Does a wand cane qualify as a weapon?
Source Treasure Vault pg. 105 1.1
Price 100 gp
Usage held in 1 hand; Bulk L
Though it appears to be a basic cane, the inner workings of the wand cane are an intricate network of lenses and magical circuits, with a slot at the top to insert a wand. The wand cane then spends 1 minute attuning to the wand, after which the wand can be used through the cane.
I would argue that it is at the very least an improvised weapon, but then so is a wand.
If improvised weapons qualified for quickdraw, there would be no need to search for an alternate method, and I wouldn't be asking about the Wand Cane.My searches on this site came up with only gloves of storing as a way to quick draw wands.
Keeping that exploit in mind, and the lack of weapon attributes listed, I'm pretty sure
the consensuses will be no, the Wand Cane is not a weapon, but I thought I'd ask anyway.
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Yep, no reason you can't draw and then strike something with your wand cane using quick draw. Not sure why you'd want to, but you can do it.
Hehe, yeah, I just read the actual feat...
Not the worst thing in the world, if you wanted to hit something anyway, but in most cases I would prefer to Cast from a wand, and then strike.
Hmm.
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I'd think a cane would already be in your hand, so there'd be no need to draw it to use the wand. I've never seen anyone with a cane through their belt or sling over their back.
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More than just no exception. The Wand Cane says that it is a Basic Cane. Which as was just pointed out, has the stats of a Club - which is a weapon.
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Gotta agree with Errenor here, this is a case where conflating the first sentence as mechanics is the mistake when that is, in fact, simply a flavor description. What it looks like is meaningless since the item doesn't indicate that it is or can be used as a Basic Cane or Basic Crutch in any of the ways that those items can be used. If it WERE able to be used in that manner they would have indicated as much by stating it functions as a Basic Cane or Basic Crutch which it does not.
At the end of the day, this is simply a disguise for a wand and doesn't even work as a mobility aid, though I would say, this is only grounded in the RAW and I don't think there is any mechanical reason to really prohibit Draw + Strike, but again as others noted, if you're using it as a Cane of any sort then you're already holding it in one hand most of the time you're on the move anyhow.
Again, something something natural language, something something, mixed flavor and mechanical descriptions without formatting differences, grumble mumble.
Ambiguous Rules rule grumble, grumble.