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<blockquote data-quote="AtomicPope" data-source="post: 7407826" data-attributes="member: 64790">As the proud owner of a Wand of Lightning Bolts I'll speak from experience and say that it's useful but not broken.&nbsp; Way back when I got the Wand of Lightning Bolts in the Hidden Shrine of Nottagonnaworkhereanymore we were dealing with traps and puzzles.&nbsp; There wasn't a reason to use it.&nbsp; I got better use out of my Wand of Magic Missiles.&nbsp; The wand's DC is a static 15 while the save DC for my spells is currently 17.&nbsp; Next level it will increase to DC18. I have way better spells to cast than lightning bolt, especially when the save DC matters.&nbsp; When I hit 9th level the Wand of Lightning Bolts became a novelty, like a fun way to zap bad guys, proving that I'm a powerful wizard and not to be trifled with.The last session I got better use out of the cantrip Booming Blade than my beloved wand.&nbsp; Since the demon moved around a lot it kept him rooted, and demons are resistant to lightning but not thunder.&nbsp; The only time I used it last session was to lightning bolt a pool of water, just to see if anything was hiding.&nbsp; For the record, I've never cast more than 5 lightning bolts in a single day.&nbsp; The action economy limits me to one spell per round, maybe two if I cast Shield.&nbsp; When you only have one spell you need to make it count.&nbsp; When you're facing high CR monsters you need to throw high DC spells at them otherwise you're doing like 15pts damage with a lightning bolt when your cantrips will do 20pts or more.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AtomicPope, post: 7407826, member: 64790"] As the proud owner of a Wand of Lightning Bolts I'll speak from experience and say that it's useful but not broken. Way back when I got the Wand of Lightning Bolts in the Hidden Shrine of Nottagonnaworkhereanymore we were dealing with traps and puzzles. There wasn't a reason to use it. I got better use out of my Wand of Magic Missiles. The wand's DC is a static 15 while the save DC for my spells is currently 17. Next level it will increase to DC18. I have way better spells to cast than lightning bolt, especially when the save DC matters. When I hit 9th level the Wand of Lightning Bolts became a novelty, like a fun way to zap bad guys, proving that I'm a powerful wizard and not to be trifled with. The last session I got better use out of the cantrip Booming Blade than my beloved wand. Since the demon moved around a lot it kept him rooted, and demons are resistant to lightning but not thunder. The only time I used it last session was to lightning bolt a pool of water, just to see if anything was hiding. For the record, I've never cast more than 5 lightning bolts in a single day. The action economy limits me to one spell per round, maybe two if I cast Shield. When you only have one spell you need to make it count. When you're facing high CR monsters you need to throw high DC spells at them otherwise you're doing like 15pts damage with a lightning bolt when your cantrips will do 20pts or more. [/QUOTE]

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