Have been wondering about the time it takes to activate a Blood Magic talent or a daily item. I think I read somewhere in the core rules, that activating a magic item takes 1 round.
But what about blood magic?
Specifically I see 4 possibilities for either blood magic or magic items:
1. Ability activates as an instantaneous spell
2. Ability activates at initiative point
3. Ability activates at end of round
4. Ability activates as an instantaneous spell if the spell mirrored with the talent/item is instantaneous, at initiative point otherwise
As I remember it, 1) is more or less the way RM handled it (but that was with 10 second rounds).
I see 4) as the most balanced way to handle it, maintaining usefulness of the spell effect, whilst not making blood magic/magic items too powerful compared to ordinary spell casting.
