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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DracoSuave" data-source="post: 4774469" data-attributes="member: 71571">1)  The phrase used isn't 'used'.  It's 'already used.'  That's a -different- meaning.  I don't know how else to explain it.  You're using -part of a phrase- and saying that it's all that matters.  Whether or not a power is -expended- is irrelevent.  You have not -already used- the power before you resolve it.2)  But that's irrelevent.  There is an action called 'Use a Power.'  Use a Power is not a state for a power, it is an -action type.-Now, let's look at other action types.Walk-  There is such a thing as 'walking' in the rules.Shift-  There is such a thing as 'shifting' in the rules.Squeeze-  There is such a thing as 'squeezing' in the rules.Ready an Action-  There is such a thing as 'readying an action' in the rules.All these -ing forms mean 'to be resolving the action.'  When you are walking, you are 'resolving a walk action.'  When you are shifting, you are 'resolving a shift action' (except when a power tells you to shift).  And therefore, when you are using a power, you are 'resolving a use a power action.'I suggest if you believe that there is no such thing as 'using a power' then you have no idea what 'use a power' means in the rules.  3)  There are many examples of rules text in the game that use the -exact terminology- 'using a [foo] power.'  For example:  '...each enemy you hit using a melee attack power' (p113) 'Benefit:  When using a close arcane attack power' (p202)For a game term that doesn't exist it appears to actually be used in the PHB. I haven't bothered to look in other books tho, or beyond the class power descriptions.</blockquote>

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