foci use

That was the problem with not being too great at evocation. Plenty of speed, plenty of power, not much refinement. That’s what the staff did, and the blasting rod—they were designed to help me focus my power, give me pinpoint control. Without them I might as well have been a suicide soldier carrying a dozen grenades strapped to his belt and ready to jerk out the pin.

Storm Front Chapter 22, Page 256