Kargin - Metamagic Notes
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Spell Name Metamagic Effect Metamagic Component Minimum Cost Magic aura Heightened +3 Amethyst necklace 1,350 gp Magic circle against chaos Widened Specially prepared holy symbol 2,550 gp Magic cirlce against evil Widened Specially prepared holy symbol 2,550 gp Magic cirlce against good Widened Specially prepared holy symbol 2,550 gp Magic cirlce against law Widened Specially prepared holy symbol 2,550 gp Magic fang Extended Specially prepared shark tooth 250 gp Greater magic fang Extended Specially prepared dire shark tooth 650 gp Magic jar Extended Gem or crystal 1,100 gp Magic missile Empowered Two +3 arrows 734 gp Magic mouth - - - Magic stone Empowered Colorful marbles 700 gp Magic vestment Extended Embroidered sash 650 gp Magic weapon Extended Alchemically distilled blood 250 gp Greater magic weapon Extended Alchemically purified blood 750 gp Major creation Extended Phasm essence 1,050 gp Major image Heightened +2 Rare pigments 1,500 gp Make whole Enlarged Alchemical adhesive 450 gp Mark of justice - - - Maze Enlarged Engraved minotaur horn 1,650 gp Meld into stone Extended Carved stone figurine 650 gp Mending Enlarged Alchemical adhesive 25 gp Message Enlarged Calligraphic inscriptions on vellum 25 gp Meteor swarm Maximized Chunk of meteorite 8,600 gp Mind blank extended Malachite-studded headband 1,650 gp Mind fog Heightened +3 Specially prepared tentacle from mind-sucking monstrous humanoid 3,750 gp Minor creation Extended Roper sap 850 gp Minor image Heightened +2 Rare pigments 1,100 gp Miracle - - - Mirage arcana Hightened +3 Mirror silvered in a mildly good-aligned outer plane Mirror image Extended Miniscule dolls of yourself 450 gp Misdirection Heightened +2 Gold wire bent into a creature’s silhouette 1,100 gp Mislead Heightened +1 Fancy marionette 1,250 gp Mnemonic enhancer - - - Modify memory Heightened +2 Alchemical smelling salts 1,900 gp Moment of prescience Quickened Fine Wine from strongly good-aligned, mildly positive-dominant outer plane 7,800 gp Mage’s disjunction Enlarged and widened Trapped voidstone 8,600 gp Mage’s faithful hound Extended Specially prepared blink dog teeth 1,050 gp Mage’s lucubration Quickened Ruby ring 6,200 gp Mage’s magnificient mansion Extended Miniature portal 1,465 gp Mage’s private sanctum Extended Trapped fog from the Plane of Shadow 1,050 gp Mount Quickened Specially prepared hair from pegasus or nightmare 2,200 gp Move earth Enlarged Rare soils form Elemental Plane of Earth 1,250 gp Neutralize poison Extended Specially prepared tongue from snake-like monstrous humanoid 750 gp Nightmare Heightened +2 Rare spices 2,300 gp Nondetection Extended Carved ebony lattice 700 gp Obscure object Extended Chimera scales 550 gp Obscuring mist Extended Silver chalice 250 gp Open/close Enlarged Silver key 25 gp Order’s wrath Empowered Gear cog from strongly law-aligned outer plane 1,900 gp Overland flight Extended Specially prepared drago wing-hide 1,050 gp Owl’s wisdom Extended Opal 450 gp Mass owl’s wisdom Extended Opal 1,250 gp Passwall Extended Golden miniature shovel 1,050 gp Pass without trace Extended Cloak of feathers 250 gp Permanency - - - Permanent image Heightened +2 Rare pigments 2,700 gp Persistent image Heightened +2 Rare pigments 2,300 gp Phantansmal killer Heightened +1 Nightmarish etchings 850 gp Phantom steed Extended Platinum horseshoe 650 gp Phase door Silent Jasper-studded key 1,450 gp Planar ally - - - Greater planar ally - - - Lesser planar ally - - - Planar binding Heightened +2 Silver filigree around magic circle 2,700 gp Greater planar binding Heightened +2 Gold filigree around magic circle 3,500 gp Lesser planar binding Heightenend +2 Copper filigree around magic circle 2,300 gp Plane shift Quickened Silk mantle with moonstones 6,200 gp Plant growth Enlarged Alchemically treated seeds 650 gp Poison Maximized Wyver poison 3,000 gp Polar ray Enlarged Pale sapphire 1,650 gp Polymorph Extended Druid-tended silkworm cocoon 850 gp Polymorph any object Extended Alchemically purified mercury 1,650 gp Power word blind Enlarged Corundum 1,450 gp Power word kill Enlarged Corundum 1,850 gp Power word stun Enlarged Corundum 1,650 gp Prayer Widened Blessed scriptures on vellum 2,550 gp Prestidigation Enlarged White silk gloves 25 gp Prismatic sphere Heightened +2 Diamonds 3,900 gp Prismatic spray Heightened +2 Diamonds 3,100 gp Prismatic wall Heightened +2 Diamonds 3,500 gp Produce flame Silent Ring carved from flint 250 gp Programmed image Heightened +2 Rare pigments 2,700 gp Project image Extended Distorted mirror 1,450 gp Protection from arrows Extended Piece of bulette hide 450 gp Protection from chaos Extended Powdered platinum 250 gp Protection from energy Extended Spinels of red (fire), black (acid), green (sonic), blue (electricity), or white (cold) 650 gp Protection from evil Extended Powdered platinum 250 gp Protection from good Extended Powdered platinum 250 gp Protection from law Extended Powdered platinum 250 gp Protection from spells Extended Crushed diamond 2,150 gp Prying eyes Enlarged Specially prepared eyestalk of many-eyed flying aberration 1,050 gp Greater prying eyes Enlarged Specially prepared center eye of many-eyed flying aberration 1,650 gp Purify food and drink - - - Pyrotechnics Heightened +2 Fire source and alchemical accelerants 1,100 gp Quench Enlarged Water from the extraplanar river spanning several upper outer planes 650 gp Rage Extended Fine mead 650 gp Rainbow pattern Heightened +2 Smoky quartz prism 1,900 gp Raise dead - - - Ray of enfeeblement Enlarged Ceremonial electrum dagger 250 gp Ray of exhaustion Heightened +1 Alchemically distilled perspiration 650 gp Ray of frost Enlarged White marble carved in icicle shape 25 gp Read magic Extended Mineral prism 25 gp Reduce animal Heightened +3 Topaz-studded links of iron 1,950 gp Reduce person Heightened +3 Turquoise-studded links of iron 1,350 gp Mass reduce person Heightened +3 Turquoise-studded links of iron 3,150 Refuge - - - Regenerate Empowered Specially prepared troll blood 3,500 gp Reincarnate - - - Remove blindness/deafness Silent Pearl-studded circlet 650 gp Remove curse - - - Remove disease - - - Remove fear Extended Alchemically prepared war paint 250 gp Remove paralysis Enlarged Burnind incense 450 gp Repel metal or stone Widened Druid-tended sapling 5,550 gp Repel vermin Widened Rare snakeskin 3,150 gp Repel wood Widened Miniature jewel lantern 4,350 gp Repulsion Widened Alchemical-ink tattoo (temporary) 4,700 gp Resilient sphere Enlarged Crystal sphere 850 gp Resistance Extended Silk cloak 25 gp Resist energy Extended Spinel of red (fire), black (acid), green (sonic), blue (electricity), or white (cold) 450 gp Restoration - - - Greater restoration - - - Lesser restoration Empowered Alchemical balm 1,100 gp Resurrection - - - Reverse gravity Quickened Lodestone mined in a mildly chaos-aligned outer plane 7,400 gp Righteous might Extended Ritually prepared holy symbol 1,050 gp Rope trick Extended Rope braided from spider silk 450 gp Rusting grasp Empowered Ornate mithral gauntlet 1,900 gp Sanctuary Heightened +2 Jasper necklace 700 gp Scare Extended Ritually prepared bone from corporeal undead 450 gp Scintillating pattern Widened Pearlescent prism 5,550 gp Scorching ray Empowered Ruby form Elemental Plane of Fire 1,100 gp Screen Heightened +2 Embroidered gauze scrim 3,500 gp Scrying Heightened +3 Alchemically purified nitric acid 3,150 gp Greater scrying Heightened +2 Alchmically purified nitric acid 3,100 gp Sculpt sound Enlarged Rare clay 650 gp Searing light Maximized Yellow topaz 2,550 gp Secret chest Extended Net made of ethereal solids 1,050 gp Secret page - - - Secure shelter Extended Miniscule model of cottage 850 gp See invisibility Extended Powdered turquoise 450 gp Seeming Heightened +2 Coral figurines 2,300 gp Sending - - - Sepia snake sigil Heightened +2 Powdered amber 2,000 gp Sequester Extended Alchemical ointment 1,450 gp Shades Heightened +1 Pearl from the Plane of Shadow 1,850 gp Shadow conjuration Heightened +1 Pearl from the Plane of Shadow 850 gp Greater shadow conjuration Heightened +1 Pearl from the Plane of Shadow 1,450 gp Shadow evocation Heightened +1 Diamond from the Plane of Shadow 1,050 gp Greater shadow evocation Heightened +1 Diamond from the Plane of Shadow 1,650 gp Shadow walk Extended Black tourmaline 1,250 gp Shambler Empowered Rare herbs 3,900 gp Shapechange Extended Aquamarine circlet 1,850 gp Shatter Widened Carved crystal cubes 1,950 gp Shield Quickened Jeweled bracelet 2,200 gp Shield of faith Extended Ritually prepared parchment 250 gp Shield of law Extended Shield with +1 enhancement bonus 1,153 gp Shield other Enlarged Two emrald and platinum rings 550 gp Shillelagh Extended Druid-tended oak club or quarterstaff 250 gp Shocking grasp Maximized Ornate electrum gauntlet 1,350 gp Shout Widened Ornate platinum gong 3,150 gp Greater shout Widened Ornate platinum trumpet 5,550 gp Shrink item Extended Alchemically purified mica 650 gp Silence Silent Silver mask 450 gp Silent image Heightened +2 Rare pigments 700 gp Simulacrum - - - Slay living Heightened +3 Obsidian headpiece 3,750 gp Sleep Heightened +2 Alchemical dreamwisp dust 700 gp Sleet storm Extended Hollow ivory bottle 650 gp Slow Heightened +2 Liquid amber 1,500 gp Snare - - - Soften earth and stone Enlarged Specially prepared mud from strongly evil-aligned outer plane 450 gp Solid fog Quickened Cloudy diamonds 4,600 gp Song of discord Widened Rune-carved conch shell 3,750 gp Soul bind - - - Sound burst Heightened +1 Bone whistle 450 gp Speak with animals Extended Animal mask 250 gp Speak with dead Heightened +3 Golden caduceus 2,550 gp Speak with plants Extended Jade-studded mask 650 gp Spectral hand Enlarged Phosphor-limned glove 450 gp Spell immunity Extended Moonstone 850 gp Greater spell immunity Extended Moonstone 1,650 gp Spell resistance Extended Rakshasa claw 1,050 gp Spellstaff - - - Spell turning Empowered Zircon 3,100 gp Spider climb Extended Drider fur 450 gp Spike growth Heightened +2 Carved basalt dagger 1,500 gp Spike stones Heightened +2 Carved obsidian dagger 1,900 gp Spiritual weapon Enlarged Masterwork version of weapon varies Statue Extended Limestone figurine 1,450 gp Status Extended Electrum headband 450 gp Stinking cloud Empowered Sulfur from Elemental Plane of Fire 1,500 gp Stone shape - - - Stoneskin Extended Diamond dsut 1,300 gp Stone tell Extended Stone mask 1,250 gp Stone to flesh - - - Storm of vengeance Empowered Heartwood from oak split by lightning 3,900 gp Suggestion Heightened +2 Druid-tended honey 1,500 gp Mass suggestion Heightened +2 Druid-tended honey 2,700 gp Summon Instrument - - - Summon monster I Extended Pearl 250 gp Summon monster II Empowered Pearl 1,100 gp Summon monster III Empowered Pearl 1,500 gp Summon monster IV Empowered Pearl 1,900 gp Summon monster V Empowered Pearl 2,300 gp Summon monster VI Empowered Pearl 2,700 gp Summon monster VII Empowered Pearl 3,100 gp Summon monster VIII Empowered Pearl 3,500 gp Summon monster IX Empowered Pearl 3,900 gp Summon nature’s ally I Extended Druid-tended mistletoe 250 Summon nature’s ally II Empowered Druid-tended mistletoe 1,100 gp Summon nature’s ally III Empowered Druid-tended mistletoe 1,500 gp Summon nature’s ally IV Empowered Druid-tended mistletoe 1,900 gp Summon nature’s ally V Empowered Druid-tended mistletoe 2,300 gp Summon nature’s ally VI Empowered Druid-tended mistletoe 2,700 gp Summon nature’s ally VII Empowered Druid-tended mistletoe 3,100 gp Summon nature’s ally VIII Empowered Druid-tended mistletoe 3,500 gp Summon nature’s ally IX Empowered Druid-tended mistletoe 3,900 gp Sumon swarm Extended Rune-embroidered red cloth 450 gp Sunbeam Widened Javelin with phosphorus runes 4,950 gp Sunburst Widened Sunstone carved into graven image 5,550 gp Symbol of death Heightened +2 Powdered diamond and opal 13,500 gp Symbol of fear Heightened +2 Powdered diamond and opal 3,700 gp Symbol of insanity Heightened +2 Powdered diamond and opal 8,500 gp Symbol of pain Heightened +2 Powdered diamond and opal 3,300 gp Symbol of persuasion Heightened +2 Powdered diamond and opal 7,700 gp Symbol of sleep Heightened +2 Powdered diamond and opal 3,300 gp Symbol of stunning Heightened +2 Powdered diamond and opal 8,100 gp Symbol of weakness Heightened +2 Powdered diamond and opal 8,100 gp Sympathetic vibration Extended Set of masterwork tuning forks 1,250 gp Sympathy Extended Crushed pearls 2,150 gp Telekinesis Enlarged Iron rod with silver filigree 1,250 gp Telekinetic sphere Enlarged Crystal sphere 1,650 gp Telepathic bond Extended Dragon eggshells 1,050 gp Teleport Quickened Amber and emrald pendant 5,400 gp Teleport object Quickened Amber and emrald bracelet 7,000 gp Greater teleport Quickened Amber and emrald necklace 7,000 gp Teleportation circle Extended Amber dust 2,850 gp Temporal stasis Heightened +2 Powdered diamond, emrald, ruby, and sapphire 8,500 gp Tiny hut Extended Necklace of crystal beads 650 gp Transformation Extended Potion of bear’s endurance, bull’s strength, cat’s grace, and heroism 1,650 gp Trap - - - Time stop Empowered Specially prepared titan’s knucklebone 3,900 gp Tongues Extended Brass model of ziggurat 750 gp Touch of fatigue Heightened +2 Wolverine perspiration 275 gp Touch of idiocy Silent Ornate bronze gauntlet 450 gp Transmute metal to wood Widened Finely carved darkwood-and-pearl holy symbol 4,950 gp Transmute mud to rock Heightened +1 Alchemically treaded clay 1,050 gp Transmute rock to mud Heightened +1 Alchemically treated clay 1,050 gp Transport via plants Silent Rare herbs 1,250 gp Trap the soul - - - Tree shape Extended Shawl woven from druid-tended leaves 450 gp Tree stride Silent Rare herbs 1,050 g True resurrection - - - True seeing Extended Eye ointment 1,500 gp True strike Quickened Bow with +1 enhancement bonus 2,330 gp Undeath to death Widened Crushed diamond 4,850 gp Undetectable alignment Extended Embroidered velvet shroud 450 gp Unhallow Widened Herbs, oils, and incense 4,750 gp plus extra for spell Unholy aura Extended Shield with +1 enhancement bonus 1,153 gp Unholy blight Empowered Dust from strongly evil-aligned outer plane 1,900 gp Unseen servant Extended Fancy valet’s uniform 250 gp Vampiric touch Maximized Specially prepared vampire’s fang 2,550 gp Veil Heightened +2 Veil spun from electrum thread 2,700 gp Ventriloquism Enlarged Calligraphy on fine parchement, rolled into cone 250 gp Virtue Extended Brass medallion 25 gp Vision - - - Wail of the banshee Enlarged and widened Trapped banshee essence 8,600 gp Wall of fire Extended Ground phosphorus and magnesium 950 gp Wall of force Extended Any clear gem 1, 050 gp Wall of ice Extended Rune-engraved quartz 850 gp Wall of iron Enlarged Alchemically purified iron and gold dust 1,300 gp Wall of stone Enlarged Rune-engraved granite 1,050 gp Wall of thorns Extended Thorns from rare blood-roses 1,050 gp Warp wood Enlarged Switch carved from druid-tende black oak 450 gp Water breathing Extended Ornately carved reed 650 gp Water walk Extended Coral armbands 650 gp Waves of exhaustion Widened Occluded diamond 4,950 gp Waves of fatigue Widened Occluded diamond 2,550 gp Web Heightened +2 Ritually prepared drider silk 1,100 gp Weird Heightened +1 Nightmarish etchings 1,850 gp Whirlwind Extended Bottled gale-force wind from the Elemental Plane of Air 1,650 gp Whispering wind Extended Bottled last breath of a druid 450 gp Wind walk Extended Cloud vapor from mildly law-aligned outer plane 1,350 gp Wind wall Extended Specially prepared lillend feather 650 gp Wish - - - Wood shape - - - Word of chaos Heightened +2 Specially prepared stinger of formian myrmarch 3,100 gp Word of recall Quickened Ornate emrald holy symbol 7,000 gp Zone of silence Widened Miniature platinum lute with strings cut 3,150 gp Zone of truth Heightened +2 Silver and gold gavel 1,100 gp -
Hardened Spell
Your spells are difficult to counter or dispel.Prerequisite: Spell Focus
Benefit: Choose a spell school for which you have the Spell Focus feat. Your spells of that school have gain a +5 bonus to the DC needed to identify and to dispel them.
Special: You may take this feat multiple times. Each time you take this feat, it applies to a different school of magic.
[Reference: Kobold Press; The Complete Advanced Feats; Pg 19]
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Selective Spell (Metamagic)
Your allies need not fear friendly fire.Prerequisite: Spellcraft 10 ranks.
Benefit: When casting a selective spell with an area effect and a duration of instantaneous, you can choose a number of targets in the area equal to the ability score modifier used to determine bonus spells of the same type (Charisma for bards, oracles, paladins, sorcerers, and summoners; Intelligence for witches and wizards; Wisdom for clerics, druids, inquisitors, and rangers). These targets are excluded from the effects of your spell. A selective spell uses up a spell slot one level higher than the spell’s actual level.Spells that do not have an area of effect do not benefit from this feat.
At 20th level, you may exclude double the normal number of targets.[Reference: TPK Games, Feats Reforged II, pg, 29]
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Steel Soul
You are especially resistant to magic.Prerequisites: Dwarf, hardy racial trait.
Benefit: You receive a +4 racial bonus on saving throws against spells and spell-like abilities. This replaces the normal bonus from the dwarf’s hardy racial trait.
At 7th level, once per day as an immediate action, you may reroll a failed save versus a spell or spell-like ability.
At 14th level, whenever you would take half damage from a spell or spell-like effect, you instead take ¼ damage.
Normal: Dwarves normally receive a +2 racial bonus on saving throws against spells and spell-like abilities.
[Reference: TPK Games, Feats Reforged II, pg, 33]
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Your research has unlocked a new power in conjunction with using a wand.
Prerequisite: You must be at least an 11th-level Wizard and must have the Craft Staff feat to select this discovery.
Benefit: Similar to using a magic staff, you use your own Intelligence score and relevant feats to set the DC for saves against spells you cast from a wand, and you can use your caster level when activating the power of a wand if it’s higher than the caster level of the wand.
[Source: Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Ultimate Magic]
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[Source: Mercenaries; AEG]
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Type: General
Source: Dragon #325You can create items using the knowledge gained from all of your spellcasting classes.
Prerequisite: Any item creation feat, able to cast spells from two different spell lists.
Benefit: When acquiring item creation feats or when creating magic items, you can add together the caster levels of all your spellcasting classes to determine your caster level. For example, a 1st-level bard/1st-level cleric/3rd-level wizard could gain Craft Wand and create magic items as a 5th-level caster. -
Fuse with Item [Eldritch]
Using your skill with magic, you absorb a magic item into your body, taking on its essence and powers.
Prerequisite: Charisma 19, caster level 10th
Benefit: You can absorb a magic item and make its powers inherent within you. You cannot fuse with magic weapons or armor, nor can you fuse with potions or scrolls. You can fuse with any other item. Activating or using an item that’s fused with you works the same as for a normal item. A fused wand of wall of ice allows you to cast wall of ice as a spell-like ability (using the item’s caster level) 50 times, or however many charges it had left at the time of the fusing. Bonus types do not change. A fused amulet of health +4 grants you a permanent enhancement bonus (not an inherent bonus) of +4.
Fusing with an item first requires an XP cost equal to half the item’s gold-piece value. Then, you must make a Spellcraft check with DC 20 + the item’s caster level for each of the item’s separate abilities. Failure means that you cannot use that power. You may try only once per ability. Even if you are unable to use any of the powers of a fused item, the item is consumed, and the experience points lost.
Once consumed, a fused item cannot be taken away from you. It does not need to be drawn or wielded, and it is not visible in any way. It takes up no space on your body, so if you have fused with an amulet you can wear another amulet with- out problems. Like all spell-like abilities, using the fused item requires no components and draws no attack of opportunity.
Items that logically grant no benefit from being absorbed— mainly because their power comes from being independent of the user, such as a figurine of wondrous power or dust of tracelessness—cannot be fused.
Mord’s disjunction removes the item from you, restoring it to its normal state.Intelligent Items: Fusing with an intelligent item forces you to make a Will save at the beginning of each day (DC 10 + item’s level + item’s Charisma bonus). If you succeed, you are in control for the day and can use the item’s abilities, skills, and feats (if applicable). If you fail, the item remains in control of you for the day and can use your abilities, skills, and feats. Items fused with a character cannot gain levels as described on page 63.
[Reference: WW16105 The Complete Book of Eldritch Might.pdf]
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Grow Spell
Your spells can affect a greater area of number of targets.
Benefit: A grown spell has its area or number of targets affected increased by one-half. Spells with a personal affect or that target only a single creature are not affected. A grown spell uses up a spell slot two levels higher than the spell’s actual level.
[Reference: Quintessential Elf; Page 52]
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High Magic (Metamagic)
You have learned the secrets of elven High Magic.
Prerequisites: Spellcaster level 9th
Benefit: The character can suffer a temporary point of Constitution damage in place of one higher level slot to power spells cast with a metamagic feat. The lost Constitution points cannot be regained by any magical means; only rest will bring them back. See the full rules for elven High Magic in the Magic of the Elves chapter.
Special: The character must have this feat in order to learn any of the High Magic abilities.[Reference: The Quintessential Elf; Page 52]
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Massive Spell (Metamagic)
You can make a spell affect an incredibly large area.
Prerequisites: Enlarge Spell, Encompassing Spell, Grow Spell, High Magic
Benefit: The character can increase a spell’s area to a mile. A massive spell uses up a spell slot six levels higher than the spell’s actual level. See the full rules for elven High Magic in the Magic of the Elves chapter.[Reference: The Quintessential Elf; Page 53]
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@halfgiant said in Kargin - Metamagic Notes:
[Reference: The Quintessential Elf; Page 53]
Dwarves cannot use these.
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Well shit, to bad there isn’t a crafter class that can bypass or emulate racial requirements
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or an alchemist that has an elven loaner body nearby…
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WAND EXPERTISE [EPIC]
You can activate wands with the speed that an archer fires arrows.
Prerequisites: Craft Wand, Master Wand, Quicken Spell, Spellcraft 25 ranks.
Benefits: You may activate a wand in place of an attack instead of as a standard action. As a full-round action, you could thus make as many wand activations as you could normally make ranged attacks. For instance, if your base attack bonus is +11, you could activate a wand three times as a full-round action. If you also had the Rapid Shot feat, you could activate the wand four times as a full-round action.
Each activation after the first costs one additional charge from the wand, cumulative. Thus, the second activation in a round costs 2 extra charges, the third activation 3 extra charges, and so forth.
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STAFF EXPERTISE [EPIC]
You can activate staffs with the speed that an archer
fires arrows.Prerequisites: Craft Staff, Master Staff, Quicken Spell, Spellcraft 30 ranks.
Benefits: You may activate a staff in place of an attack instead of as a standard action. As a full-round action, you could thus make as many staff activations as you could normally make ranged attacks. For instance, if your base attack bonus is +11, you could activate a staff three times as a full-round action. If you also had the Rapid Shot feat, you could activate the staff four times as a full-round action.
Each activation after the first costs one additional charge from the staff, cumulative. Thus, the second activation in a round costs 2 extra charges, the third activation 3 extra charges, and so forth.
