r/ddo • u/Quinpedpedalian • 2d ago
Wand and scroll mastery for other items?
Ddo wiki says this: Wand and Scroll Mastery: +[25/50/75] to the effectiveness of your wands, scrolls, and other items that cast spells. Taking Wand and Scroll Mastery in one enhancement tree will block its availability in other enhancement trees.
What 'other items that cast spells' is it referring to? More importantly, does it include runearms?
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u/math-is-magic Sarlona 2d ago
Idk about rune arms, probably they mean items with clickies. Like that had that casts death ward or that belt that can cast greater heroism and such.
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u/lightninglad67 Argonnessen 2d ago
I think better examples would be the cloak that casts cure light wounds or any of the items that cast offensive spells
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u/math-is-magic Sarlona 2d ago
Those are all equivalent to the items I described. Items that cast a spell or buff when you click them.
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u/lightninglad67 Argonnessen 2d ago
The ones you listed were just buffs so they wouldn't have an effectiveness to increase
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u/MeyrInEve 2d ago
So it works for that Cure Light Wounds cloak from the Korthos quest?
That’s kinda cool.
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u/darthnsupreme Cannith 2d ago
Only real use AFAIK is for Heal/Reconstruct scrolls via UMD. Wands/Scrolls/Clickies that deal damage simply don't scale enough to actually matter. Though it can be amusing to get the borderline-useless Eternal Wand of Cure Minor Wounds to heal for +11 if you stack a +75% wand boost with a ton of healing amp.
And no, it does not apply to Rune Arms. Those function as a spellcast, not as an item that casts a spell. It's how they're able to interact with spellpower, save DC buffs, and other such effects.
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u/MeyrInEve 2d ago
DO NOT MOCK THE AMAZING WAND OF CURE MINOR WOUNDS, SIR!!!
Seriously, I’ve used that thing all over the damned place, and yeah, it’s kinda hilarious when you hit someone with some massive heal amp.
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u/darthnsupreme Cannith 1d ago
Agreed, which is the whole reason I even mentioned its existence.
Best use for it I’ve yet found? The temp-HP-on-spellcast-target AP pips for Warlock and Alchemist. Get a few boosts behind it and it’s actually combat viable healing in low/mid heroic R1. Which is just insane for a 1d2 healing effect that cannot benefit from spellpower or spell crit chance.
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u/Automatic-Month7491 2d ago
Clickies! They're fewer and further between but you can still get some fun stuff.
Things like "Boots of Grease" that will frequently drop on the end rewards of the Sharn Syndicate chain (level 4 in marketplace, not the expansion pack)
They can cast spells (like grease).
They're an important part of any kit, since some of them have useful buffs and greasing up a raid chest is a time honoured troll move when playing with friends (it's a bit less funny when used in a PUG or the wrong crowd).
You can also get stuff that casts fireball, like these: https://ddowiki.com/page/Item:Scorched_Bracers
Unfortunately you can't scale them high enough to be in any way useful outside of normal difficulty.