Look at it from a lore standpoint Nirgon. You control your own will to cast a spell, but you physically cannot do it if the target is out of range.
You USE an item which in turn processes it's effect. The item is not sentient, if you activate it it will process it's effect regardless of whether or not it will successfully work. Thus clicking a midnight mallet would sent it's effect *towards* the target but not reach it. That would be how I reason it out.
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