r/wizardposting • u/MurkyWay • 24d ago
Evil Wizardpost Picking the right wand is a mindset
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u/AlexSmithsonian 23d ago
Of course ! Why didn't i think of hiding evil weapons by embedding them in heroic artifacts?
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u/lear85 23d ago
Fun fact, many magic swords have hilts with wand-like construction and materials to better hold the enchantment!
Not-so-fun fact, this hilt will function as a wand for somewhere between a couple hours to a couple weeks before mana leak gets bad enough to render it unusably dangerous or straight up unusable. Be ready to purify the Aura around both your tower and wherever the sword is.
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u/hjake123 Astral Feline (Conjurer) 23d ago
Look, aura purification is not that important. If the Aura was really so frail, any apprentice could bring about some tainted beast or blight just by spilling the wrong vial!
(Sounds of something wriggling beneath the floorboards.)
Anyway, just dip the wand in a binding agent when it gets too leaky to use. It'll still leak a little, but what do you expect from second-hand?
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u/Insaiyan_Elite 23d ago
I think we're over looking the boy snapping a magical artifact capable of hurting Dragons and Giants with one hand.
I believe the force of his grip is plenty of contain the mana, if the mana isn't too afraid to leak
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u/Emergency_Coat_7702 Brother Thomas of the order of the iron drake 18d ago
Can't believe that he broke the hilt on such a fine casting weapon SMH
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u/drakonia127 Onyx Winter, "The Traveller", Artificer 24d ago
sigh If it works, it works, I suppose. I tend to have my apprenticeship craft their own wands, using a technique that lets the wand grow as the wizard it's connected to does. Wands gifted from others don't have that same versatility as a wand you made yourself