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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 3882212" data-attributes="member: 1656">And all those fiddly mechanical parts in wands result in an interval as well?Before all the necessary steps are taken, the wand is not activated, and the spell is not in effect.When all the necessary steps are taken, the wand is activated, and the spell is in effect.So if all the steps but one are taken, the wand is not activated, and the spell is not in effect.At the time the last step is taken, the wand is activated, and the spell is in effect.So if the last step is pointing at the target, then at the time pointing at the target happens, the wand is activated, and the spell is in effect.Thus, if the last step is pointing at the target, pointing at the target happens at the time the spell is in effect, which is the same time you decide the target per the rules of spells.The decision, the effect, and the pointing all happen at the same time as long as the last step in the activation is pointing at the target.If pointing at the target is not the last step, then you must point at the target before you decide what the target is; an obvious impossibility.  The only way to satisfy the rules of wands and the rules of spells is for the pointing at the target to be the last step in the activation... and if it is, there's no problem.And no interval."Bibbity..." [wave wand about]"Bobbity..." [wave wand about]"Boo!" [point at the target you're choosing as it gets turned into a frog]-Hyp.</blockquote>

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