Alchemical Power Components
An alchemical power component is an alchemical item used as a material component or focus for a spell in order to alter or augment the spell’s normal effects. What follows is a sample of these effects; your GM may allow other combinations.
Spells followed by an (M) expend the alchemical item as a material component;
Spells followed by an (F) use the item as a focus and do not expend it.
In both cases, the alchemical item does not have its normal effect and does not affect any other parameters of the spell. You cannot use the same item as both a focus and a material component at the same time.
Much Googling and checking of the PRD and PFSRD (as well as the 3.5 SRD) cannot lead me to these rules. I'm particularly interested because HeroLab tells me that using X tanglefoot bags while preparing/casting black tentacles will allow me to reroll X attack rolls on the black tentacles' grapples. That would be useful indeed for the BBEG I have planned to run in an upcoming game, but I want to be able to point to somewhere I can cite this rule from.
Would any of you be able to point me in the right direction?
Adventurer's Armory pages 26 to 27.
Thank you very much. Unfortunately we don't use this book in my campaign ... but, then again, I think I'm allowed to have a couple tricks up my sleeve for the "final boss" - and I already do have one or two (that aren't gray areas like this one). An exceptionally-potent black tentacles will be the least of their worries. >:D
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what are the limit of using alchemist fire as a power component to enhance scorching ray.
Can I use 2 flasks of alchemist fire and a rod of reach in the same round.
The alchemist fire would be used 1. as a focus.
The second alchemist fire would be used as a material component.
and the reach rod so I can attack an opponent at 100 feet away.
Or have I run out of hands.
If I lash 2 flasks together can I use both flasks and a rod of reach.