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Message: <blockquote data-quote="StreamOfTheSky" data-source="post: 3212310" data-attributes="member: 35909"><p>How about if the user sacrifiices a spell slot of the same level as the wand's spell (maybe possible with a UMD check, too?  or is that broken?) level and gets to use his caster level and abilitiy mod to affect parameters and save dc?  That way, the wand would be useful if the higher-level character can't cast the particular spell (sorcerers could use the help...) or if the wizard neglects to prepare it, he can use the wand as contingency.  "Oops!  Didn't think I'd need Resist Energy today!  I'll just use the wand and burn some spells (along with the wands charges, as normal) to give the max resistance (30)"  Perhaps not what you were looking for, but I think it'd make wands a lot more useful at high levels.  And really, they can only hold up to 4th level spells, so they'll never be outstandingly good at level 20.</p></blockquote><p></p>