Gloves of Arcane Striking Question

[Deviston]

I'm assuming to gain ANY of the benefits of Gloves of Arcane Striking one must first use the swift action to activate the feat?

For example, to get the bonus from the feat when using Aid Another to give a bonus to AC to your ally, you must activate the feat with the swift action.

[Gherrick]

Gloves of Arcane Striking

The first and third bullets do not specify the need to activate the feat first, so I don't think by RAW you do. The second bullet explicitly states "When the wearer makes an attack using Arcane Strike and hits", so Arcane Strike obviously has to be activated to get the benefit.

[blahpers]

Concur. Possessing the feat Arcane Strike is a prerequisite for the first and third abilities. Using one of those abilities, however, is a completely separate action from using the ability granted by Arcane Strike. The second glove ability is contingent on using the Arcane Strike ability itself, so naturally it must have been activated via the usual method.

[Fomsie]

A character with Arcane Strike has no damage bonus UNLESS it is activated, however, so it would stand to reason that you need to activate the feat for all of the abilities. While the second point mentions using Arcane Strike for the attack, the other two specify the damage bonus, which does not exist unless active.

[Deviston]

Sadly, I agree with Fom unless someone can somehow make the other interpretation make sense. I very much want it to be "always active" lol, but I can't argue with Fom's logic.

[fretgod99]

Fomsie wrote:

A character with Arcane Strike has no damage bonus UNLESS it is activated, however, so it would stand to reason that you need to activate the feat for all of the abilities. While the second point mentions using Arcane Strike for the attack, the other two specify the damage bonus, which does not exist unless active.

This is how I read it, too.