|i|lapis lazuli tree statuette}}: life magic ''(realm-attuned)''
-*{{ilink|w|slender alabaster staff with a silver cobra coiled along it}}: holy magic
+*{{ilink|w|blue-grey steel staff acid-etched with geometric runes}}: elemental magic ''(realm-attuned)''
+*{{ilink|w|crystal-inset oaken staff surmounted with a witch ball}}: lunar magic ''(realm-attuned)''
+*{{ilink|w|slender alabaster staff with a silver cobra coiled along it}}: holy magic ''(realm-attuned)''
 *{{ilink|i|pale blue-lacquered inkwell}}: metamagic
 *{{ilink|i|soft blue silken reticule}}: divine intervention
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 *{{ilink|i|cylindirical packet}}: enlightened geometry
 *{{ilink|i|small iron box}}: analogous patterns
-*[[Item:Corked_glass_bottle|Corked glass bottle]]: elemental invokations (Bard)
+*{{ilink|i|corked glass bottle}}: elemental invokations (Bard)
+*{{ilink|i|jade apple}}: [[:Category:Antinomic Sorcery spellbook|Antinomic Sorcery spellbook]]
-<br />
-The Focus must be '''INVOKED''' 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 also '''STUDY''' these items for a lengthy description.
+You must {{com|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 {{com|STUDY}} a foci item for additional description of its use. Using {{com|FOCUS}} on a focus allows you to determine what type of focus (spellbook, mana, or universal) they are.
+There is an Arcana requirement to invoke a ritual focus. The Arcana requirement is dependent on the spell.
+===List of Ritual Foci===
+{{#ask:[[has item property::ritual focus]]
+|?Worn in slot=Worn
+|?Source is=Source
+}}
 ==[[:Category:Sorcerous Magic|Sorcery]] Focus==
-==[[:Category:Targeted Spells|Targeting]] Focus==
+==[[:Category:Targeted Spells|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 {{com|INVOKE}} it. The focus must remain in your right hand after being invoked to use its effect.
+<br>
+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
+<br>
+The Arcana requirement to use a Targeted Magic focus is tied to the strength of the enchantment.
+<br>
+TM Foci do not boost summoned pets<ref>e.g. Guardian Spirit, Blessing of the Naga, Awaken Forest, etc.</ref> due to the unique way these spells function.<ref>[[Post:TM Foci information - 11/22/2017 - 03:44]]</ref>
+===List of TM Foci===
+{{#ask:[[has item property::targeted magic focus]]
+|?Worn in slot=Worn
+|?Source is=Source
+}}
+==Parallel Casting Focus==
+Parallel casting foci let you prep/cast two spells at once (non-TM, debil, or ritual).
+===List of Parallel Casting Foci===
+{{#ask:[[has item property::parallel casting focus]]
+|?Worn in slot=Worn
+|?Source is=Source
+}}
+{{RefAl|r=y}}
-==References / Also See==
-<references />
-{{PostLink}}
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Contents

Ritual Focus

List of Ritual Foci

Sorcery Focus

Targeted Magic Focus

List of TM Foci

Parallel Casting Focus

List of Parallel Casting Foci

References

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Ritual Focus

List of Ritual Foci

Sorcery Focus

Targeted Magic Focus

List of TM Foci

Parallel Casting Focus

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References

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