[Magic] Casting trought item with powerstone

[Fred Brackin]

Originally Posted by arnej

This confusion has been popping up about this particular phrasing for over a decade.

Well, it may have been confusing some people but I never made this assumption, not even back in the 80s. Dedicated (and Exclusive) Powerstones only work for spellcasting Items.

Indeed, the terms only mean anything when a Powerstone is built into an Item. Once you've done that the stone's energy only goes into that Item.

You don't really cast spells "through" a Staff. It;'s just that the Staff always counts as a part of the Mage's body when figuring ranges.

Also for touching things generally. If you haven't turned a Powerstone embedded in a Staff into a Dedicated (etc.) version you can tap the stone by touching any part of the Staff.

I can't really think of any case where "casting spells through a staff" has a _functional_ meaning in Magic.