Extending Enchanted Item Effects

[InFerrumVeritas]

Sorry if there's a thread, but searching seems to have been wonky since the server crash. 

Can you extend enchanted item effects using evocation?  So if I throw up a block with an enchanted item, can I use evocation to extend the effect on my next action?

[Aminar]

I think the same rules as standard evocation apply.  Could just be me though.

[sinker]

I look at this from two directions. Firstly from a straight RAW/rules lawyer approach prolonging spells can only be done with evocation. While enchanted items are capable of an "evocation effect" they are not technically evocation. So no.

Secondly I look at this from a thematic/conceptual standpoint. It makes more sense to me to have the person spend a mental stress to use the item again (channeling extra energy into the item) than it does to prolong it (channeling extra energy into the spell itself).

[UmbraLux]

Can you extend enchanted item effects using evocation?  So if I throw up a block with an enchanted item, can I use evocation to extend the effect on my next action?

Functionally, yes.  You can spend a point of mental stress for an extra use.  Thematically that could be termed as extending duration.

[InFerrumVeritas]

Fair enough.  Thanks guys.

[ways and means]

Funnily enough you can create an item which extends spells (extending a spell being an evocation spell) but according to the raw there is no option to extend enchanted item evocation .

[wyvern]

As a contrast, I'd totally allow this - at least for items that generate effects with evocation-scale durations.  (On the other hand, if the item has a thaumaturgy scale duration, a few extra exchanges isn't going to matter anyway.)