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<blockquote data-quote="Benly" data-source="post: 4266793" data-attributes="member: 67591"><p>The Rod of Corruption (I misrecalled the name) has a property that does not require the use of a power - it triggers when your pact boon activates, permitting you to place your Warlock's Curse on a number of enemies. Similarly, the Rod of Reaving's property is not applied to powers with the implement keyword, but rather triggers when your Warlock's Curse is place. Since neither pact boon nor Warlock's Curse has the implement keyword, your suggestion would indicate that neither rod can ever have its effect, since they cannot be used to "activate" the power in question.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This is surely the intention. However, what rules text exists that differentiates this from (for example) a rogue using an attack power with a light weapon? Unless Sneak Attack only triggers on basic attacks, there needs to be rules text differentiating the situations for there to be a difference - a power with the implement keyword is "using a light blade" when a light blade is the implement to the same degree that a power with the weapon keyword is "using a light blade" when a light blade is the weapon.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Benly, post: 4266793, member: 67591"] The Rod of Corruption (I misrecalled the name) has a property that does not require the use of a power - it triggers when your pact boon activates, permitting you to place your Warlock's Curse on a number of enemies. Similarly, the Rod of Reaving's property is not applied to powers with the implement keyword, but rather triggers when your Warlock's Curse is place. Since neither pact boon nor Warlock's Curse has the implement keyword, your suggestion would indicate that neither rod can ever have its effect, since they cannot be used to "activate" the power in question. This is surely the intention. However, what rules text exists that differentiates this from (for example) a rogue using an attack power with a light weapon? Unless Sneak Attack only triggers on basic attacks, there needs to be rules text differentiating the situations for there to be a difference - a power with the implement keyword is "using a light blade" when a light blade is the implement to the same degree that a power with the weapon keyword is "using a light blade" when a light blade is the weapon. [/QUOTE]
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