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<blockquote data-quote="Lord Pendragon" data-source="post: 2109590" data-attributes="member: 707">Can my paladin share a Cure Serious Wounds, from a wand, with his Special Mount?Can I use a Lesser Rod of Maximizing to maximize a Fireball cast from a wand?Can I add +1 to the DC of my Wand of Fireballs if I have Spell Focus (Evocation)?The answer to all of these is &quot;no.&quot;&nbsp; Because you aren't casting a spell, you're using a wand.Also, let's take a look at the SRD for a second.Note the bold portions.You disrupt the casting of the same spell by another character.&nbsp; The fact that another character has cast the spell is specifically pointed out.&nbsp; Not just another spell, another spell cast by another character.And if you cannot make the Spellcraft check to identify the spell, you can't &quot;do either of these things.&quot;&nbsp; The first thing being identifying the spell.&nbsp; The second thing being countering it.&nbsp; Straight up, you need to succeed at the Spellcraft check to counter a spell.&nbsp; (The one exception to this is using Dispel Magic, which is still foiled by the first point.)It's a shame that the RAW tend to use &quot;cast a spell&quot; imprecisely.&nbsp; But there are clear differences between actually casting a spell, and using a scroll, wand, staff, Ring of Spell Storing, or other magic item.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lord Pendragon, post: 2109590, member: 707"] Can my paladin share a [i]Cure Serious Wounds[/i], from a wand, with his Special Mount? Can I use a [i]Lesser Rod of Maximizing[/i] to maximize a [i]Fireball[/i] cast from a wand? Can I add +1 to the DC of my Wand of Fireballs if I have Spell Focus (Evocation)? The answer to all of these is "no." Because you aren't casting a spell, you're using a wand. Also, let's take a look at the SRD for a second.Note the bold portions. You disrupt the casting of the same spell [i]by another character[/i]. The fact that another character has cast the spell is specifically pointed out. Not just another spell, another spell cast by another character. And if you cannot make the Spellcraft check to identify the spell, you can't "do either of these things." The first thing being identifying the spell. The second thing being [i]countering it[/i]. Straight up, you need to succeed at the Spellcraft check to counter a spell. (The one exception to this is using [i]Dispel Magic[/i], which is still foiled by the first point.) It's a shame that the RAW tend to use "cast a spell" imprecisely. But there are clear differences between actually casting a spell, and using a scroll, wand, staff, [i]Ring of Spell Storing[/i], or other magic item. [/QUOTE]

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