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Originally Posted by scc
It's a quirk of putting them into the Staff, they become one item.
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The rules for dedicated and exclusive powerstones clearly imply that you can put more than one powerstone in a magic item. They don't imply that two 5 fp powerstones in a magic item suddenly become one 10 fp powerstone when it's convenient to the caster but are then treated as two 5 fp powerstones again when that's more convenient for recharging.
If a staff with a powerstone at each end is enchanted with the Staff spell and the powerstones become one item with the staff with a combined energy reserve of both stones - which is arguable - than there is still only one stone when it comes time for recharging, whether the stones are separated by two inches, 6.5 feet, or 100 yards.
It actually complicates your powerstone recharging, because now your entire staff is a powerstone and will steal energy from any weaker stones that are within 6' of any point of the staff. So no pyramids of power to let 4 powerstones recharge at once in a relatively compact space.
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Originally Posted by scc
Your assuming that you don't have access to a high mana area to speed recharging. Also this is more useful for getting the absurdly high power items.
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What part of "using the default magic item economics on pages 20-24 of Magic" was unclear?