Post/Author/DateTime	Post
LGMoses 06-19-07, 10:50 PM	Where are the rules on wands in the phb or dmg? I can't find them. I can't remember what exactly the rules are to activate a wand. Its something like a caster level check or something? Just tell me what page it is so i can sleep plz
King Kashue 06-19-07, 10:55 PM	If it's on your spell list, you can use it. That's it.
kjenks 06-19-07, 11:09 PM	DMG, page 213: Spell Trigger items DMG, page 245: Wands DMG, page 317: Index, where you can look these things up yourself and get some sleep.
LGMoses 06-19-07, 11:44 PM	i could have sworn it says somewhere you need to make a caster level check or something? Maybe that was for scrolls? ARRRGGGHHHH! So my friends first level paladin, assuming he has identified it as a wand of cure light wounds, could use the wand without any sort of check?
kenobi65 06-19-07, 11:48 PM	i could have sworn it says somewhere you need to make a caster level check or something? Maybe that was for scrolls? ARRRGGGHHHH! Yes, that's true of scrolls, but only if you aren't high-enough level to be able to cast the spell in question. (DMG, p. 238) So my friends first level paladin, assuming he has identified it as a wand of cure light wounds, could use the wand without any sort of check? Yup.
Puggle Halfwine 06-19-07, 11:48 PM	Yes.
LGMoses 06-20-07, 12:43 AM	o thanks kenobi. it was that page that I was looking for. I'd seen it before and got it crossed with wands and it was really bugging me that i couldn't find it. :( well, now i can sleep atleast. Thanks everybody!
kjenks 06-20-07, 06:02 AM	o thanks kenobi. it was that page that I was looking for. I'd seen it before and got it crossed with wands and it was really bugging me that i couldn't find it. :( well, now i can sleep atleast. Thanks everybody! Kenobi. Now, that's a name I haven't heard in a long time... A long time...
kenobi65 06-20-07, 12:05 PM	Kenobi. Now, that's a name I haven't heard in a long time... A long time... Oh, since, before LGMoses was born. ;)
Timlagor 06-20-07, 05:52 PM	Note that UMD rules are different and independent of normal use rules for these things.
LGMoses 06-21-07, 01:51 AM	yeah i know, thats what REALLY screws with you. BUT it would be UMD if the wiz trying to use the wand of fireball hadn't identified it yet.
Timlagor 06-21-07, 01:17 PM	It's only UMD if you use the UMD skill. If you haven't identified it then UMD is the only way you can activate it but being a Wizard doesn't help you at all in that case.
lseelba 06-21-07, 06:27 PM	Also remember that if you are a cleric with the Magic domain, you can use almost any wand you find :D -Lou