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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lord Pendragon" data-source="post: 2896712" data-attributes="member: 707">I don't know of a quote offhand that directly says "Augment Summoning applies to wands" or "Augment summoning does not apply to wands."  I know how I interpret the rules, and the basis for my interpretation.  Let me clarify that.First of all, for reference once again, the feat itself:So the question becomes, what does "each creature you conjure" mean?  Does it refer to any magical effect that summons a creature under your control, or does it refer to something more specific?I see it as refering specifically to the <a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/combat/actionsInCombat.htm#standardCastaSpell" target="_blank">Cast a Spell</a> action.  When you perform the Cast a Spell action in combat, your relevant feats--such as Spell Focus, Spell Penetration, and Augment Summoning--come into play.Wands, on the other hand, are not used with the Cast a Spell action.  Instead, they function as an <a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/combat/actionsInCombat.htm#activateMagicItem" target="_blank">Activate Magic Item</a> action.  Now, if we look into the rules governing the Activate Magic Item action, there is a distinction between spell completion items, and spell trigger, command word, and use-activated magic items.  The part I'd like to draw your attention to is the following:Note that this text does not appear when discussing any of the other kinds of magic items.  It seems to me, therefore, that activating a non-Spell Completion magic item is not the equivalent of casting a spell.And what kind of magic item is a wand?  Spell-Trigger.  i.e. not the equivalent of casting a spell.So if you take "each creature you conjure" to refer to you casting the spell, then an argument could be made for it applying to spells activated from scrolls.  But it seems fairly clear to me that such an argument cannot be made regarding wands, which are not the equivalent of casting a spell.Now, if I were to interpret "each creature you conjure" to refer to any creature brought under one's control through a conjuration effect, then a fighter with a ring of spell storing might conceivably pick up Augment Summoning and use it on spells cast from the ring.  This is untenable to me.  Surely, the feat should be effective because of some effect the feat-bearer has on the casting of the spell.  i.e. because he is casting it himself.So in essence, I take "each creature you conjure" to mean you need to be casting the spell yourself, specifically taking the Cast a Spell action.  Wands fall under the Use Magic Item action, the rules of which specifically do not grant it any equivalency to actually casting the spell, which would be the only mitigating factor that might allow the feat to apply.</blockquote>

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