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<blockquote data-quote="nijineko" data-source="post: 5850598" data-attributes="member: 52240">it occurs to me that the &quot;standard action&quot; portion of activating a command word triggered item might be the aiming portion of your action... the &quot;i'm lining up to blast you&quot; body language that makes it clearly an intent to act against one. after all, speech is normally considered a free action. contemplating it, it seems silly for a command word trigger item such as the flaming part of a flaming sword to take a standard action to turn on. speaking the name and the sword flames immediately makes much more sense. (not that sense necessarily has much to do with d&amp;d rules). having the command word added to the verbal component seems pretty logical. if &quot;all other restrictions apply&quot; then it may very well be that the only way to activate multiple wands is if you innately have the ability via another means.btw, chain spell is a metamagic feat, which means it could in theory be applied to a wand, though it is easier to apply to a scepter or staff.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="nijineko, post: 5850598, member: 52240"] it occurs to me that the "standard action" portion of activating a command word triggered item might be the aiming portion of your action... the "i'm lining up to blast you" body language that makes it clearly an intent to act against one. after all, speech is normally considered a free action. contemplating it, it seems silly for a command word trigger item such as the flaming part of a flaming sword to take a standard action to turn on. speaking the name and the sword flames immediately makes much more sense. (not that sense necessarily has much to do with d&d rules). having the command word added to the verbal component seems pretty logical. if "all other restrictions apply" then it may very well be that the only way to activate multiple wands is if you innately have the ability via another means. btw, chain spell is a metamagic feat, which means it could in theory be applied to a wand, though it is easier to apply to a scepter or staff. [/QUOTE]

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