Runesmith
( Races of Faerûn, p. 167)[General]
You can fashion runes that take the place of material components for your spells.
Prerequisite
4 ranks in Craft (rune),
Benefit
You can make runes that take the place of traditional material components for spells you cast. The runes, often carved into stone talismans or stamped onto small plates of metal, cost 1 gp each and have a Craft (rune) DC of 15. Unlike a material component, a rune does not disappear when you cast a spell; having this feat effectively turns a material component required for a spell into a focus.
You use of runes makes your spells more difficult to counter-spell. Other spellcasters who observe you casting a spell take a -4 penalty on checks to determine which spell you're casting, unless they also have the Runesmith feat.
Spells with costly material components are unaffected by this feat.
