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Originally Posted by scc
Anthony's calculations also have other problems,
he assumes that One-College Only Powerstones can be used for Enchanting,
which shouldn't work one the item produced belongs to another College
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I believe when you create say a "wand of fireball" that you're actually just using the spell "Enchantment". I don't think you're using the spell "fireball". So I think a "Powerstone of Enchantment" would help make one, while a "Powerstone of Fire" would not, although the Powerstone of Fire could be attached to the Wand of Fire to help power the fireballs once it was made.
M56 says "Cost and Time: See Enchanting (p. 16)." which I think means you're powering the Enchantment spell, not whatever spell it is imparting.
Sometimes the max skill you can have with a spell is limited to another spell you are working with. Counterspell (M121) works that way, for example.
Even though you roll vs the lower of Counterspell or the spell you're countering, you're only casting Counterspell, so only Meta-Only Powerstones could fuel it. You couldn't use Fire-Only Powerstones to cast Counterspell against Create Fire, as far as I know, and I think that's how Enchantment works.
That said... there should totally be some kind of perk for being able to count Counterspell as a member of whatever college the spell it's negating is part of. A guy with Magery (One College Only: Fire) being unable to use Counterspell against Create Fire seems off somehow. The "Meta" college seems like maybe it should have more options with fitting into other schools.
Perhaps some kind of variant like "Fire-Only Counterspell" where it is Average instead of Hard, only works against fire spells, and counts as a member of EITHER the Meta or Fire college?
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Originally Posted by scc
and that you don't actually need to use valuables for the Powerstone to work, which kind breaks the name. It also ignores Raise Cone of Power spell.
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Powerstones don't need to be made from expensive stuff if you're willing to pay a higher energy cost to create them.