It doesn't help that the quest text talks about an aether converter of some sort powering your doodads.
So some confusion shouldn't be surprising.
Seriously, with RPGs there aren't really any rules per se about stats and their uses. One game can have a melee class just stack STR, another can require a melee class to stack some magic boosting stat in addition to STR.
The OP asked a simple question. Don't see why everyone has to be a bunch of pricks about it.
