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Old 10-28-2010, 01:45 PM   #6
Ze'Manel Cunha
 
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Default Re: [Magic] Casting trought item with powerstone

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Originally Posted by arnej View Post
This confusion has been popping up about this particular phrasing for over a decade. Here's the clarification from kromm (dated 2003)

Dr. Kromm specifically stated (and was archived in Kromm Notes II) that Dedicated and Exclusive Powerstones can only be used to power spells enchanted onto an item. Yes, this is apparently an area where Magic has been superseeded. I read it the same way you did at first (and second) pass.

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d) If a staff with the Staff spell on it has a dedicated powerstone imbedded in it (and nothing else), does this allow the user to cast spells such as Deathtouch, Lightning, (heck even History or Analyze Magic) through the staff and power it with the stone?

No. A dedicated Powerstone is only useful for powering spells that are enchanted onto the item it is part of. A mage cannot use the stone at double efficiency (or any efficiency) just because he's casting spells through the item it's in, even if the item does have a Staff spell on it. The stone is
dedicated to the spells enchanted onto the item.
If you want to make Staves and Powerstones much more powerful, you are of course free to rule that they work as you assumed. But Kromm has gone to the effort (several times) of trying to clarify the original intent of the phrase in question, and above is his "official" interpretation.

arnej
You shouldn't quote old 3e rules when talking about 4e.

Exclusive Powerstones are different from Dedicated Powerstones.
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