Oliver McShade wrote:
Mainly Problem: magic missile (among many other damage spell) are not on a bard spell list. You would need to, Use Magic Device, every time you would want to use the Wand. Also, you would not be able to create the wands yourself, so you would be dishing out money to buy the wands.
Well from the Main Magic Item Creation section
Note that all items have prerequisites in their descriptions. These prerequisites must be met for the item to be created. Most of the time, they take the form of spells that must be known by the item's creator (although access through another magic item or spellcaster is allowed). The DC to create a magic item increases by +5 for each prerequisite the caster does not meet. The only exception to this is the requisite item creation feat, which is mandatory. In addition, you cannot create spell-trigger and spell-completion magic items without meeting their spell prerequisites.
So all he'd have to do is have enough scrolls of Magic Missle, or Charges left in a wand, or a party member with the spell to provide the 1 spell per day of 1000gp of the item. Even if he didn't have those the skill check to make it only goes up by 5 which for a wand of magic missles at say 5th level would then be only 15 (5 base + 5 for caster level + 5 for missing prerequisite)
Edited: to clarify that he'd need 1 spell per day of crafting from one of the 3 alternate means.