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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zurai" data-source="post: 3881491" data-attributes="member: 52324">Not if the gun is functioning properly. Pulling a gun's trigger, assuming it is operational and the safety is off, fires the gun. There are no other steps."towards an area" is no more precise than "towards a general area". In addition, nothing in the RC states that the pointing must come before the action of triggering the spell, rather than as part of the action of triggering the spell. I checked the store copy at my session tonight; nowhere in the entry for spell trigger magic items does it state an order of operations. Since it does not explicitly state that the pointing and command word must come before the attempt to activate the wand (rather than being a condition of activation), I think it's pretty reasonable to say that they are what triggers the spell in the wand. In other words, to trigger a wand of fireball, you say "Fry!" (or whatever) and point it at something, and the fireball launches forth. There is no step after pointing and speaking the command word; those are the activation of the item.Please cite where it says you must FIRST point, THEN activate. It does not appear in the text you cited above, and it does not appear in the Rules Compendium entry for Spell Trigger items.</blockquote>