As a totem build: why does Storm Brand work with PCoC, but e.g. traps not?

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Merwise wrote:
It is murky, because logically speaking there's no difference between e.g.
- A: manually casting Storm Brand: spell gem, separate entity which itself casts a spell which does grant power charges
- B: Lightning Spire Trap: spell gem, separate entity which itself casts a spell which doesn't grant power charges

Other than "It's so just because" there's no logical explanation I can see why A works with PCoC, while B doesn't.
Your description of A is fundamentally false. A Brand is not a separate entity that casts a spell. Brands aren't entities, and do not cast anything. The brand is the spell, which you cast. It's like a fireball - the visual effect of your spell representing how it deals damage to enemies.

Those situations are fundamentally different because the A situation is actually "you cast a spell and that spell directly deals damage to enemies", while the B situation is "You summoned an independant entity, which then cast a spell itself and that spell dealt damage to an enemy".
Last edited by Mark_GGG on Jun 3, 2021, 1:56:49 AM

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