I have not seen all the printed material for 3E so I may have missed it. If you have a wand(or any charged item) with 2 charges left can it be recharged to full or does one need to make a new one? Take last example and say it had 29 charges left tbut you want to keep it full in case you are on a long adventure. I cannot find it in the PHB or DMG but maybe i am missing it like I said.
Recharging Magical items
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drnuncheon
Explorer
Belares said:
Officially, there is no way to recharge a new wand.
Personally, I think that if the wizard has Craft Wand and the spell in question, he should be allowed to recharge the wand. To prevent abuse I would round all gold and XP costs up - so if the caster wanted to recharge 10 charges on a wand of color spray, it would cost him 150 gp and 6 xp. If he wanted to add 12 charges it would be 180 gp and 8 xp (even though by the formula it would be 7.2 - rounding up prevents getting 'free' charges). Time is as for creating any magic item - 1 day per 1000 gp, 1 day minimum.
I have not playtested these rules yet though - the wizard in my game has not taken Craft Wand. One possible flaw I see is that wands with a few charges are cheaper to buy than potions or scrolls, so I definitely would not allow them to be created this way at first.
J
I agree on that as if you can Craft the "said" item why can you not re-charge it. You can easily know the charges in a item due to identify spell so why have a perfectly good wand go to "pot" becuase of not being able to re-charge it. Hehe makes some sense. Of Course, I can believe that a item can be overused too. After the 5th full charging (example) it just cannot hold the charge(a battery cant hold a good charge forever).
Voadam
Legend
There is specifically no ability to recharge items in the core rules.
However, in the 3e Diablo D&D supplement there are class abilities to recharge items,(I forget if it is the necromancer or sorcerer Diablo D&D class) at the cost of 10% of the items max charge potential round up, I believe. So you could recharge from 50 to 45 charges then to 40, then 36 then 32, etc.
However, in the 3e Diablo D&D supplement there are class abilities to recharge items,(I forget if it is the necromancer or sorcerer Diablo D&D class) at the cost of 10% of the items max charge potential round up, I believe. So you could recharge from 50 to 45 charges then to 40, then 36 then 32, etc.
kreynolds
First Post
I allow recharging. It's called "making a new wand". 
Seriously though, If you want to place 15 more charges in a wand, you divide the cost of the complete wand by 50, then multiply that by 15. I'm sure there is a more effecient mathematic formula to use, but hey, it works. That will also tell you how long it will take to complete the recharging.
Seriously though, If you want to place 15 more charges in a wand, you divide the cost of the complete wand by 50, then multiply that by 15. I'm sure there is a more effecient mathematic formula to use, but hey, it works. That will also tell you how long it will take to complete the recharging.
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