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 12 (higher for stronger materials).
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.
Table 1: Wands
| Spell Level | Clr, Drd, Sor, Wiz | Brd | Pal, Rgr* |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 375 gp | 375 gp | — |
| 1st | 1,500 gp | 1,500 gp | 1,500 gp |
| 2nd | 5,500 gp | 6,000 gp | 6,000 gp |
| 3rd | 11,250 gp | 15,750 gp | 11,250 gp |
| 4th | 21,000 gp | 30,000 gp | 21,000 gp |
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.
