CapnZapp
Legend
Wow thanks!Ah, but there is already precedence for this. That is, there are two different versions of the wand of magic missile in D&D 5e.
There is the DMG version, which lets you potentially use up all of its 7 charges in one go.
Then there is the Starter Set version, which only lets you use up to 3 charges at a time.
You could call the latter a "lesser" wand, if you want. Why not do something similar with a wand of lightning bolts? Just say you can't ever use more than 1 charge at a time. Or go with the Starter Set precedent and only let them beef up to a 5th level version of the spell.
Are there more differences between DMG and Basic that I don't know of? (This must be discussed somewhere already, so perhaps a link would suffice)
(I think I recall the Staff of Defense from Lost Mines aren't present in that very-juicy shape in the core books, but that's all)