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Offline Daeglan

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Can you have an enchanted item that is also a focus?
« on: February 05, 2011, 07:54:25 PM »
Can you have an enchanted item that is also a focus?

Like a long coat that is a focus for doing veils and is enchanted to be armor?


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Re: Can you have an enchanted item that is also a focus?
« Reply #1 on: February 05, 2011, 07:56:11 PM »
I don't see why not.  Worst case you can have your focus been some small part of the outfit, like a button or something (they can be rings, after all).  I don't see any particular balance issues here.

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Re: Can you have an enchanted item that is also a focus?
« Reply #2 on: February 05, 2011, 10:04:00 PM »
I don't see any necessary problem with it, though I'm not sure if it's technically allowed or not.

I think both effects should be thematically connected though (like a defensive block/Armor function and a bonus to defensive spirit evocations, or a rod that acted as a focus for offensive fire evocation and had an offensive fire-blast enchanted item effect).

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Re: Can you have an enchanted item that is also a focus?
« Reply #3 on: February 05, 2011, 10:55:20 PM »
It is allowed. The Warden Sword (an enchanted item) has a note saying it can be used as a focus item as well.
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Re: Can you have an enchanted item that is also a focus?
« Reply #4 on: February 06, 2011, 02:43:41 AM »
Sure, though I would make sure to use the combined levels of power for minimum object size.
The coat sounds like a nice item to have...

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Re: Can you have an enchanted item that is also a focus?
« Reply #5 on: February 06, 2011, 03:12:55 AM »
I'd say a Focus Item would count as two Enchanted Item slots.

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Re: Can you have an enchanted item that is also a focus?
« Reply #6 on: February 06, 2011, 05:59:23 AM »
Sure, though I would make sure to use the combined levels of power for minimum object size.
The coat sounds like a nice item to have...

I would not do that.  Focus items seem to deliberately not have minimum size restrictions.

However, I'd certainly say you consider both together to determine how powerful a magical aura the item had.

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Re: Can you have an enchanted item that is also a focus?
« Reply #7 on: February 06, 2011, 12:54:58 PM »
Focus items seem to deliberately not have minimum size restrictions.

Untrue.
Take a look at the table for item size in YS (page 281 iirc). There's a column for Focus item slots as well.

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Re: Can you have an enchanted item that is also a focus?
« Reply #8 on: February 06, 2011, 06:22:10 PM »
Untrue.
Take a look at the table for item size in YS (page 281 iirc). There's a column for Focus item slots as well.

Ahh, my mistake.