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<blockquote data-quote="Aeric" data-source="post: 3636160" data-attributes="member: 17012">According to the DMG, a musket costs 500gp, and many real-world nations had thousands of soldiers armed with them.Besides, according to Forge of War, a single warforged cost 5,000-6,000gp a piece.&nbsp; Warforged have slightly more hit points than a human of the same class and level, and are no more efficient at actual fighting than a human, yet they were ordered from House Cannith by the thousands by all Five Nations.&nbsp; If they have the gold to spend on that, why not on wands?Also keep in mind that House Cannith as well as other artificers and magewrights have ways of lowering the cost to produce magic items.&nbsp; It seems reasonable that a first-level wand would be cheaper in Eberron than in, say, Greyhawk, especially if you have the equivalent of a megacorporation cranking them out by the millions.Trenches won't protect you from Magic Missile. Don't you need total cover to avoid it?</blockquote>Total concealment also blocks Magic Missile, meaning that it requires line of sight to use.&nbsp; If my understanding of the rules is correct, a solider could duck down into the trench before you had the chance to fire your wand.&nbsp; If nothing else, trenches and other less-than-total cover would allow you to make Hide checks.&nbsp; You can't shoot what you can't see, or what you don't know is there in the first place.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE="Aeric, post: 3636160, member: 17012"] According to the DMG, a musket costs 500gp, and many real-world nations had thousands of soldiers armed with them. Besides, according to Forge of War, a single warforged cost 5,000-6,000gp a piece. Warforged have slightly more hit points than a human of the same class and level, and are no more efficient at actual fighting than a human, yet they were ordered from House Cannith by the thousands by all Five Nations. If they have the gold to spend on that, why not on wands? Also keep in mind that House Cannith as well as other artificers and magewrights have ways of lowering the cost to produce magic items. It seems reasonable that a first-level wand would be cheaper in Eberron than in, say, Greyhawk, especially if you have the equivalent of a megacorporation cranking them out by the millions. Trenches won't protect you from Magic Missile. Don't you need total cover to avoid it?[/QUOTE] Total concealment also blocks Magic Missile, meaning that it requires line of sight to use. If my understanding of the rules is correct, a solider could duck down into the trench before you had the chance to fire your wand. If nothing else, trenches and other less-than-total cover would allow you to make Hide checks. You can't shoot what you can't see, or what you don't know is there in the first place. [/QUOTE]

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