Is it valid to use a service to have a spirit Aid Sorcery the next time you cast a spell of the correct type?

I'm sure the spirit might have to make an Assensing roll to identify it and thus fulfill the service and if it were to fail the assensing test it would not Aid Sorcery until it did identify a set of conditions permitted by its instructions.

The goal is for the mage to save an action in combat. After all, front end loading a Aid Sorcery for a Combat spell isn't going to have a use outside blasting someone and when it comes time to blast someone few mages want to spend an action to use an Aid Sorcery while getting blasted themselves.

There are several ways to house-rule on this and the RAW way is the one I'm curious about.

Come to think about it... the spirit could also spot a Fetish specified for combat spells to tell it was a combat spell.

Thanks for the validation that I'm not going bonkers.

Actually this is not needed..

The spirit needs to be present to aid sorcery (so if not there you DO have to spend a action to call it)... but if spriti is present (so could)..

[quote = FAQ]
Do the bound spirit services Aid Sorcery or Spell Sustaining take an action to use, or do they happen instantly?

In both cases, the magician must take the appropriate Complex Action to cast the spell, but taking aid from the spirit or passing on the task of sustaining requires no action power is simply funneled from the spirit through the magician's link to it. [/quote]


Mage spend complex action to cast spell... it is a 'no action' not even a free action for the spirit to actually 'aid sorcery' (or to take over (or for mage to take back over) sustaining.

Wow, good find laughingowl. I'll read up on that FAQ. It has some interesting things about Wards as well.

Thanks!