Wand of Magic Detection
- Category: Wand
- Rarity: Uncommon
This wand has 3 charges. While holding it, you can expend 1 charge to cast Detect Magic from it. The wand regains 1d3 expended charges daily at dawn.
Tactical Applications
Magical Awareness: Provides Detect Magic spell for identifying magical auras and enchantments. Exceptional for investigators, magical researchers, and characters requiring magical identification and arcane awareness capabilities.
Class Synergies:
- Wizards: Perfect for magical researchers wanting enhanced detection and arcane identification
- Any Class: Essential for characters needing magical awareness and enchantment detection
- Investigation Builds: Excellent for characters requiring magical identification and arcane research
- Utility Specialists: Outstanding for characters prioritizing magical detection and investigation themes
Build Considerations: Requires attunement by spellcaster but provides ongoing magical detection. Most valuable for characters specializing in magical investigation and arcane research.
Acquisition Methods
Crafting Requirements: Requires divination magic, detection spells, and arcane essences. Creation cost 2,000-4,000 gp and takes 8 weeks.
Common Sources:
- Divination specialists and detection enchanters
- Treasure hoards of legendary investigators and magical researchers
- Commission from enchanters specializing in detection magic
- Found in the collections of arcane researchers and detection specialists
- Sometimes discovered in magical libraries or obtained from detection creature encounters
Alternative Acquisition: Often found in locations with strong connections to magical research and detection themes.
Value & Trade
Estimated Value: 3,000-6,000 gp, with universal demand among spellcasters and investigators.
Trade Considerations: Popular among magical researchers and anyone requiring magical detection and arcane identification.
Character Integration
Roleplay Elements: Suggests experience with magical research, investigation, or professional roles requiring arcane detection and magical expertise.
Character Concepts:
- Magical investigator with detection expertise and arcane experience
- Research specialist using detection magic for magical identification and investigation enhancement
- Character with extensive experience in magical environments requiring detection capabilities
- Investigation specialist combining detection magic with traditional research techniques
Adventure Hooks
The Magical Mystery: Investigation scenarios where magical detection provides crucial identification advantages and arcane solutions.
The Enchantment Mission: Research operations where magical awareness determines investigation effectiveness and detection mastery.
The Arcane Challenge: Magical situations where detection magic enables enchantment identification and investigation superiority.
The Mystery War: Investigation conflicts where detection abilities advance research positioning and magical dominance.
Variants & Customization
Greater Wand of Magic Detection (Rare): Enhanced detection power and additional magical abilities with improved identification capabilities.
Wand of Ultimate Arcane Sight (Very Rare): Includes comprehensive detection magic and ultimate magical identification.
Investigator's Detection Wand (Uncommon): Optimized for research with enhanced detection bonuses and investigation features.
Specialized Variants:
- Scholar's Research Wand: Enhanced for academic use with improved magical identification and research assistance
- Inquisitor's Truth Wand: Optimized for investigation with enhanced detection effects and magical analysis
- Artificer's Analysis Wand: Specialized for magical crafting with enhanced enchantment detection and arcane mastery
Lore & History
Origins: Created by detection masters who needed reliable magical identification for their research mastery and investigation work.
Historical Significance: These wands enabled crucial magical discoveries and the mastery of detection techniques throughout arcane history.
Cultural Impact: Represent the pursuit of magical knowledge and the effectiveness of detection magic mastery.
Magical Craft: Demonstrates understanding of detection magic and the practical processes required for magical identification.
Balancing Notes
Introduction Timing: Appropriate for levels 2-10 when magical detection becomes important and investigation provides significant advantages.
Campaign Impact: Provides useful detection capabilities balanced by spellcaster requirement and daily charge limits.
Investigation Focus: Most valuable in campaigns featuring magical mysteries and detection-themed situations.
Encounter Design
Recommended Challenges:
- Investigation scenarios where magical detection enables superior identification effectiveness and research mastery
- Mystery encounters where detection abilities provide tactical advantages and magical analysis
- Research challenges where detection enhancement determines magical identification and investigation effectiveness
- Arcane situations where detection magic advances objective completion and research superiority
Detection Adjustments: Encounters may need to account for enhanced magical awareness and improved arcane identification.
Related Items
Detection Items: Other items that enhance investigation and provide magical capabilities.
Research Equipment:
- Items that improve detection effectiveness and investigation capabilities
- Equipment for magical enhancement and research mastery
- Tools for detection magic and investigation development
Complementary Equipment: Items that enhance investigation abilities or provide additional detection benefits.
Roleplay Opportunities
Detection Mastery: Characters develop expertise in investigation techniques and magical research.
Research Leadership: Detection capabilities create opportunities for leading investigation missions and research operations.
Investigation Excellence: Detection magic enables impressive demonstrations of research mastery and magical superiority.