Waaaaaaaaait a minute (Error in spelling or hidden MAP negation?)

[shroudb]

Quote:

If you hit with a melee Strike using the receptacle for the

spell, the spell is discharged, affecting only the target you hit.
The spell still requires its normal spell attack roll or saving
throw, but you don’t increase your multiple attack penalty
until after attempting both the discharging Strike and the spell
attack roll.

So... as long as you keep missing the attack, you dont roll the spell attack.

As long as you dont roll the spell attack, you dont increase MAP.

So, let's say you missed the first round.

Second round you attack, and you miss again.
2nd attack.. you still attack at +0 MAP since you still havent attempted an attack roll for the discharging spell.
let's say you are unlucky and you still miss.

3rd attack, you still roll with full MAP.

So, basically, you get up to 4 attacks at full MAP to release the spell?

[MaxAstro]

No. That all follows "If you hit with a melee Strike", meaning none of it applies if you miss.

[shroudb]

MaxAstro wrote:

No. That all follows "If you hit with a melee Strike", meaning none of it applies if you miss.

ah, ty.

i knew i was missing something, (because else it seemed insane) but i couldnt pinpoint what.

[Darksol the Painbringer]

The bolded part is saying you don't trigger MAP until the spell attack roll and strike are resolved. This is so you aren't applying a -5 somewhere in between what is supposed to be one single activity, whereas attacking with both a strike and a spell attack roll both normally incur MAP (assuming you can do both).