WANDS

A typical wand is a baton 6 inches to 12 inches long and about ¼ inch thick, and often weighs no more than 1 ounce (no encumbrance weight). Most wands are wood, but some are bone. A rare few are metal, glass, or even ceramic, but these are quite exotic. Occasionally, a wand has a gem or some device at its tip, and most are decorated with carvings or runes..

A magical wand must be held in a limb to be used, a "command word" (or phrase) must be used to unleash the magic, and each has a limited number of charges before it will stop functioning and becomes non-magical. See Casting Time below.

Charges. Unless noted otherwise, a magic wand may possess a maximum of 100 charges.

Some wands may be "recharged". These will be noted—an item must be recharged before becoming completely depleted of charges or it becomes permanently non-magical. See Recharging Magic Items.

Special Qualities. Roll d%. A 01-30 result indicates that something (a design, inscription, or the like) provides some clue to the wand’s function, and 31-100 indicates no special qualities.

Identification. Unless the wand's description states the item imparts it's abilities, the item can only be identified using magic or trial and error use.

• Special Qualities. Roll d%. A 01-30 result indicates that something (a design, inscription, or the like) provides some clue to the wand’s function, and 31-100 indicates no special qualities.

• Educated Checks. If a clue is available, successful educated check (DC 15) will allow the magic-user to guess the wand type. If the result is successful against a DC 20, one command word/phrase will be guessed correctly. Additional checks may be made for each ability requiring a separate command.

WAND ATTRIBUTES

• Caster Level All wands function at Caster Level 6 unless stated otherwise.

• Casting Time Most wands requiring an action to bring about an effect are treated as invocations.

• Range An effect centered on the wielder is "0"; Otherwise other effects will list a range (similar to spells).

• Area of Effect See Casting Spells.

• Duration See Casting Spells.

• Save See Casting Spells.

• Aura The notation is used for detect magic effects (priest-cast detection is larger grained than magic-user): [priest]/[magic-user]

• Class Requirement If only certain character classes can use the item, it will be noted here. Creatures without character classes typically cannot use items meant for a specific character class (per the GM).

• Encumbrance Wands have no encumbrance weight.

• Charges Most wands have a maximum of 100 charges (1d100).

• XP Value/GP Value These are the requisite values for whole and fully charged items. If partially used, the values are at the remaining ratio. See also XP for Treasure and Magic Items.

• Effects If a spell effect is indicated, it will be a mage spell, or, if not a mage spell, a cleric spell (unless the spell-type is indicated).