Mm.  Well, I was just throwing that out there as an option.<br/><br/>And also, a possible point that hit me - if you take just Channeling, you might want to de-attach it from the dagger.  Having an Item is cool and all, but you're probably going to want at least one ability that's not tied to it.  Or heck, go with full-blown Evocation.  Marked by power is just 1, an Item is just 1...taking Evocation would leave you a possibility of 2 points more that you could take (3 in case of Channeling).