Action for free missiles from Wand of Manifold Missiles?


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Envoy's Alliance

The Wand of Manifold Missiles - https://2e.aonprd.com/Equipment.aspx?ID=370 - says:

Quote:
Effect: You cast magic missile of the indicated level. After you cast the spell, an additional missile or missiles are released from the wand at the start of each of your turns, as though you cast the 1-action version of magic missile. Choose targets each time. This lasts for 1 minute, until you’re no longer wielding the wand, or until you try to activate the wand again.

The end conditions are one minute elapses, the wand is no longer in my hand, or I try to use it again. I assume that either being knocked unconscious or disarmed would satisfy the 'no longer wielding' condition. Or I could voluntarily put it away and that would end it.

Does it or does it not take an action to target the free missile(s) at the start of my turn? "Choose targets each time." - it doesn't list an action type associated with this.


It's free missiles, you don't use your actions for it, they just happen at the start of your turn.


Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Superscriber; Pathfinder Starfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber

Kind of difficult to choose new targets if you're unconscious, so I'd say it stops firing in that case.

Targeting in its own right has never required an action insofar as I'm aware.

Verdant Wheel

Should probably specify that the "free" missiles are ◇ to cast.


Ravingdork wrote:
Kind of difficult to choose new targets if you're unconscious, so I'd say it stops firing in that case.

I'd say you are no longer wielding the wand if you are unconscious.


Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Superscriber; Pathfinder Starfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber
Palinurus wrote:
Ravingdork wrote:
Kind of difficult to choose new targets if you're unconscious, so I'd say it stops firing in that case.
I'd say you are no longer wielding the wand if you are unconscious.

There's that too. Don't you drop everything you're holding when you go unconscious in most cases?

Envoy's Alliance

The real question is is the targeting for the free missile every round - does that take an action or not?

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