OrionW wrote:
I think we just have a different opinion about what the rules say. I don't see anything that says you need to swap to your melee build or that you need to hold the mystic staff with two hands at all times, so it looks to me that you can:
1) let go of the mystic staff with one hand
2) cast a spell as a free action using DSN
3) grab the staff with the other hand
4) attack with the staff as a standard action
The rules for holding things in your hands and using magic are a mess, but I don't think this works.
Can you point to any rules reference for step #1 and step #3? I don't think anything like:
"loosing a grip with your main or offhand on a two handed weapon as an instant action"
and
"re-establishing a grip with your main or offhand on a two handed weapon as an instant action"
Are rules concepts in TD at all.
I don't think TD has a concept of being able to grip a two handed item with only one hand, and if it did I don't think it has rules specifying loosing and regaining a one hand is an instant action.
When it comes claiming "I can do X thing in True Dungeon" you need to be able to point to some rules that lets you take that action X, as opposed to not being able to find a rule that says you can't do X.
The rules don't contain an exhaustive list of everything you can't do; so even if there is no rule saying "you can't do X," it doesn't follow that you can do X.
The Player's Handbook says on page 35:
"Casting a Spell or scroll requires the caster to perform gestures with their
hands. A shield may be actively used in the off-hand, but the caster’s mainhand must be free. The only exception to this is a Focus weapon. The enchantment on a Focus weapon allows the wielder to cast a Spell (not a scroll) while the weapon is being held...."
E.g. casting a spell or scroll requires either two free hand
s or a free hand and a sheild.
TokenDB entries that speak about free hands and spells say things like:
"Under most circumstances,
either two free hands or a shield and one free hand are required to cast a Spell."
See for example:
tokendb.com/token/2-staff-of-power/
,
tokendb.com/token/2-baton-of-focus/
,
So "gripping a Mystic Staff in one hand,” even it it’s possible, is not enough to cast a spell - you need either two free hands, or one free hand and a shield.