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SYSTEM REFERENCE DOCUMENT 3.5

 

CREATING WANDS

To create a magic wand, a character needs a small supply of materials, the most obvious being a baton or the pieces of the wand to be assembled. The cost for the materials is subsumed in the cost for creating the wand—375 gp x the level of the spell x the level of the caster. Wands are always fully charged (50 charges) when created.

The creator must have prepared the spell to be stored (or must know the spell, in the case of a sorcerer or bard) and must provide any focuses the spell requires. Fifty of each needed material component are required, one for each charge. If casting the spell would reduce the caster’s XP total, she pays the cost (multiplied by 50) upon beginning the wand in addition to the XP cost for making the wand itself. Likewise, material components are consumed when she begins working, but focuses are not. (A focus used in creating a wand can be reused.) The act of working on the wand triggers the prepared spell, making it unavailable for casting during each day devoted to the wand’s creation. (That is, that spell slot is expended from her currently prepared spells, just as if it had been cast.)

Crafting a wand requires one day per each 1,000 gp of the base price.

Item Creation Feat Required: Craft Wand.

 

Wand Base Prices (By Crafter’s Class)

Spell Level

Clr, Drd, Wiz

Sor

Brd

Pal, Rgr*

0

375 gp

375 gp

375 gp

1st

750 gp

750 gp

1,500 gp

1,500 gp

2nd

4,500 gp

6,000 gp

6,000 gp

6,000 gp

3rd

11,250 gp

13,500 gp

15,750 gp

11,250 gp

4th

21,000 gp

24,000 gp

30,000 gp

21,000 gp

* Caster level is half class level.

Prices assume that the wand was made at the minimum caster level.

 

Base Magic Supplies and XP Cost to Craft a Wand (By Crafter’s Class)

Spell Level

Clr, Drd, Wiz

Sor

Brd

Pal, Rgr*

0

187 gp 5 sp +15 XP

187 gp 5 sp +15 XP

187 gp 5 sp +15 XP

1st

375 gp +30 XP

375 gp +30 XP

750 gp +60 XP

750 gp +60 XP

2nd

2,250 gp +180 XP

3,000 gp +240 XP

3,000 gp +240 XP

3,000 gp +240 XP

3rd

5,625 gp +450 XP

6,750 gp +540 XP

7,875 gp +630 XP

5,625 gp +450 XP

4th

10,500 gp +840 XP

12,000 gp +960 XP

15,000 gp +1200 XP

10,500 gp +840 XP

* Caster level is half class level.

Costs assume that the creator makes the wand at the minimum caster level.

 

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