can a level one ranger use wands

[llZaknafeinll]

I'm about to multi-class my scout into ranger class and was wondering in a level one ranger use wands. I've been reading threads and there's some that say you can and some that says you can't and my dm believes you can't. Also what book I can find this ruling so I can show my dm

 

[PigKnight]

You can't use wands or other magic items until you can start casting spells.

 

[llZaknafeinll]

Do you know were to find that ruling?

 

[Henry]

Actually, it's the reverse of that:

From http://www.d20srd.org/srd/magicItems/magicItemBasics.htm#

Anyone with a spell on his or her spell list knows how to use a spell trigger item that stores that spell. (This is the case even for a character who can’t actually cast spells, such as a 3rd-level paladin.)

Couldnt tell you chapter and verse from the books though.

It's because of this why cure light wounds wands are so popular - just under half of the base classes can use them (cleric, bard, ranger, paladin, and druid).

 

[llZaknafeinll]

Thank you I found were to find the ruling based on what you said but the link didn't work

You can find it in dm guide chapters 7 magic items page 214 under spell trigger

 

[Henry]

That's odd - i just clicked on it and it works for me. Anyway, glad you found it!

 

[Ragmon]

If I recall correctly, you have to be able to cast that spell, its somewhere under wands or scrolls or using magic items, somewhere in the DMG. Simply put you have to be a level 4 ranger to use wands that have your spells known in it.

 

[Dandu]

Lies!

 

[sheadunne]

Rules Compendium, Page 85.

To use a spell trigger item, the user must first know what spell the item stores (unless he is activating the item blindly using Use Magic Device). Activating the item requires the user to have the spell stored in the item on his spell list and to speak a word. Even a character who can’t cast the spell stored in the item can use it from a spell trigger item as long as that spell is on his spell list. This is the case even for a member of a class that eventually grants spells but who can’t actually cast spells yet, such as a 3rd-level paladin. A domain spell is on a user’s spell list only if the user has access to that domain.

 

[Ragmon]

Yea, what sheadunn said.