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<blockquote data-quote="Dandu" data-source="post: 5606126" data-attributes="member: 85158"><p>Changed... or clarified?</p><p></p><p>After all, the PHB states that </p><p>"Wands use the <a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/magicItems/magicItemBasics.htm#spellTrigger" target="_blank">spell trigger</a> activation method, so casting a spell from a wand is usually a <a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/combat/actionsInCombat.htm#standardActions" target="_blank">standard action</a> that doesn’t provoke <a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/combat/attacksOfOpportunity.htm" target="_blank">attacks of opportunity</a>. (If the spell being cast, however, has a longer casting time than 1 <a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/combat/actionsInCombat.htm#standardActions" target="_blank">standard action</a>, it takes that long to cast the spell from a wand.)"</p><p></p><p>Things to take away:</p><p>1. Casting a spell from a wand is usually a standard action.</p><p>2. Spells with longer casting times use the longer casting time.</p><p></p><p>The issue of what happens if a spell takes less than a standard action is not addressed, though this might have been due to the lack of swift and immediate action spells at the time. Feather Fall is the only one I can think of, and they might have forgotten to address it.</p><p></p><p>Anyways, there is precedent for using the spell's casting time if it's not a standard action since spells cast out of a wand do not need to take a standard action.</p><p></p><p>I don't see the problem. Do you think it's unbalanced or something?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dandu, post: 5606126, member: 85158"] Changed... or clarified? After all, the PHB states that "Wands use the [URL="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/magicItems/magicItemBasics.htm#spellTrigger"]spell trigger[/URL] activation method, so casting a spell from a wand is usually a [URL="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/combat/actionsInCombat.htm#standardActions"]standard action[/URL] that doesn’t provoke [URL="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/combat/attacksOfOpportunity.htm"]attacks of opportunity[/URL]. (If the spell being cast, however, has a longer casting time than 1 [URL="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/combat/actionsInCombat.htm#standardActions"]standard action[/URL], it takes that long to cast the spell from a wand.)" Things to take away: 1. Casting a spell from a wand is usually a standard action. 2. Spells with longer casting times use the longer casting time. The issue of what happens if a spell takes less than a standard action is not addressed, though this might have been due to the lack of swift and immediate action spells at the time. Feather Fall is the only one I can think of, and they might have forgotten to address it. Anyways, there is precedent for using the spell's casting time if it's not a standard action since spells cast out of a wand do not need to take a standard action. I don't see the problem. Do you think it's unbalanced or something? [/QUOTE]
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