Wandmaker's Art

General Rules:

Wands are temporary items crafted using time, tools, and magical cores.
Wands can be used by anyone, but only you can craft or recharge them.
The spell level you can embed in a wand depends on your level and source (scrolls, potions, cores, etc.).
From level 7 onward, you gain +1 wand spell slot every 2 Artificer levels.

Level 1–3: Burner Wandcrafter

You can craft Burner Wands, improvised single-use wands that cast one spell up to 2nd level.
Requirements to Craft:
- A shaft (wood, metal, bone, etc.)
- A magical core (e.g., minor monster part, magical crystal, etc.)
- Spell source: You must be able to cast the spell yourself or use a scroll as the source.
Function:
- The wand casts the chosen spell once, then breaks.
- Spellcasting uses your Artificer spell DC.
Limit: INT modifier number of active Burner Wands (min 1).
Crafting Time: 1 hour.

Level 4–6: Alchemical Core Crafter

You can now use potions as cores, consuming them to imbue wands with spells thematically linked to the potion (e.g., Potion of Fire Breath → Burning Hands).
This replaces the need for rare magical cores.
Still limited to single-use wands, casting spells up to 2nd level only.
You gain advantage on crafting if you have proficiency with Alchemist’s Supplies.

Level 7–9: Wand of Broken Things

You can now craft Multi-Charge Wands, starting with 2 charges.
- You gain +1 charge every 2 levels starting from level 7:
  - Lvl 7–8: 2 charges
  - Lvl 9–10: 3 charges
  - Lvl 11–12: 4 charges
  - Lvl 13–14: 5 charges
  - Lvl 15–16: 6 charges
  - Lvl 17: 7 charges
Max spell level you can imbue: 5th-level (via scrolls only).
To create such a wand:
- You must destroy a magical item, absorbing its power as a core.
- Roll an Arcana check (DC 12 + spell level) to successfully extract the essence. On failure, the item is destroyed but the wand fizzles.
Scrolls can be used directly as templates for spells.

Level 10–13: Arcane Channeler

Max spell level for scrolls increases to 7th level.
You may now store your own prepared spells in crafted wands if you expend a slot during crafting.
Potions can be amplified (e.g., Potion of Greater Healing may power Mass Healing Word).
You may harvest magical effects from glyphs, traps, or arcane phenomena and bind them into wands with DM approval.
Wands gain scaling DC based on your Artificer level or use original item's DC.

Level 14–16: Wandwright Ascendant

You can now imbue spells up to 9th level, if you have the scroll or item source.
You can safely distill power from:
- Legendary potions
- Ancient artifacts (DM’s discretion)
- Wild magic fields or unstable arcane sources (with Arcana DC 20+)
Overload Crafting: You may expend a 2nd infusion slot to give the wand a “burst mode,” letting one of its charges be cast with maximized damage, but destroying the wand afterward.

Level 17: Master Wandmaker

You may craft Permanent Custom Wands.
Channel Overload (once per long rest): Sacrifice a wand to cast a stored spell at +1 level with maximized damage, creating an explosion (force damage = ½ Artificer level, DEX save vs. spell save DC).

Wand Failure Table (d20)

Roll 1d20 when a wand misfires, overloads, or backfires.

d20	Failure Effect
1	Arcane Backlash – You take force damage equal to twice the wand’s spell level. Your eyebrows are also gone.
2	Wild Magic Surge – Roll on the Wild Magic Surge table. The wand casts a completely unrelated spell instead.
3	Wand Meltdown – The wand melts in your hand, leaving behind a gooey, smoking stick. You take 1d6 fire damage and gain disadvantage on tool checks for 10 minutes.
4	Spell Echo – The spell fires twice… in random directions. Roll for new targets (including allies).
5	Polarity Inversion – Your hair stands on end and your skin glows faintly. You float 1d4 feet off the ground for 1 minute, unable to control movement.
6	Misfire – The wand emits a harmless but dramatic burst of light and sound. Nothing happens, but everyone within 60 ft thinks something horrible is about to.
7	Temporal Fizzle – You freeze in place for 1 round, blinking in and out of phase. You can't be targeted or take actions during this time.
8	Arcane Feedback – The wand throws you 10 feet backward. Make a DC 13 DEX save or land prone.
9	Echoing Spell – The spell repeats at the start of your next turn with the same target, regardless of intention.
10	Overload Static – All magical items within 10 feet spark and buzz. No effect now, but next magical item used has disadvantage.
11	Rebound – The spell hits you instead of the intended target.
12	Surge of Emotion – You burst into tears/laughter/screaming. You’re affected by the Confusion spell for 1 round (no save).
13	Wand Scream – The wand emits a banshee-like shriek and crumbles. Everyone within 20 ft makes a DC 10 CON save or is deafened for 1 minute.
14	Mini Explosion – The wand explodes in a 5-ft radius. Everyone in the area (including you) takes 1d8 force damage.
15	Reverse Polarity – For the next minute, you can only cast spells at yourself, even if it doesn’t make sense. DM interprets.
16	Mundane Sparkles – A shower of rainbow sparks bursts from the wand, coating the area in glitter. No mechanical effect… but everything is very sparkly now.
17	Delayed Detonation – Nothing happens. 1d4 rounds later, the spell randomly fires from wherever the wand was last held or dropped.
18	Phantom Spell – You believe the spell worked. DM pretends it did. It absolutely did not.
19	Wand Possession – The wand emits a strange voice. For the next hour, it critiques your every decision in a snide tone. No effect unless you fail a DC 15 CHA save, in which case you have disadvantage on concentration checks.
20	Cursed Bond – The wand fuses to your hand for 1d4 hours or until Remove Curse is cast. It whispers secrets you don’t want to hear.

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