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<blockquote data-quote="FEADIN" data-source="post: 4996249" data-attributes="member: 36011">I read something about a similar problem with spell like abilities x/day and the text said that the 24 hours started from the first casting but I don't remember where it was....seems logical to me but more complicated to keep track.......&nbsp;I've found it:<a href="http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/rg/20041123a" target="_blank">http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/rg/20041123a</a>&nbsp;In part 3 from Using magic item:&nbsp;Uses Per Day: Other items work only a certain number of times each day; for example, most rods fall into this category. The rules don't bother defining a &quot;day&quot; for you, and most of us can figure that out on our own. If it ever becomes important, treat a &quot;day&quot; as any contiguous period of 24 hours. There is no set &quot;recharge&quot; time for a magic item. Instead, the item functions a set number of times in any given period of 24 hours. For example, a rod of enemy detection works three times a day. You cannot activate the rod three times starting at 11 PM one day, then activate it three more times starting 2 hours later (at 1 AM the next day). Instead, you can activate the rod up to three times during any period of 24 consecutive hours. If you activate the rod at 11 PM on a given day, you can activate it only twice more during the following 24 hours. Let's say you activate the rod again at 1 AM the next day and again at 7 AM that same day. You have exhausted your daily limit of activating the rod ability at 7 AM. The earliest you can activate the rod again is 11 PM on the second day, when you can activate the rod only once (because you already have activated the rod twice during the preceding 24 hours). If you don't use the rod at all after 7 AM the second day, the earliest that you will have three activations available again will be 7 AM on the third day.
Once you exhaust an item's daily use limit, the item remains magical, it just won't function for awhile.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FEADIN, post: 4996249, member: 36011"] I read something about a similar problem with spell like abilities x/day and the text said that the 24 hours started from the first casting but I don't remember where it was....seems logical to me but more complicated to keep track....... I've found it: [URL]http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/rg/20041123a[/URL] In part 3 from Using magic item: [LEFT][B]Uses Per Day:[/B] Other items work only a certain number of times each day; for example, most rods fall into this category. The rules don't bother defining a "day" for you, and most of us can figure that out on our own. If it ever becomes important, treat a "day" as any contiguous period of 24 hours. There is no set "recharge" time for a magic item. Instead, the item functions a set number of times in any given period of 24 hours. For example, a [I]rod of enemy detection[/I] works three times a day. You cannot activate the rod three times starting at 11 PM one day, then activate it three more times starting 2 hours later (at 1 AM the next day). Instead, you can activate the rod up to three times during any period of 24 consecutive hours. If you activate the rod at 11 PM on a given day, you can activate it only twice more during the following 24 hours. Let's say you activate the rod again at 1 AM the next day and again at 7 AM that same day. You have exhausted your daily limit of activating the rod ability at 7 AM. The earliest you can activate the rod again is 11 PM on the second day, when you can activate the rod only once (because you already have activated the rod twice during the preceding 24 hours). If you don't use the rod at all after 7 AM the second day, the earliest that you will have three activations available again will be 7 AM on the third day. Once you exhaust an item's daily use limit, the item remains magical, it just won't function for awhile.[/LEFT] [/QUOTE]

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