Wand Wielder Magus - where is the wand ?

[The black raven]

The Magus arcana Wand Wielder states "The magus can activate a wand or staff in place of casting a spell when using spell combat."

But Spell Combat states : "To use this ability, the magus must have one hand free (even if the spell being cast does not have somatic components), while wielding a light or one-handed melee weapon in the other hand."

If one hand is free and the other hand wields a light or one-handed weapon, where is the wand that the Magus activates ?

[Talynonyx]

In the off hand. He uses that hand to cast the spell normally, so he just uses the wand or staff in that hand.

[Anburaid]

when I first saw the title, I wanted to ask "do you really want to know?"

Addressing the actual post, since you need a free hand to cast spells anyway, my guess is that the intent of the rule is for you to wield a wand/staff in one hand and weapon in the other. Wands/staves are spell trigger items, so having the spell on your list is all that is required for them to work, i.e. you don't need the other hand free.

[Nefreet]

Mine is stored in my weapon, via Weaponwand. That way I can cast one round, zap the next, and lather, rinse, repeat.

[Xaratherus]

Note that it says that he can "activate a wand\staff in place of casting a spell"; the free hand is used for casting a spell, so what it's really saying is that "The magus can wave a wand\staff in his off hand in place of casting a spell when using spell combat."

As Nefreet mentioned, anytime I run a magus that takes Wand Wielder, I almost invariably memorize Weaponwand.

[Durngrun Stonebreaker]

Or be a staff magus, your weapon is your staff and vice versa.