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The Dresden Files => DFRPG => Topic started by: InFerrumVeritas on February 20, 2012, 03:32:09 AM
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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?
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I think the same rules as standard evocation apply. Could just be me though.
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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).
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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.
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Fair enough. Thanks guys.
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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 .
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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.)