baldhermit said: LNG257 said: Hello again, I'm back. Anyway, I'm interested in something about Ki Foci now. Specifically, the Death Shroud and Scavenger Bird Ki Foci, as well as Death Shroud's interaction with Shadow Initiate(MC Assassin-2 Shrouds/Encounter). 1st: Most magic ki foci require their properties or powers to be used with that specific focus, but Scavenger Bird and Death Shroud state only that their power triggers are "You hit an enemy(or "target" for Death Shroud)." So do they work with using a magic weapon(or implement) for the power used, and then I could choose to use the power for their respective benefits even though I didn't use the focus for the attack? 2nd: Does the Death Shroud power work essentially give a third use of Assassin's Shroud per encounter with Shadow Initiate, or does it count as a use of the 2/encounter shrouds? Ad 1: You could have found this in the minor rulings, since this sorta thing has come up before: " Equipping: An item must be equipped to utilize its properties and/or powers (RC:276). Weapon Properties: Unless specified otherwise, a weapon’s property affects attack powers only when they are delivered with that weapon: you cannot hold the weapon in your off-hand and use the property with attacks delivered by your main-hand weapon (AV1: 56). " Ad 2: The assasin's MC feat called Shadow Initiate specifically calls out a limitation not valid for pure class assassins. So yes, you are limited to two shrouds per encounter. (many MC feats have such limitations, for example on number of heals available to those who multiclass leader) Alright, thanks. I did check the minor rulings, but only gave it a quick skim and only searched specifically for ki foci, so that's probably why I missed it.