TheMushroomLord
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Lunarlord34
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Typically more powerrful items are just made from higher grade or rarer materials. A novice wand could be made out of wood and encrusted with some low-value gem or jewel, whereas a master-rank wand needs stuff like gold and fancy gemstones like ruby, sapphire or topaz. The handle's length and thickness is completely dependant on the crafter though, and has very little to do with the actual mechanics of casting the spell itself - the relevant parts mostly being the gemstone and the enchantment that allows for the casting of the spell. But you are right, when a wand is "exhausted" it does break, either by falling apart or burning up or the gem just shattering.
As for how cast-times work, you're right again. Whether you cast a spell yourself or use a wand/staff, you have to draw in the ambient magic around yourself, and depending on the spell's size/strength, it requires more or less magic to be drawn in, which resuults in longer cast-times for more powerful spells.
Anyway, time to get to work on, slowly, writing up that initial IC post now.
@Sho Minazuki
You've been added to the waitlist as #1.
Typically more powerrful items are just made from higher grade or rarer materials. A novice wand could be made out of wood and encrusted with some low-value gem or jewel, whereas a master-rank wand needs stuff like gold and fancy gemstones like ruby, sapphire or topaz. The handle's length and thickness is completely dependant on the crafter though, and has very little to do with the actual mechanics of casting the spell itself - the relevant parts mostly being the gemstone and the enchantment that allows for the casting of the spell. But you are right, when a wand is "exhausted" it does break, either by falling apart or burning up or the gem just shattering.
As for how cast-times work, you're right again. Whether you cast a spell yourself or use a wand/staff, you have to draw in the ambient magic around yourself, and depending on the spell's size/strength, it requires more or less magic to be drawn in, which resuults in longer cast-times for more powerful spells.
Anyway, time to get to work on, slowly, writing up that initial IC post now.
@Sho Minazuki
You've been added to the waitlist as #1.