Master Artisan Wands/Rods

[JesterOI]

How about Fireball wands or Lightning Bolt wands that scale with user level.
Make a wand named "Wand of Fireballs" or whatever and give it a unique use that when activated runs a script that checks user level and releases a spell appropriate for that user...
Could limit it to a certain amount of charges or could limit it to 1use/day or something like that.

This way one item can be created that casts a certain spell and automatically adjusts with caster levels instead of having to create 40 different versions of each item to match caster level when being crafted.

Could also have it so that the item spell DC matches the casters DC or some variant of it.


Just thought of another idea... Let items like this be created that have unlimited uses/day... But the catch is that eveytime a mage uses the item the item needs to be powered somehow... let it feed off of the mages HP.
Basically the mages take negative dmg everytime they use the item.
Something like 4 or 5 negative dmg / Spell lvl of the spell that is being cast.
Level 9 spell would do 45 negative dmg / use for example...

This is an easy one to balance... just adjust the dmg done to the caster to use the item. Should do enough dmg to prevent spamming. Though items can only be used 1/round, so that can help lower spammability as well.

Though maybe make it magic dmg done to caster... Negative dmg is stopped by shadowshield and negative energy protection right?

[Mr. O'Dearly]

or have it feed off buffs if you use it to cast a level 9 spell, then 9 levels of buffs are dispelled

[PeregrineV]

A 1:1 damage ratio. Do 100 hp of damage at the cost of 100 of your hp which can only be regained by resting.