Casting Spells takes Two Hands? [Archive] - Wizards Community

Casting Spells takes Two Hands? [Archive] - Wizards Community

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miniatures_buyer
10-27-04, 11:53 AM I was reading the spell casting section and I want to clear up something.

It says that you need a free hand for a spell with a somatic component.

If the spell also has a material component, do you need another hand to manipulate the matarial component or can you use the hand that will be doing the somatic component?

Thanks in advance!
Someone
10-27-04, 01:17 PM You can use the "free" hand. Basicly, you would use that hand to wave the material components around.

The requirement for a "free" hand usually comes into play if you were wielding something that couldn't be held in one hand, such as two weapons, or a weapon and large shield. There might be other situations where you need both hands for something else (holding onto a cliff edge, for example), but those situations would prevent you from making any of the other somantic moves anyway.
Seeker95
10-27-04, 02:25 PM As far as I know, the only spell that requires two free hands is burning hands.
Someone has otherwise fully answered the questions.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
miniatures_buyer 10-27-04, 11:53 AM	I was reading the spell casting section and I want to clear up something. It says that you need a free hand for a spell with a somatic component. If the spell also has a material component, do you need another hand to manipulate the matarial component or can you use the hand that will be doing the somatic component? Thanks in advance!
Someone 10-27-04, 01:17 PM	You can use the "free" hand. Basicly, you would use that hand to wave the material components around. The requirement for a "free" hand usually comes into play if you were wielding something that couldn't be held in one hand, such as two weapons, or a weapon and large shield. There might be other situations where you need both hands for something else (holding onto a cliff edge, for example), but those situations would prevent you from making any of the other somantic moves anyway.
Seeker95 10-27-04, 02:25 PM	As far as I know, the only spell that requires two free hands is burning hands. Someone has otherwise fully answered the questions.