Focus (item)

In Magic 3.0 a focus 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. A few commonly-available examples are listed below:

• lapis lazuli tree statuette: life magic
• blue-grey steel staff acid-etched with geometric runes: elemental magic
• crystal-inset oaken staff surmounted with a witch ball: lunar magic
• slender alabaster staff with a silver cobra coiled along it: holy magic
• 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 focus 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.

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 Arcana requirement to use a Targeted Magic focus is tied to the strength of the enchantment.

TM Foci do not boost summons (Guardian Spirit/Blessing of the Naga/Awaken Forest/etc) due to the unique way these spells function. "They are technically Utility spells that draw upon TM in a unique way, not TM spells in the same way Fire Ball is one"~DR-ARMIFER LINK

Item	Found	Type
Agonite pin set with a delicate cluster of rikar crystals	Return to the Keep 431/Supply Wagon	pin
Amber beehive surrounded by golden honey bees	Ritual Addiction (2),Ritual Addiction (1)	beehive
Anloral star of thirteen points	Ritual Addiction (2),Ritual Addiction (1)	star
Banded fluorite pendulum suspended on a silver chain	Focus on the Past (2),Focus on the Past (1)	pendulum
Beaten copper figure holding a telescope aloft	Focus on the Past (2),Focus on the Past (1)	figure
Bent gold snake charm etched with a knotwork of vine-like sigils	Vatari's Ritual Addiction (3)	charm
Black gold circlet set with a clear Xibar topaz	Droughtman's Challenge 426/Incidental loot	circlet
Bone medallion resembling a running antelope	Vatari's Ritual Addiction (2)	medallion
Bouquet of silk daisies bound with twine	Vatari's Ritual Addiction (5)	daisies
Braided cord rosary strung with several wooden beads	Vatari's Ritual Addiction (2)	rosary
Broken compass in a sigil-seared wooden case	Vatari's Ritual Addiction (5)	compass
Brushed gold signet ring cradling an aurora tourmaline	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	ring
Carved ivory lily with a delicate green glass stem	Hollow Eve Festival 421/Raffles	lily
Carved pick of ivory marked with several runes	Vatari's Ritual Addiction (2),Vatari's Ritual Addiction (1)	pick
Ceremonial scourge with a diamond-hide grip	Drathrok's Duskruin 430/Drathrok's Assemblage	scourge
Clear glass charm etched with a floral motif	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	charm
Coiled onyx adder set with ruby eyes	Vatari's Ritual Addiction (2)	adder
Copper dodecahedron with raised edges terminating in tiny globes	Focus on the Past (2),Focus on the Past (1)	dodecahedron
Coursing Hound of Rutilor forged from windsteel	Ritual Addiction (2),Ritual Addiction (1)	rutilor
Cracked geode with chunks of amethyst	Vatari's Ritual Addiction (1)	geode
Cracked sigil-laced skull darkened with soot	Vatari's Ritual Addiction (4)	skull
Crystal ball with wisps of darkness swirling inside it		ball
Crystal-bone globe caught in a web of interlocking finivire twigs	Guildfest 423/Auction	globe
Cylindrical seal stamp	Focus on the Past (2),Focus on the Past (1)	stamp
Dark ka'hurst pin set with a moon-shaped aurora opal	Return to the Keep 431/Supply Wagon	pin
Delicate sungold pin	Droughtman's Challenge 426/End loot	pin
Dented bronze censer attached to a sigilated amulet chain	Vatari's Ritual Addiction (5)	censer
Devotional amulet carved from Idon's sapphire	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	amulet
Dried khor'vela leaf strung on a braided leather cord	Limited Treasures (4),Item:Formal charcoal-grey steelsilk robe pinned with a windsteel seven-pointed star	leaf
Dull covellite lump etched with esoteric and complex sigils	Vatari's Ritual Addiction (3)	lump
Etched adderwood bow	Vatari's Ritual Addiction (2),Vatari's Ritual Addiction (1)	bow
Ethereal Phelim shell sliced lengthwise	Ritual Addiction (2),Ritual Addiction (1)	shell
Flawlessly cut crystal fist inset with Imperial gemstones	Hollow Eve Festival 428/Auction	fist
Glued-shut unguent jar carved with a sigil on its side	Vatari's Ritual Addiction (5)	jar
Gnarled azurelle branch dangling myriad stone amulets	Drathrok's Duskruin 430/Drathrok's Assemblage,Drathrok's Duskruin 426/Drathrok's Assemblage	branch
Gnarled branch with a small leather-bound grip	Finest Box of Gems (3),Finest Box of Gems (1)	branch
Green gold armband inset with a trail of tiny blood rubies	Droughtman's Challenge 426/Incidental loot	armband
Heavy steel armband dangling crow feather amulets	Vatari's Ritual Addiction (2)	armband
Icesteel anklet accented with tiny howlite snowflakes	Droughtman's Challenge 426/Incidental loot	anklet
Jade apple	Crypt fiend	apple
Jade beads worked to resemble interlocking leaves	Droughtman's Challenge 426/Incidental loot	beads
Katamba-black volume titled "A Merelew's Guide to Lunar Magic"	Finest Box of Gems (4)	volume
Kelpzyte death adder coiled in ambush	Ritual Addiction (2),Ritual Addiction (1)	adder
Lapis lazuli anklet with three golden charms	Vatari's Ritual Addiction (2)	anklet
Lirisan pin set with a piece of purple zoetia	Return to the Keep 431/Supply Wagon	pin
Livery badge displaying the scales of justice	Ritual Addiction (2),Ritual Addiction (1)	badge
Luminous moonsilver clasp pierced by a field of stars	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	clasp
Lustrous pearl cow seated in the crook of a tri-color crescent moon	Shard Theater Faire 419 raffles	cow
Malevolent Harawep's Spider with a bloodgem hourglass	Sleeping Dragon Corn Maze 432/End loot,Sleeping Dragon Corn Maze 428/End loot	spider
Massive vengeance ruby fireball	Sleeping Dragon Corn Maze 432/End loot,Sleeping Dragon Corn Maze 428/End loot	fireball
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