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A wand contains a limited amount of casting ability, which can be activated by the one wielding the wand as a standard action, as if the magic were their own. A wand possesses a base sphere, a caster level, and a small pool of spell points. The wand uses its own caster level and spell points to fuel its casting ability; under normal circumstances, a caster cannot spend their own spell points or use their own caster level when activating a wand. If a wand’s effects call for a saving throw, the DC is equal to 10 + 1/2 the item’s caster level.

Once per day, a caster whose caster level is at least equal to the wand’s caster level may spend one of their spell points to restore 1 spell point to the wand. A wand may only have one spell point per day restored in this fashion, regardless of how many casters attempt to do so.

The simplest wand a crafter may create contains a base sphere, 1 spell point, and a caster level of 2. This wand has a base price of 1,000 gp.

When a crafter increases a wand’s caster level (to a maximum of their own), for every 2 caster levels a wand gains, the crafter may place an additional magic talent into the wand, or may increase the wand’s maximum spell point pool by 1.

A crafter must possess each talent to be placed in the wand, or else must have access to that talent through another caster. Likewise, if a crafter possesses a sphere-specific drawback for the wand’s base sphere (or simply wants to create a focused wand), that want also possess that sphere-specific drawback, and gains either a bonus magic talent or a spell point in exchange.