Divine Focuses

[Zemedelphos]

Okay, I know that a cleric's Divine Focus is supposed to be his or her holy symbol, or at least that's how I interpreted the rules.

However, a couple of spells are confusing me.

For example, the Light spell says Components V, M/DF (a firefly). As well, the Summon Monster I spell says Components V, S, F/DF (a tiny bag and a small candle). Does this mean Light replaces the use of the holy symbol with the firefly, or does it eschew the firefly and focus through the holy symbol?

[Lifat]

Nope. Those are the material components of the spell.

[cheechako]

PRD wrote:

If the Components line includes F/DF or M/DF, the arcane version of the spell has a focus component or a material component (the abbreviation before the slash) and the divine version has a divine focus component (the abbreviation after the slash).

[Claxon]

Yeah, I'm going to have to disagree with Lifat and agree with cheechako.

Per the PRD quoted, divine spells replace the material components normally required by arcane spells. So, when a spell is on both arcane and divine lists and you see it listed as M/DF it means either material component or divine focus depending on what type of spell casting you have.

[Lifat]

Sorry. I forgot to write that it was for the arcane spells.
So I wasn't exactly wrong. For the spell with M/DF the mentioned stuff is a material component for the arcane version of the spell. For the spell with F/DF the mentioned stuff is the focus for the arcane version of the spell. A cleric will only need his holy symbol.

[Zemedelphos]

Alright, thanks. I knew that Divine casters needed a Divine Focus, but I wasn't sure if, due to the way it gets listed (M/DF (firefly) rather than M(firefly/DF)) if it meant that the Divine used the firefly as a divine focus instead of the symbol.

Thank you all. I now understand completely how this works. ♥