Enhanced Cures and Wands of Cure

[Moorningstaar]

I'm fiddling with the idea of making a Wandslinger healer, dipping into Oracle for the channels and the enhanced cures abilities of the Life Mystery.

I found a post on Stack Exchange which stated that enhanced cures would proc on a wand of Cure, but that seems wrong to me. I was under the impression that the details of the spell in a wand were locked in at time of creation. And really, who would want to spend the money for a CL 10 wand of CLW?

If it is wrong, is there any way of getting that ability to work with a wand? If it is not wrong, could anyone explain why?

[avr]

A spell cast from a wand isn't a spell cast by you, and that's what enhanced cures requires. No luck there.

Trying to make this work otherwise - there's two parts to what you're asking. The first is to make a wand use your caster level, and the second is to apply enhanced cures or intensified spell or something like that to a wand.

A wand that uses your caster level is basically a staff. The simplest way would be to, you know, use a staff instead. Wizard 11 allows the arcane discovery staff-like wand; this lets you use a wand with your caster level, feats, and intelligence modifier just like a staff. But not class abilities so you can't sneak enhanced cures in either way.

Making a wand of intensified CLW would technically work for you but it's seriously impractical.

I'll think about it but nothing's coming to me right now.

[Moorningstaar]

avr wrote:

A spell cast from a wand isn't a spell cast by you, and that's what enhanced cures requires. No luck there.

Trying to make this work otherwise - there's two parts to what you're asking. The first is to make a wand use your caster level, and the second is to apply enhanced cures or intensified spell or something like that to a wand.

A wand that uses your caster level is basically a staff. The simplest way would be to, you know, use a staff instead. Wizard 11 allows the arcane discovery staff-like wand; this lets you use a wand with your caster level, feats, and intelligence modifier just like a staff. But not class abilities so you can't sneak enhanced cures in either way.

Making a wand of intensified CLW would technically work for you but it's seriously impractical.

I'll think about it but nothing's coming to me right now.

Yeah, that's about what I expected. And I'd investigated staff like wand, but that's an 11 level dip into an arcane class for a healer. Not really good. Staffs are good, but the wandslinger does not work with them.

Thanks for your thoughts.

[Azothath]

commentary:
basically the way Cures are written, increasing caster level is a losing proposition. Metamagics are mostly in the same boat. Cures have a faster healing rate than infernal healings (don't even ask about celestial healing) and thus are better in combat.

Bear's Con(Endurance) or Cure light wounds with reach metamagic can save a life. I know people like the rod but prepping 1-2 spells per day with the feat make the rod unnecessary (save a move action to get it out and keep your weapon(and shield) in hand). Divine casters have several good 'bad touch' spells and reach makes them combat effective.

[Trokarr]

If you’re just looking for HP heals a sorcerer with the Phoenix bloodline focusing on fire spells is an option.