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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 612760" data-attributes="member: 1656">Gah.  I'm at work without my DMG, and the SRD skimps on that section.  What's the line again?No, it doesn't.  But by virtue of having the spell on his list, the sorcerer knows how to activate a wand of Summon Monster II.This is a wand of Summon Monster II.  He believes it to be a wand of Summon Monster II.  He goes through the approved procedure for activating a wand of Summon Monster II.  It doesn't work.He subsequently has it identified, and it is confirmed that what the shopkeeper told him - "This is a wand of Summon Monster II" - is correct.  He goes through exactly the same approved procedure, and the wand works.The effect of this ruling is that shopkeepers have to add a 100gp pearl on top of the base price of every wand they sell, because it's the only way they can be sure that the wand is what the original seller says it is... even if that seller is renowned for his impeccable integrity.  If an adventurer buys a wand in good faith, and the shopkeeper believes he knows what the wand is, that isn't good enough... because if the adventurer tries to use that wand in a sticky situation and it doesn't work, shops have a habit of getting demolished...-Hyp.</blockquote>