Is this related to trader's magic, hollow's eve, or both?

> Or maybe it's deliberately designed that way.

Personally, I kind of hope it is. Being able to convert attunement to raw damage so fast would be an interesting trader niche, especially considering that they'll have a slower regen than most guilds due to skillset placement and no grandfathering. Combined with recharge and heighten flaws, it may make them a force to be reckoned with in PvP. That would be interesting.

What I'm referring to is the lack of attunement. Even rangers and paladins had years to train the skill, and thieves and barbarians were grandfathered in (IIRC) at 3.0's release. I seem to remember DR Armifer saying that traders wouldn't be grandfathered in. Obviously this spell shouldn't be so crazy that Warrior Mages are calling foul, but I do like the idea of uniquness. Traders having the ability to burst down a single target by sacrificing their mana tool makes me smile, partially because it's a polar opposite of where they are today and partially because I don't know of anyone who can do that. Warrior mages have burst, but it's more from multiple sources and less available on demand without prior prep work.

> Look at Paladins/Rangers and how their attack spells moved to a TM model despite being magic tert as an example of this.

To clarify, I'm enjoying the idea of the damage being consistent, but the interval between pulses being much, much smaller. This would create more damage to a single target over time, from a single source, but it would also drain more mana more quickly. A wariror mage, warrior mage, or even a moon mage will still be able to do more damage. Even an empath would likely be high on the list, but the spot burst without planning (ie: DB) could be the trader's thing.