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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 3234916" data-attributes="member: 1656">By my reading, the wielder can cast up to three spells per day that are empowered as though using the Empower Spell feat.  If he's a wizard, those three spells are the three upon which the Rod permitted him to use the feat; as a wizard, he uses the feat when he prepares the spells.When I trip someone with a halberd, I make a melee touch attack.  If I have Weapon Focus (Halberd), I add a +1 bonus to that melee touch attack roll.  If I am not proficient with martial weapons (or the halberd in particular), I take a -4 penalty to that melee touch attack roll.Do you disagree?If it can be used in combat on-the-spot in even a single case, the reminder is not out-of-place.If I have a Weapon Special Ability that contains the line "Disarm attempts made with the weapon gain a +2 bonus (though light weapons still incur a -4 penalty as normal)", does that mean that the ability can only be applied to light weapons?  Not at all.  Does it mean that two-handed weapons don't get the normal +4 bonus?  No, it doesn't.  When writing the line, the author for some reason felt it necessary to remind readers about the penalty for using a light weapon... even though omitting this reminder would not alter the rules.The reminder is applicable to light weapons, even though the ability can apply to weapons that are not light.Similarly, a reminder about casting spells in a threatened area is applicable to those who use the rod while casting, even if that does not cover all the possible users of the rod.-Hyp.</blockquote>

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