Wand of Binding
- Category: Wand
- Rarity: Rare (Requires Attunement)
This wand has 7 charges.
Spells. While holding the wand, you can cast one of the spells (save DC 17) on the following table from it. The table indicates how many charges you must expend to cast the spell.
| Spell | Charge Cost |
|---|---|
| Hold Monster | 5 |
| Hold Person | 2 |
Regaining Charges. The wand regains 1d6 + 1 expended charges daily at dawn. If you expend the wand's last charge, roll 1d20. On a 1, the wand crumbles into ashes and is destroyed.
Tactical Applications
Magical Restraint: Provides Hold Person and Hold Monster spells for powerful crowd control. Exceptional for control specialists, enchanters, and characters requiring reliable restraint and battlefield manipulation capabilities.
Class Synergies:
- Wizards: Perfect for enchanters wanting enhanced control magic and restraint capabilities
- Sorcerers: Essential for control specialists needing reliable crowd control and battlefield manipulation
- Warlocks: Excellent for pact casters requiring restraint options and control enhancement
- Control Builds: Outstanding for characters prioritizing battlefield control and enemy restraint
Build Considerations: Requires attunement by spellcaster but provides powerful control spells. Most valuable for characters specializing in crowd control and battlefield manipulation.
Acquisition Methods
Crafting Requirements: Requires enchantment magic, restraint spells, and binding essences. Creation cost 8,000-16,000 gp and takes 18 weeks.
Common Sources:
- Enchantment specialists and control enchanters
- Treasure hoards of legendary enchanters and control masters
- Commission from enchanters specializing in restraint magic
- Found in the collections of control researchers and enchantment specialists
- Sometimes discovered in prisons or obtained from control creature encounters
Alternative Acquisition: Often found in locations with strong connections to enchantment magic and control themes.
Value & Trade
Estimated Value: 12,000-24,000 gp, with higher demand among control specialists and enchanters.
Trade Considerations: Popular among spellcasters and anyone requiring crowd control and restraint capabilities.
Character Integration
Roleplay Elements: Suggests experience with enchantment magic, crowd control, or professional roles requiring restraint and control expertise.
Character Concepts:
- Control master with enchantment expertise and restraint experience
- Crowd control specialist using binding magic for battlefield manipulation and control enhancement
- Character with extensive experience in control environments requiring restraint capabilities
- Enchantment specialist combining control magic with traditional restraint techniques
Adventure Hooks
The Control Crisis: Crowd control scenarios where restraint magic provides crucial control advantages and restraint solutions.
The Binding Quest: Enchantment adventures where control capabilities determine magical effectiveness and restraint mastery.
The Restraint Challenge: Control situations where binding magic enables crowd manipulation and control superiority.
The Enchantment War: Control conflicts where restraint abilities advance tactical positioning and control dominance.
Variants & Customization
Greater Wand of Binding (Rare): Enhanced control power and additional restraint abilities with improved binding capabilities.
Wand of Ultimate Restraint (Very Rare): Includes comprehensive control magic and ultimate binding enhancement.
Controller's Binding Wand (Uncommon): Optimized for crowd control with enhanced restraint bonuses and control features.
Specialized Variants:
- Prison Warden's Wand: Enhanced for law enforcement with improved restraint control and crowd management
- Battle Controller's Wand: Optimized for combat use with enhanced battlefield control and tactical restraint
- Enchanter's Binding Wand: Specialized for magical use with enhanced spell control and enchantment mastery
Lore & History
Origins: Created by enchantment masters who needed reliable crowd control for their restraint mastery and control research.
Historical Significance: These wands enabled crucial control victories and the mastery of restraint techniques throughout enchantment history.
Cultural Impact: Represent the power of mental control and the effectiveness of enchantment magic mastery.
Magical Craft: Demonstrates understanding of enchantment magic and the complex processes required for control enhancement.
Balancing Notes
Introduction Timing: Appropriate for levels 6-14 when crowd control becomes important and restraint provides significant advantages.
Campaign Impact: Provides powerful control capabilities balanced by spellcaster requirement and daily charge limits.
Control Focus: Most valuable in campaigns featuring crowd encounters and control-themed situations.
Encounter Design
Recommended Challenges:
- Crowd control scenarios where restraint magic enables superior control effectiveness and binding mastery
- Control encounters where enchantment abilities provide tactical advantages and restraint manipulation
- Binding challenges where control enhancement determines crowd management and restraint effectiveness
- Control situations where enchantment magic advances objective completion and control superiority
Control Adjustments: Encounters may need to account for powerful restraint capabilities and enhanced crowd control.
Related Items
Control Items: Other items that enhance enchantment and provide restraint capabilities.
Enchantment Equipment:
- Items that improve control effectiveness and restraint capabilities
- Equipment for crowd control enhancement and enchantment mastery
- Tools for binding magic and control development
Complementary Equipment: Items that enhance control abilities or provide additional enchantment benefits.
Roleplay Opportunities
Control Mastery: Characters develop expertise in enchantment techniques and restraint magic.
Enchantment Leadership: Control capabilities create opportunities for leading crowd control missions and restraint operations.
Binding Excellence: Enchantment magic enables impressive demonstrations of control mastery and restraint superiority.