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<blockquote data-quote="silentounce" data-source="post: 4275532" data-attributes="member: 67099">I'd also like to point out that recharging the item in this way could be pointless depending on your tier and how many milestones you've reached.&nbsp; A heroic tier character can only use one item power per day unless a milestone has been reached.&nbsp; And if you do have the ability to use more item powers after having already spent one and you have more than one item with a power it may be more beneficial to save your surges for healing purposes and use your remaining daily uses on those other items.Also, as someone mentioned earlier you are not &quot;using a healing surge&quot; to recharge the item.&nbsp; What you are doing is &quot;taking a standard action to funnel your vitality into the item, spending a healing surge in the process.&quot;&nbsp; &quot;In the process&quot; is the key part of that text.&nbsp; The action isn't &quot;spending a healing surge;&quot; the action is &quot;funnel[ing] your vitality.&quot;&nbsp; You use the surge during that process.&nbsp; I feel like I'm repeating myself.&nbsp; But I can't spell it out any clearer.&nbsp; All that is on page 226.If you're going to play the RAW game, all healing word allows you to do is &quot;spend a healing surge.&quot;&nbsp; It doesn't allow you to take &quot;a standard action to funnel your vitality into the item.&quot;&nbsp; So, you can't use it in that way.&nbsp; It doesn't need to be any more specific.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="silentounce, post: 4275532, member: 67099"] I'd also like to point out that recharging the item in this way could be pointless depending on your tier and how many milestones you've reached. A heroic tier character can only use one item power per day unless a milestone has been reached. And if you do have the ability to use more item powers after having already spent one and you have more than one item with a power it may be more beneficial to save your surges for healing purposes and use your remaining daily uses on those other items. Also, as someone mentioned earlier you are not "using a healing surge" to recharge the item. What you are doing is "taking a standard action to funnel your vitality into the item, spending a healing surge in the process." "In the process" is the key part of that text. The action isn't "spending a healing surge;" the action is "funnel[ing] your vitality." You use the surge during that process. I feel like I'm repeating myself. But I can't spell it out any clearer. All that is on page 226. If you're going to play the RAW game, all healing word allows you to do is "spend a healing surge." It doesn't allow you to take "a standard action to funnel your vitality into the item." So, you can't use it in that way. It doesn't need to be any more specific. [/QUOTE]

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