Question about Epic Roderic's Wand

[brian14]

Epic Roderic's Wand confers Augment Summoning feat, i.e. all summons, pets and hirelings get +4 on all ability scores.

Question: Is this in effect only while the wand is equipped? That is, do your minions lose this +4 to ability scores once you equip something else? If the answer is yes, it is an almost useless item. If the answer is no, does Wand need to be equipped while you summon or charm a minion in order to get Augment Summoning effect?

[General_Gronker]

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Actually, I'll log on real quick and see if I can tell. The only caster I have with a pet I can check on is a PM.

Okay.

I summoned up the skeletal knight, and his Hit Points noticeably changed with the wand equipped and unequipped, so yes, you have to keep the wand equipped to keep the Augment bonus. And that makes it utterly useless. That was just a really dumb design decision on someone's part.

On the +side, you don't appear to have to have the wand equipped when you perform the summons. It seems to apply the bonuses on equip even if the thing is already summoned.


Wish I had known this before I built the wand and feat swapped Augment Summon out.

[Livmo]

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Actually, I'll log on real quick and see if I can tell. The only caster I have with a pet I can check on is a PM.

Okay.

I summoned up the skeletal knight, and his Hit Points noticeably changed with the wand equipped and unequipped, so yes, you have to keep the wand equipped to keep the Augment bonus. And that makes it utterly useless. That was just a really dumb design decision on someone's part.

On the +side, you don't appear to have to have the wand equipped when you perform the summons. It seems to apply the bonuses on equip even if the thing is already summoned.


Wish I had known this before I built the wand and feat swapped Augment Summon out.

If you're L26+ then the upgraded version Necklace of Mystic Eidolons from Haunted Halls has the Augmented Summoning feat.

http://ddowiki.com/page/Item:Necklac...ystic_Eidolons

[General_Gronker]

If you're L26+ then the upgraded version Necklace of Mystic Eidolons from Haunted Halls has the Augmented Summoning feat.

http://ddowiki.com/page/Item:Necklac...ystic_Eidolons

Spiffy. I'll definitely look into acquiring that. Pretty sure that item slot is even available.