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Message: <blockquote data-quote="frankthedm" data-source="post: 3508471" data-attributes="member: 1164">My real beef with the reserve feats is they don’t operate as spells, getting around SR and V, S and M components.The same thing is supposed to be possible with buying a few wands or staves. A Double barreled {2 missiles] magic missile wand costs less than the fighter's +1 weapon. The triple barreld wand cost less than 4k, a scorching ray wand only sets you back 4500gp. After those the wands do stop being that cost effective {unless you can UMD Summon Nature's Ally], but staves of Charming 16,500 gp and staves of Fire 17,750 gp still cost less than a fighter's +3 weapon.Of course some folks can’t be bothered to buy these because they are not 'permanent', though with only 13.5 encounters per level due to the speed of XP in 3E, a wand used every round still lasts the whole level. Couple that with how treasure comes hand over fist is why I feel most reserve feats are fine in a game that uses the WotC standard of XP and treasure.</blockquote>