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Message: <blockquote data-quote="starwed" data-source="post: 3149052" data-attributes="member: 36983">I would have to respond that as far as I know, the RAW are completely unclear on this matter.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />  But how I rule on that is kind of tangential to my main point, so perhaps I made a mistake in trying to illustrate my argument with the process by which we decide this question for the claws.Again, my key assertion is that a numeric range is not, in itself, a variable numeric effect.  With fireball, flaming sphere, or wall of fire, the numeric range given has to be considered a property of the spell itself, since none of these things exist outside the framework of that particular spell.  The spell itself is dealing damage.But when the spell creates a weapon, the damage range is a property of that weapon, not the spell.  When you attack someone with the claw, it is simply not the spell dealing damage, it is the claw itself.  I don't think this is an arbitrary distinction.(For what it's worth, I don't think considering the power/spell resistance of a spell is useful in determining whether it is empowerable or not.)</blockquote>