BUT...personally if a holy symbol (religious focus) can be a shield or emblazoned on armor, then it should not be a stretch to allow an arcane caster to spend the additional gold on top of the basic cost of an item to make a dagger, warhammer, trident, or anything you can think of as an arcane focus. Think about a primitive sorcerer sporting an etched bone cudgel acting as a mace versus a highborn noble schooled in abjuration with a jeweled dagger.
I would allow any newly made weapon to hold a spellcasting focus for the additional cost. However, existing weapons cannot become spellcasting foci without the Ruby of the War Mage. The plus for the Ruby is, that you can transfer the Ruby to any other weapon.
Question: could you use a spell casting focus as a weapon,for example: Could a druids quarter staff count as its wooden staff spell focus?
(my) Answer:Well,its just flavour and roll play,so l don't see why not.
This string has a nice answer.
BUT...personally if a holy symbol (religious focus) can be a shield or emblazoned on armor, then it should not be a stretch to allow an arcane caster to spend the additional gold on top of the basic cost of an item to make a dagger, warhammer, trident, or anything you can think of as an arcane focus. Think about a primitive sorcerer sporting an etched bone cudgel acting as a mace versus a highborn noble schooled in abjuration with a jeweled dagger.
IMHO, Earthdawn is still the best fantasy realm, Shadowrun is the best Sci-Fi realm, and Dark Sun is the best D&D realm.
For College of Swords bards weapons they are proficient in become a spell-casting focus.
And Cultists should be able to use sacrificial daggers as a spell focus. Just depends on how you want to justify the item being used.
Ruby of the War Mage makes any weapon a spellcasting focus.
I would allow any newly made weapon to hold a spellcasting focus for the additional cost. However, existing weapons cannot become spellcasting foci without the Ruby of the War Mage. The plus for the Ruby is, that you can transfer the Ruby to any other weapon.
If the spellcasting focus *is* a weapon, then yes. Otherwise, no.