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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sigma" data-source="post: 1351948" data-attributes="member: 3066">I played w/the idea for a while, but couldn't come up with anything that worked really well (though part of the reason is because I went off on a huge tangent trying to build a system to let spellcasters channel spell levels through the wand for extra damage).  I didn't really use the magic item rules because I wanted it to be more like an weapon than an item.  I suppose the easiest way to try to balance it is get rid of the touch attack aspect.  Doing so takes away some flavor, but it makes it a lot easier to deal with. It might work as an exotic weapon, which does 1d6 or 1d4 damage (less than a bow), requires that the user be able to cast arcane spells, and is a force effect.  That way, you scale down the bow's damage and give an effect (the force damage) that is on par with an increase in crit in exchange for a feat and spellcasting.  I see the lack of ammo as more of a disadvantage than an advantage, considering that you can't get cheap magic ammo.  The cost of ammo is fairly insignificant, you could just make the wand cost more than a bow and have the cost difference be about what the character would spend on normal arrows.  If having unilimited ammo were really a concern, you could toss in wand crystals at 1gp a pop, and have each one hold 10 charges.  Replacing a wand crystal would probably be a move equivalent action.  Adds a bit too much bookkeeping for my taste, but it could work.</blockquote>

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