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Message: <blockquote data-quote="grimslade" data-source="post: 5910195" data-attributes="member: 6061">Wands make magic betterWhen 4E was being developed, there was discussion of wands, orbs, daggers and tomes into implements to showcase the different paths of magic. A wand would mean something more than just a static bonus it would actually be needed to cast certain spells. This was quickly scrapped after it was discussed, but it still sounds so much more evocative to me. I would like a wand to grow with a caster. Maybe the whole at-will damage cantrip is a wand technique. Or Evocation school spells need a wand as an implement while abjuration spells require a tome. Wands could add riders to spells. A Blood Necromancer wand could turn Cone of Cold into Gout of Blood trading cold for necrotic and a Slow rider for Nauseous. Wands could grow and develop like Legacy Magic. Wands need to be a more flavorful bit of the Wizards kit than a arcane pez dispenser.</blockquote>