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2011-07-12, 03:47 PM (ISO 8601)
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Eternal Wands
Can you increase the Caster level on an Eternal Wand? The creation costs in the MIC don't divide evenly. e.g. a 2nd level spell by a 3rd level caster costs 2210gp and 176XP to create which leaves a multiplier of 368.333.
Are there any rules re: eternal wands in any other books?
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2011-07-12, 04:06 PM (ISO 8601)
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Really? I read somewhere on this forum that Eternal Wands are actually created according to the DMG custom magic item guidelines of all things. If that's true, it would be pretty easy to solve your problem.
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2011-07-12, 05:18 PM (ISO 8601)
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2011-07-12, 05:20 PM (ISO 8601)
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OK. I looked at an old thread, and apparently, the formula for the 'creation cost' is:
(Spell Level)*(Caster Level)*(360) + 50.
This gives us what is in the MIC. It may have been a little different in the Ebberon book in which it appears.(I don't own any Ebberon books.)“Wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair and all the terrible things that happen to us, come because we actually deserve them? So now I take comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the Universe”- Marcus Cole
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2011-07-12, 05:29 PM (ISO 8601)
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2011-07-12, 05:58 PM (ISO 8601)
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2011-07-12, 06:07 PM (ISO 8601)
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2011-07-12, 09:09 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Eternal Wands
I guess they feel they don't need to, since they give the cost for every possible combo (or do they? Duhn duhn duhn!)
I think it is interesting to compare them to Schemas from Magic of Eberron. Apologies if this has been done before:
{table=head]Level | Eternal Wand | Minor Schema (x2)
0 | 460gp | n/a
1 | 820gp | 800gp
2 | 4,420gp | 4,800gp
3 | 10,090gp | 12,000gp
4 | n/a | 22,400gp[/table]
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2012-09-14, 06:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Eternal Wands
Sorry to dig up old bones, but this wasn't really answered completely, I think.
To answer the OP, I'd say yes, you can increase your caster level - but only if you make them as, simply, a Wondrous Item. If you're trying to make them as an Eternal Wand specifically, they're sadly limited in their guidelines and it isn't an option by RAW. Feel free to bring the following up to your DM, though.
If you scroll up a little bit from that table I link later in the post, the fourth note below the "Summary of Magic Item Creation Costs" table says that for all magic item categories, "A character creating an item pays 1/25 the base price in experience points."
4420gp (2210x2 for Base Price) divided by 25 gets you and 176.8, rounded down (as almost everything is in D&D) for a total cost of 2210GP, 176XP, and 4-5 days of work, depending on how you read the "1 day per 1000GP in the Base price". I've heard more often that it's rounded up, but I always round it down - like almost everything else in D&D.
Someone elsewhere had once mentioned an Eternal Wand's cost was that of a Command Word Item with X per day use, as per this table.
So, this is what it seems to be:
Spell level * Caster level * 1800 (command word) * 2 / 5 ( 2 charges per day) + 100 (for the crystal rod).
That would mean the prices are as follows, which are the same as they are in the book. Keep in mind, to make one yourself costs half as much as the totals shown below, along with some EXP and Material Spell Component costs.
0.5 * 1 * 1800 * 0.4 + 100 = 460 gp
1 * 1 * 1800 * 0.4 + 100 = 820 gp
2 * 3 * 1800 * 0.4 + 100 = 4420 gp
3 * 5 * 1800 * 0.4 + 100 = 10900 gp.
Hopefully this helps someone still looking for an answer.Last edited by PrinceRenais; 2012-09-14 at 06:40 PM.
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2012-09-14, 08:23 PM (ISO 8601)
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huh, I always thought the formula was (cost of normal wand X2)/(2/5) +100 for the dragonshard.
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