abyssaldeath
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Does using an item that has Power (Healing Surge) use up an allotment of a daily item use?
Power (healing surge) items
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abyssaldeath
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Thats what I think as well. The reason I ask is because of this thread. Items that use healing surges - Wizards Community
I can't find anything official to back me up.
I can't find anything official to back me up.
FitzNightEyes is both less accurate and less official than Customer Service. I wouldn't worry to much about what he says.
abyssaldeath
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I know, it just bugs me when I fairly certain I'm correct, but I can't prove it.
From PH p. 226
Healing Surge: You begin with one use of the
power per day, like a daily power. You can renew this
item’s power by taking a standard action to funnel
your vitality into the item, spending a healing surge
in the process. Spending a healing surge in this way
doesn’t restore hit points, and this standard action is
separate from the action required to activate the item’s
power.
So to answer abyssaldeath question, no I do not think that the item uses an allotment daily use, I think that it functions like an at-will or encounter item power, just with the stipulation that you need to burn a healing surge to recharge it.
Healing Surge: You begin with one use of the
power per day, like a daily power. You can renew this
item’s power by taking a standard action to funnel
your vitality into the item, spending a healing surge
in the process. Spending a healing surge in this way
doesn’t restore hit points, and this standard action is
separate from the action required to activate the item’s
power.
So to answer abyssaldeath question, no I do not think that the item uses an allotment daily use, I think that it functions like an at-will or encounter item power, just with the stipulation that you need to burn a healing surge to recharge it.
beverson
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I respectfully disagree. As you quoted above "Healing Surge: You begin with one use of the power per day, like a daily power."
To me that pretty clearly says that they function like Daily powers. So in my campaign they ARE Daily Powers, but with the benefit of a recharge mechanism.
But it is most definitely NOT the only interpretation, and could benefit from some WotC clarification.
MarkB
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What it says is that it is like a daily power in that you start the day with one use of it. It does not say that it functions like a daily power in any other respect, and it doesn't make any reference to it functioning like a Daily Item Power at all.
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