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Danael 09-11-07, 10:09 PM	I am playing a spellscale and I want to know what the blood-quickening meditation of Tamara actually does, it says that I treat all cure spells as being on my spell list for the purpose of spell completion and spell trigger magic items. What exactly is spell completion and spell trigger magic items, and do I actually get the ability to use those cure spells if I have the spell slots to cast them??
Fireclave 09-12-07, 02:09 AM	Spell completion and spell trigger items are magic items that normally can only be activated by having spellcasting ability. Such items typically include scrolls, wands, and staves. Normally, if the spell stored in the item is a spell on your class list, you can use it. If it's not on your class list, you can't use these items (without the aid of the use magic device skill). Going by the information you've given (I'm not too familiar with spellscales myself), the blood-quickening meditation of Tamara allows you to treat any Cure spell as if they were on your spell list, but only for the purpose of activing a scroll, wand, staff, or similar item. However, these spells still aren't actually on your spell list, and therefore, you cannot learn them. For example. A sorcerer normally cannot activate a Wand of Cure Light Wounds because CLW is not a spell on his class list. However, a spellscale sorcerer who has done the blood-quickening meditation of Tamara can activate the Wand o' CLW as easily as any cleric or druid. However, the spellscale sorcerer still cannot cast any cure spells herself, nor can she choice to learn a cure spell as a spell known. For reference, here are the rules for these activation methods. This information can also be found in the DMG. Spell Completion This is the activation method for scrolls. A scroll is a spell that is mostly finished. The preparation is done for the caster, so no preparation time is needed beforehand as with normal spellcasting. All that’s left to do is perform the finishing parts of the spellcasting (the final gestures, words, and so on). To use a spell completion item safely, a character must be of high enough level in the right class to cast the spell already. If he can’t already cast the spell, there’s a chance he’ll make a mistake. Activating a spell completion item is a standard action and provokes attacks of opportunity exactly as casting a spell does. Spell Trigger Spell trigger activation is similar to spell completion, but it’s even simpler. No gestures or spell finishing is needed, just a special knowledge of spellcasting that an appropriate character would know, and a single word that must be spoken. Anyone with a spell on his or her spell list knows how to use a spell trigger item that stores that spell. (This is the case even for a character who can’t actually cast spells, such as a 3rd-level paladin.) The user must still determine what spell is stored in the item before she can activate it. Activating a spell trigger item is a standard action and does not provoke attacks of opportunity.