>If an item already has flares (in this case a vultite runestaff which has the occasional holy water flare), does Ensorceling (even temporarily) screw with the existing flare? Haven't noticed it flaring since I did a temp-enscorcel on it and am wondering if I've gone and mucked things up. For that matter, will a perma-cast of Enscorcel cause issues?

sounds like the runestaff is/was blessed. Did the bless run out? Holy water flares will only flare against undead. Are you hunting undead?

real flaring weapons/staves will still flare.

Ensorcell shouldn't mess with other flares already on a staff. My sorcerer has a void flaring one and both types of flare go off regularly.

I'm not sure how exactly 735 interacts with blessing or e-blade, but it sounds like one of the two was on there and either ran out or was stripped when ensorcell was applied. That or you found a bug.

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