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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jcfiala" data-source="post: 3134227" data-attributes="member: 6223">I think you're exaggerating their usefulness and their availability.  In one campaign, I'm a 12th level wizard with a lesser rod of Maximize - it's a useful rod to have around, but given that I can't maximize my top level spells with it, it's mostly best for keeping some of the lower-level spells useful - I can fire off a fireball, maximize it, and then watch the demon I'm fighting actually take some damage instead of firing it off and watching his fire resistance swallow a third of the rolled damage.I'd love a Rod of Maximize (4-6), but at 54,000 gp, it's not easy to afford or to find one, and there's other options that may be more consistantly useful.In another campaign I think we've picked up some rods (that's pretty much a 3.0 campaign), but with the higher costs there's definately more useful things to pick up...</blockquote>