Haunted Oracle Curse and Spell Components

[Serious Moonlight]

The Haunted oracle curse has, as one of its effects, requiring a standard action to take anything out (including, I'm guessing, even things from a handy haversack). Does that include spell components from a spell component pouch, and if so, does that add onto casting time for a spell?

[MichaelCullen]

No

From the FAQ <== Link

FAQ wrote:

Oracle: Does the haunted curse (page 44) affect the items in an oracle's spell component pouch?

The question here is whether or not the haunted curse makes is so that to cast any spell using a material component, the oracle has to first spend a standard action to find the right material component. Fortunately for oracles everywhere, this is not the case. The items in a spell component pouch are nebulous and not defined (intentionally, so as to prevent casters from having to track the amount of bat guano they are carrying). As a result, this curse has no effect on such components. For ease of play, this extends to all material components, including expensive ones.

posted August 2010 | back to top

[claudekennilol]

When presented with two options where one clearly doesn't work and is obviously broken and the other is clearly works and isn't broken, I would consider it common sense to take the approach that works and isn't broken.