Telekinetic feat-losing mage hand?

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Remember that the rules aren't made to be super-duper-finnicky. They're idiomatic. It's indescribably obvious that the reason  the spectral hand winks out beyond 30 ft is because the spell's range is 30 ft. The idiomatic approach would mean if something increases the range of the spell, it increases how far the hand can go. This isn't an oversight by the writers - they just don't expect DMs to be so finnicky to the point of being ***** about it. 

 There is a subsection of the community that requires absolutely everything to be spelled out explicitly and in intricate detail. A certain strata of society that has completely forgotten how to even think for themselves let alone practice critical thinking. So there is no point in arguing with them, they seem to need everything to be spoonfed to them. Even if you are patently correct they won’t accept it. You will end up giving yourself a stroke if you try.

 I've been here before.  RAW is LAW for this forum, RAI is not considered no matter how obvious it may be.  These guys live by the "Technically correct is the BEST kind of correct" philosophy.  So yes, nearly every table on the planet would give the 60' range (obviously the RAI), but we cannot win the debate here.  Like you said, best to just let it go.