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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Abisashi" data-source="post: 1798843" data-attributes="member: 15334">Consider the military ramifications of a stick of unlimited fireballs (caster level 5), for only three times the cost. Not only do you invalidate contemporary military tactics for troops (they need to be dispersed now), but you can also destroy fortresses with ease (20 minutes to destroy a 10-foot thick stone wall; this drops to 95 seconds if you can make acidballs). Even a stick of Melf's Acid Arrow (created at caster level 3, the minimum, for a cost increase of only 20% over the magic missile stick) is very powerful, allowing even a 1st level warrior to pick off enemy officers in a minute each, at most.Even with only 1st level spells, you can do incredible damage. For the same price as the magic missile stick, you can have a Burning Hands flamethrower - 15' cone of death, anyone? The magic missile stick isn't terrible, either.So, while an item of unlimited magic items is relatively useless for an adventurer who can afford it, it is insane in the hands of the military. Limited-use items will have to be replaced at least once a war, but unlimited-use items can continue to stockpile.There are also the non-military applications to consider; Create Food and Water, anyone? Unlimited use items are Magitech, and will completely change the campaign world.</blockquote>