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Wand of Secrets

Wand Of Secrets
  • Category: Wand
  • Rarity: Uncommon

This wand has 3 charges and regains 1d3 expended charges daily at dawn. While holding it, you can take a Magic action to expend 1 charge, and if a secret door or trap is within 60 feet of you, the wand pulses and points at the one nearest to you.

Tactical Applications​

Information Discovery: Provides automatic secret detection for hidden doors, compartments, and concealed objects. Exceptional for explorers, investigators, and characters requiring enhanced discovery and investigation capabilities.

Class Synergies:

  • Rogues: Perfect for investigation specialists wanting enhanced secret detection and exploration capabilities
  • Rangers: Essential for scouts needing reliable discovery and hidden object identification
  • Any Class: Excellent for characters requiring enhanced exploration and investigation enhancement
  • Explorer Builds: Outstanding for characters prioritizing discovery and secret detection themes

Build Considerations: Requires attunement but provides ongoing secret detection capabilities. Most valuable for characters specializing in exploration and investigation.

Acquisition Methods​

Crafting Requirements: Requires divination magic, detection spells, and discovery essences. Creation cost 3,000-6,000 gp and takes 10 weeks.

Common Sources:

  • Discovery specialists and investigation enchanters
  • Treasure hoards of legendary explorers and secret masters
  • Commission from enchanters specializing in detection magic
  • Found in the collections of exploration researchers and discovery specialists
  • Sometimes discovered in ancient ruins or obtained from investigation creature encounters

Alternative Acquisition: Often found in locations with strong connections to secret detection and exploration themes.

Value & Trade​

Estimated Value: 5,000-10,000 gp, with higher demand among explorers and investigation specialists.

Trade Considerations: Popular among adventurers and anyone requiring secret detection and discovery capabilities.

Character Integration​

Roleplay Elements: Suggests experience with investigation magic, exploration, or professional roles requiring secret detection and discovery expertise.

Character Concepts:

  • Discovery master with investigation expertise and secret detection experience
  • Exploration specialist using detection magic for hidden object identification and discovery enhancement
  • Character with extensive experience in exploration environments requiring secret detection capabilities
  • Investigation specialist combining detection magic with traditional exploration techniques

Adventure Hooks​

The Hidden Discovery: Exploration scenarios where secret detection provides crucial discovery advantages and investigation solutions.

The Secret Mission: Investigation operations where hidden object detection determines exploration effectiveness and discovery mastery.

The Concealed Challenge: Discovery situations where secret detection enables exploration manipulation and investigation superiority.

The Mystery War: Investigation conflicts where secret abilities advance exploration positioning and discovery dominance.

Variants & Customization​

Greater Wand of Secrets (Rare): Enhanced discovery power and additional detection abilities with improved secret capabilities.

Wand of Ultimate Discovery (Very Rare): Includes comprehensive secret magic and ultimate investigation enhancement.

Explorer's Secret Wand (Uncommon): Optimized for exploration with enhanced discovery bonuses and investigation features.

Specialized Variants:

  • Archaeologist's Discovery Wand: Enhanced for ruins with improved secret detection and ancient exploration
  • Thief's Hidden Wand: Optimized for infiltration with enhanced secret effects and concealed discovery
  • Scholar's Research Wand: Specialized for academic work with enhanced investigation mastery and secret detection

Lore & History​

Origins: Created by discovery masters who needed reliable secret detection for their exploration mastery and investigation research.

Historical Significance: These wands enabled crucial exploration victories and the mastery of discovery techniques throughout investigation history.

Cultural Impact: Represent the pursuit of hidden knowledge and the effectiveness of secret detection magic mastery.

Magical Craft: Demonstrates understanding of detection magic and the practical processes required for discovery enhancement.

Balancing Notes​

Introduction Timing: Appropriate for levels 2-10 when exploration becomes important and secret detection provides significant advantages.

Campaign Impact: Provides useful discovery capabilities balanced by attunement requirement and exploration focus.

Investigation Focus: Most valuable in campaigns featuring exploration challenges and secret-themed situations.

Encounter Design​

Recommended Challenges:

  • Exploration scenarios where secret detection enables superior discovery effectiveness and investigation mastery
  • Investigation encounters where secret abilities provide tactical advantages and discovery manipulation
  • Discovery challenges where secret enhancement determines exploration effectiveness and investigation success
  • Hidden situations where secret magic advances objective completion and discovery superiority

Secret Adjustments: Encounters may need to account for enhanced secret detection and improved discovery capabilities.

Discovery Items: Other items that enhance investigation and provide secret capabilities.

Exploration Equipment:

  • Items that improve discovery effectiveness and investigation capabilities
  • Equipment for exploration enhancement and secret mastery
  • Tools for detection magic and discovery development

Complementary Equipment: Items that enhance investigation abilities or provide additional discovery benefits.

Roleplay Opportunities​

Discovery Mastery: Characters develop expertise in investigation techniques and secret detection.

Exploration Leadership: Discovery capabilities create opportunities for leading investigation missions and exploration operations.

Secret Excellence: Detection magic enables impressive demonstrations of discovery mastery and investigation superiority.