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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Souljourner" data-source="post: 1303370" data-attributes="member: 1622">(Range) Touch: You must touch a creature or object to affect it.(Duration) Touch Spells and Holding the Charge: In most cases, if you don’t discharge a touch spell on the round you cast it, you can hold the charge (postpone the discharge of the spell) indefinitely. You can make touch attacks round after round. If you cast another spell, the touch spell dissipates.There is no "hand" in touch spells.  It's not like you have blue flames shooting out of your right hand just waiting to set something on fire.  You have the ability to discharge a spell through a touch attack.  You can pick up a letter, shake your friend's hand, whatever you want to do, until you *choose* to make a touch attack, and on a successful attack, discharge the spell.Nothing says otherwise.As for flame blade, by the description in the SRD, it springs forth and stays there until the spell goes away.  You can choose which hand in the beginning, since it doesn't specify otherwise, but once it's there, it's staying.  I don't think it would be unreasonable to allow it to come and go as you like, but that would be a house rule.-The Souljourner</blockquote>