SRD:Wands

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Wands

A wand is a thin baton that contains a single spell of 4th level or lower. Each wand has 50 charges when created, and each charge expended allows the user to use the wand’s spell one time. A wand that runs out of charges is just a stick.

Physical Description

A typical wand is 6 inches to 12 inches long and about 1/4 inch thick, and often weighs no more than 1 ounce. 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 typical wand has AC 7, 5 hit points, hardness 5, and a break DC of 16.

Activation

Wands use the spell trigger activation method, so casting a spell from a wand is usually a standard action that doesn’t provoke attacks of opportunity. (If the spell being cast, however, has a longer casting time than 1 action, it takes that long to cast the spell from a wand.) To activate a wand, a character must hold it in hand (or whatever passes for a hand, for nonhumanoid creatures) and point it in the general direction of the target or area. A wand may be used while grappling or while swallowed whole.

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.

Wand Descriptions

All wands are simply storage devices for spells and thus have no special descriptions. Refer to the spell descriptions for all pertinent details.

Table: Wands

Minor	Medium	Major	Wand	Market Price
01–02	—	—	detect magic	375 gp
03–04	—	—	light	375 gp
05–07	—	—	burning hands	750 gp
08–10	—	—	charm animal	750 gp
11–13	—	—	charm person	750 gp
14–16	—	—	color spray	750 gp
17–19	—	—	cure light wounds	750 gp
20-22	—	—	detect secret doors	750 gp
23–25	—	—	enlarge person	750 gp
26–28	—	—	magic missile (1st)	750 gp
29–31	—	—	shocking grasp	750 gp
32–34	—	—	summon monster I	750 gp
35–36	—	—	magic missile (3rd)	2,250 gp
37	01–03	—	magic missile (5th)	3,750 gp
38–40	04–07	—	bear's endurance	4,500 gp
41–43	08–11	—	bull's strength	4,500 gp
44–46	12–15	—	cat's grace	4,500 gp
47–49	16–20	—	cure moderate wounds	4,500 gp
50–51	21–22	—	darkness	4,500 gp
52–54	23–24	—	daylight	4,500 gp
55–57	25–27	—	delay poison	4,500 gp
58–60	28–31	—	eagle's splendor	4,500 gp
61–63	32–33	—	false life	4,500 gp
64–66	34–37	—	fox's cunning	4,500 gp
67–68	38	—	ghoul touch	4,500 gp
69–71	39	—	hold person	4,500 gp
72–74	40–42	—	invisibility	4,500 gp
75–77	43–44	—	knock	4,500 gp
78–80	45	—	levitate	4,500 gp
81–83	46–47	—	acid arrow	4,500 gp
84–86	48–49	—	mirror image	4,500 gp
87–89	50–53	—	owl's wisdom	4,500 gp
90–91	54	—	shatter	4,500 gp
92–94	55–56	—	silence	4,500 gp
95–97	57	—	summon monster II	4,500 gp
98–100	58–59	—	web	4,500 gp
—	60–62	01–02	magic missile (7th)	5,250 gp
—	63–64	03–05	magic missile (9th)	6,750 gp
—	65–67	06–07	call lightning (5th)	11,250 gp
—	68	08	charm person, heightened (3rd-level spell)	11,250 gp
—	69–70	09–10	contagion	11,250 gp
—	71–74	11–13	cure serious wounds	11,250 gp
—	75–77	14–15	dispel magic	11,250 gp
—	78–81	16–17	fireball (5th)	11,250 gp
—	82–83	18–19	keen edge	11,250 gp
—	84–87	20–21	lightning bolt (5th)	11,250 gp
—	88–89	22–23	major image	11,250 gp
—	90–91	24–25	slow	11,250 gp
—	92–94	26–27	suggestion	11,250 gp
—	95–97	28–29	summon monster III	11,250 gp
—	98	30–31	fireball (6th)	13,500 gp
—	99	32–33	lightning bolt (6th)	13,500 gp
—	100	34–35	searing light (6th)	13,500 gp
—	—	36–37	call lightning (8th)	18,000 gp
—	—	38–39	fireball (8th)	18,000 gp
—	—	40–41	lightning bolt (8th)	18,000 gp
—	—	42–45	charm monster	21,000 gp
—	—	46–50	cure critical wounds	21,000 gp
—	—	51–52	dimensional anchor	21,000 gp
—	—	53–55	fear	21,000 gp
—	—	56–59	greater invisibility	21,000 gp
—	—	60	hold person, heightened (4th level)	21,000 gp
—	—	61–65	ice storm	21,000 gp
—	—	66–68	inflict critical wounds	21,000 gp
—	—	69–72	neutralize poison	21,000 gp
—	—	73–74	poison	21,000 gp
—	—	75–77	polymorph	21,000 gp
—	—	78	ray of enfeeblement, heightened (4th level)	21,000 gp
—	—	79	suggestion, heightened (4th level)	21,000 gp
—	—	80–82	summon monster IV	21,000 gp
—	—	83–86	wall of fire	21,000 gp
—	—	87–90	wall of ice	21,000 gp
—	—	91	dispel magic (10th)	22,500 gp
—	—	92	fireball (10th)	22,500 gp
—	—	93	lightning bolt (10th)	22,500 gp
—	—	94	chaos hammer (8th)	24,000 gp
—	—	95	holy smite (8th)	24,000 gp
—	—	96	order’s wrath (8th)	24,000 gp
—	—	97	unholy blight (8th)	24,000 gp
—	—	98–99	restoration^1	26,000 gp
—	—	100	stoneskin^2	33,500 gp
The cost to create a wand of restoration is 10,500 gp, 840 XP, plus 5,000 gp for the material components. The cost to create a wand of stoneskin is 10,500 gp, 840 XP, plus 12,500 gp for the material components.

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