OK, if folks don't mind I'm going to brainstorm an American wizard school setting which is meant to be "Creative Commons HP" basically
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Replying to @Wordbeast
Heh! In this universe, you can use anything as a magic focus theoretically but it has to be made from magically attuned shit
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Replying to @BootlegGirl
So, you could use a gun made out of metal taken from a dragon's belly, or crystals from the nether realm
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Replying to @BootlegGirl
The most functional and accepted forms of magic foci are wands and staves; magical orbs are much less common but they exist
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there's a thing in Dresden Files where Harry's ex mocks him for his attachment to phallic symbols as magic foci
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her foci are jewelry that she wears, which makes it much easier for her to use magic publicly without detection
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She views Harry needing to wave or point his staff as a needless crutch
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and a kind of Freudian one at that
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it was kind of a cute running gag in the TV show that he just goes everywhere carrying a hockey stick
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