Looking for alternatives to Wands & Staves


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Specifically I don't care for wands and staves to be spell storing / spell trigger items. Instead I was thinking something along the lines that maybe they offer bonuses such as a + 3 to the DC of a spells with a [Fire] descriptor. In this way it would remain very valuable for a mage (or other caster) with an interest in casting Fireball and similar magics, but would do nothing for someone trying to cast anything else. The item might even have a restriction to only work for an Arcane Specialist in a particular school or a divine caster with a specific domain or from a specific temple, etc etc.

So then the "Advice" part of this thread: Anyone know of an alternate rule, or 3PP which does something like this? I seem to recall there was something that came out 2 - 3 years ago like this, but cant seem to find it now.


metamagic rods?


You might be thinking of the Rogue Genius Guide to Rune Staves and Wyrd Wands...


djdust wrote:
metamagic rods?

No, definitely OP in comparison to what I'm thinking. Not a bad idea however. Maybe for a higher level staff, definitely not for a wand.


River of Sticks wrote:
You might be thinking of the Rogue Genius Guide to Rune Staves and Wyrd Wands...

Actually, I believe this is where I got the idea from, yeah. Thanks I'll have to look it up.

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