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<blockquote data-quote="Antikinesis" data-source="post: 25671" data-attributes="member: 1437">Dunno...&nbsp; I've always thought of wands as more of a bludgeoning weapon.&nbsp; PHB says it's &quot;just a stick&quot;, so I suppose it could be either blunt or piercing.The blunt version has the advantage of falling into the simple weapons category (a club), so proficiency wouldn't be an issue.However, the poking version of a wand should incur a -4 to the attack, unless you're inclined to take the appropriate proficiency feat.&quot;Martial weapon proficiency: sharpened stick&quot;, anyone?&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />The poking variety might qualify for weapon finesse, though...&nbsp; hmmm...&nbsp; tough choice.A related issue...&nbsp; if a wizard made a wand out of a stick big enough to consider it a club, would that require craft wand or craft magic weapon?&nbsp; How about a great club?&nbsp; How about a large stick carved (or &quot;fabricate&quot;-ed, a la the spell) into a war hammer?The &quot;craft whatever&quot; feats sure leave a lot of wiggle room. AK</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Antikinesis, post: 25671, member: 1437"] Dunno... I've always thought of wands as more of a bludgeoning weapon. PHB says it's "just a stick", so I suppose it could be either blunt or piercing. The blunt version has the advantage of falling into the simple weapons category (a club), so proficiency wouldn't be an issue. However, the poking version of a wand should incur a -4 to the attack, unless you're inclined to take the appropriate proficiency feat. "Martial weapon proficiency: sharpened stick", anyone? :) The poking variety might qualify for weapon finesse, though... hmmm... tough choice. A related issue... if a wizard made a wand out of a stick big enough to consider it a club, would that require craft wand or craft magic weapon? How about a great club? How about a large stick carved (or "fabricate"-ed, a la the spell) into a war hammer? The "craft [I]whatever[/I]" feats sure leave a lot of wiggle room. AK [/QUOTE]

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