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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Driddle" data-source="post: 3779694" data-attributes="member: 3447">I think perhaps my expectations are tied to (personal) metaphorical representations of the items. As I said earlier, for example, wands are finger-pointing devices, which can imply placement ("It's over THERE") or targeting like a gun. So spells that have those effects or intentions should be tied to wands, regardless of the individual spell strength -- that includes magic missiles as well as fireballs. Staves, on the other hand, are more tree-like, with the implication of tapping into deeper energies and/or the environment itself. That means area effects that eminate in a radius, like a forcefield, for example, or blazing light itself. Calling up vines from the ground, perhaps. Causing the earth to rumble and shake. Maybe even stirring up the weather, winds and lightning. ... And it's also the most weapon-like of the implements, which lends itself to slamming things around ala pure (telekinetic) force. Orbs are usually crafted from crystal or glass, and, being round (duh!), they lend themselves to the metaphor of vision. ... Alternately, the lens-like nature of an orb suggests narrowly focusing or wide-spreading light and other energies.Tomes, though, give me pause, because you can write almost anything in a book -- including the explanations and incantations for all the aforementioned spell effects. Books are meant to store information, whether it be text or pictures or whatever else we can imagine. I don't see why a tome would be an implement that would be limited to certain spell types.Anyway ... I know I might be repeating some of these thoughts. But I'm truly confounded by the descriptions shared by those who know what's coming to pass. Because of the many personal interpretations of these fantasy implements, this particular 4th edition change seems very arbitrary and baseless.</blockquote>

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