D&D 5e Magic Wands Explained in 9 Minutes 🍭🎩

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You can reference my accompanying article and find additional #DND5e content here: https://www.flutesloot.com/dnd-5e-magic-wands-explained/?utm_source=youtube Looking back on my years with D&D 5e, I’m surprised there weren’t more magic wands. A magic wand is an interesting magic item that you can easily deploy into your game without concern for long-term game balance (though some wands are exceedingly powerful). Due to my increasing love of D&D 5e wands, I’ve summarized everything I know of them. I intend to enable and inspire DMs to put wands in their games and hype players to want wands for their characters. So here is what you’ll find in this article: ⏰Time Stamps: 00:00​ Wands in a nutshell 00:45 How are wands used? 01:03 Where do wands come from? 01:24 Can players create wands? 01:47 Who can use magic wands? 02:56 Wand modifiers and DCs 03:22 Wands as spellcasting focuses 04:52 Wands and Thief Fast Hands 05:09 Different wand materials 05:48 Counterspell and wands 07:22 Why should DMs give wands? 08:21 What do you think of wands?