Wand Question

[Angelsboi]

If someone created a wand of contagion, the spell has a range of touch. Do you activate it and it takes affect on you to touch someone or how does this work?

 

[Merlion]

Either that or you touch them with the wand. I'd say its a question of style.

 

[kreynolds]

If your wand is contagious, I suggest you don't touch anyone with it, IYKWIM, AITYD.

 

[Angelsboi]

If your wand is contagious, I suggest you don't touch anyone with it, IYKWIM, AITYD.

It took me a minute to think of what IYKWIM, AITYD means. And yes, IKWYM, but thats not what i meant =)

 

[Li Shenron]

If someone created a wand of contagion, the spell has a range of touch. Do you activate it and it takes affect on you to touch someone or how does this work?

I haven't used a wand of a Touch spell yet. I would have thought that you touch with the wand (you don't provoke AoO neither for activating nor for attacking, and both as done with the same standard action), but I now wonder if this has some consequences with the fact that if you miss a touch attack you still have the spell charged to attempt another attack.

Of course, the issue here is also if you can have the other hand free.

 

[Tyris Harmon]

I would rule that you must touch with the wand. As for missing with a touch attack, if the spell discharges, or dissipates (as per the spell description) then the charge on the wand would also dissipate. You can have the other hand free as a wand only weighs about an ounce according to the DMG.

 

[Li Shenron]

You can have the other hand free as a wand only weighs about an ounce according to the DMG.

I meant this: if you touch with the wand, you can hold whatever with the other hand; if you activate the wand (you need to hold it) and deliver the touch attack with the other hand, you are using 2 hands. We still have to find out which of the 2 ways is the correct one, my point was just a secondary consequence

 

[Kershek]

Just use it as a melee touch attack that holds the charge until you actually touch something.

 

[gamecat]

A wand is just a "spell in a can"; thus, I'd say it charges you to touch them.