Treantmonk's Guide to Wizards: Equipment and Magic Items

I know it's not RAW, I know most tables don't care, but I will always rule that Broom of Flying needs a hand to hold on to. Which still makes it one of the best uncommon items in the game, particularly for wizards, but not universally better than winged boots

I can not believe d and d put portable holes in the game. That is so sexist!!! I just call them women.

How dose the ring of spell storing interact with the scribe scroll spell or the modify spell spell. From the one dnd play test?

Looking for a fingered familiar

Hey can you use pearl of power as Identify component?

I wish my DM was a bit more generous with magic items for my wizard. The items from this video are so cool.

Just saying, going back in time you introduce yourself as Treantmonk. Love that you changed to Chris here :) love your videos.

Great video, but I have a little nitpick
The horn of valhalla requires you to have weapon and armour proficiencies otherwise the berserkers attack you. It's very bad for wizards. Also if you already have controll spells it's better if an all uses some of the battlefield controll items.

I have started the druid after loss of my previous character. Our GM now pissed that party have no need to buy or carry food with them.

are these ranked at all?

My DM keeps wanting to nerf my attunement magic items. The Wizard hat he has enforced that I had to pick 1 specific cantrip and it can only be used for that specific cantrip.
I just got a ring of spell storing at our last session and he was talking about maybe enforcing that all the slots of it have to be used for the same spell. He gave the example of 5 stored Shield spells or 5 magic missiles. Like, that is a drastic nerf.

Question on giving your familiar attunement required magic items. Does that use your own attunement slots or does your familiar have their own 3 attunement slots?

Just keep in mind everyone this list was before Tasha's cauldron of everything. So no Arcane Grimoire for instance. Which I assume would make the list.

He skipped Ruby Weave Gem from fizbans it lets you cast a spell per day you don't know of any level and ignore 1500 gp of costly components per day in 500 gp chunks that can be combined.

More magic item analysis please. If you're looking for video topics, this is definitely one with revisiting! Would love to see some analysis of bad magic item choices. Would also be great to see a breakdown for other classes. Of course a systematic analysis like you did with spells would be terrific too. And how about a build guide for if you get to start a game or campaign with one or more magic items. All your builds assume no magic items, but of course that's rarely how games play out. I am hungry for more of this type of analysis from you.

I would like to say that staff of the magi also gives you spell resistance.

The Bag of Tricks can be shared. If 3 different characters pull an animal out of it that gives the party 3 actions per round.

When I read the description of The tome of the stilled tongue and it says that you can use it to cat a spell with out the spell slot, it doesn't have a spell level limit. Does this mean you could use to cat 2 9th level spells or is that going to far?

Finally ended up getting a rare magic item from the list - a ring of spell storing. Obtained it fairly late in the campaign and gave it to my Simulacrum (having reached 13th level). Now the simulacrum that never regains spell slots has a bit more longevity with casting defensive spells on itself, as its half HP is a bit of a weakness in combat. Having those extra spells it can use that can be regained seems better than any other use case - I don't think my DM would allow it to be used by my owl familiar.

Equip a Ring of Spell Storing on your familiar. Include a spell with a concentration effect. Can the familiar concentrate on the spell? Personally, as a DM, I would say no. Insufficient intelligence.

Stone of good luck also adds +1 bonus to the counterspell and dispel magic checks :)

Most dms ( in my experience) allow you to buy any common magic item at almost any amount if you’ve got the gold

Thank you.

One atunement slot per tier of play : 1-4
Uncommon
Rare
Very Rare
Legendary

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what i do as a wizard is i use the animate undead to have undead mine for me, then i make a chest with raw materials , then cast arcane lock but exclude yourself from the lock, put a extra pouch for components, a focus, and a spellbook with your most vital spells , cast alarm on the chest.
boom spellbook anxiety gone, although getting in may be a hassle with the undead, you should be able to fight them off with cantrips, as all they have is pickaxes.

i personally find the spell storing ring + find familiar not very smart, strategically and socially. the more obvious spell effects get noticed immediately by the enemy and the can target your familiar. Also just imagine the joy of a barbarian or fighter who finally gets to cast some spells aswell. it can still be "your" item if you're the one fueling it. Havin a misty step or thunderstep in there is potentially life saving if a frontliner gets surrounded and potentially blocking off the healer.

Also, your stupid fog cloud video has created so much discord in 3 of my groups I am not sure you're helping anyone with that video. No DM runs it that way. Everyone runs it as blanket disadvantage. I agree with you on that video, but no one runs it that way and they don't want to argue about it.

Wizard familiars don't have hands. Thumbs down for overstepping the pact of the chain warlock. DM who allow rings on your owl and that it is smart enough to use it. No 👎

Stop misinforming people.

Material (M)
Casting some spells requires particular objects, specified in parentheses in the component entry. A character can use a component pouch or a spellcasting focus (found in “Equipment”) in place of the components specified for a spell.

Great list. The elvish chainmail is cool but if one dons it they lose their mage armor spell.

drop weapon on ground, cast spell, pick up weapon.

Horn of Valhalla come with conditions. So you want to make sure it's one where your wizard can meet the proficiency requirements. Otherwise everyone's going to have a bad time!

Have you ever played a Wizard who had his spellbook stolen? You'd lose the ability to change your memorized spells, and your ritual spells - it would be a hit and something you'd want to end, but not totally disabilitating. I think it would make an interesting, challenging session or two, but I wouldn't want it as a regular threat/occurance.

Not sure if you're still monitoring comments but with the new Tasha's book adding more items I think it's become more difficult to rank/prioritise items and really pick the standouts. The items that let you have more flexibility on re-preparing spells, and bonuses to save DCs of your spells are the ones that seem hard to weight up versus others. Are you planning on making a new video to sort of review the new Tasha's items with reference to what is currently available?
I.e. what is better - A +2 to AC from bracer's of defence, or a +2 to save DC from Arcane Grimoire, an Atlas of Endless Horizons. The part I really struggle with is weighting up the four main choices of magic items that can use your attunement: mobility/defence, stronger save DCs, more spell preparations or allowing you to change them, and misc. utility.

Staff of Swarming Insects even says that nobody can see inside it but you, which means it does not obscure vision at all for the caster. It's quite ridiculous but a large radius which sometimes is too big given the space the party is in. Important to note the caster can see out of it, which is "incredible".

I know this is an old Vijeo, but question for any of the community that catches this... Pearl of Power. 5-6 level party... give it to the Utility (14 int Conjuration) Wizard, or the Party Paladin?? As the wizard in this scenario, I really think it'll help the Party more on that Pally. Thoughts?

Personally I actually think the fighter, monk or rogue should get the ring of spell storing. They have nothing to concentrate on. Imagine the fighter with nothing to concentrate on gets the ranger to fill it with hunters marks. Your basically turning a non caster into a half caster for the cost of an attunement slot.

Personally, I'm one who favors the Boots of Flying over Broom of Flying, especially at lower levels. Sure, it takes an attunement slot, has a time limit, and doesn't give you as much speed, but the time limit is a reasonable one, you most likely won't need more than the 30 feet you're likely to get for speed in most battles, and most importantly, it doesn't cause one of your hands to be preoccupied in order to utilize the flying speed. Now, the item description doesn't explicitly say that the broom actually does require this, but essentially all iconography shows users of such magic items using one hand to stabilize themselves, and considering you are balancing on top of a relatively narrow, unstable object in order to use the broom, it would not be unreasonable for many DMs to interpret the item's use in this way. That could very well be quite detrimental to a wizard, should they want to use spells that have both somatic and material components. Obviously, this will depend upon who your DM is, and thus what their policy is, but if I have the choice, I tend toward erring on the side of caution on this matter. The tangential benefit of the featherfall effect is nice, as well.

Cloak of Billowing is great, give it to an NPC along with a pointed cap and a fake white beard and tell them to shout "abracadabra" then they'll be targeted with attacks, not you.

I'm curious about the amounts of money your groups earn. I impoverished my Cleric for one use of Revivify and Stone to Flesh and had to pass the hat for the powdered silver for a Magic Circle. At level 10.

With all due respect, I'm going to have to disagree in regard to the Arcane Focus v Component Pouch. I understand the benefits of the Component Pouch, but I don't want to have to spend all of my downtime hunting for the correct components to put into the pouch. At least with the Arcane Focus, I can perform some spells without going on a scavenger hunt.

And I really wish they were clearer on using arcane focus staves as melee weapons.

I have a question, my DM believes that the rod of absorption can infinitely absorb spells as long as it is not above 50, but I thought the rod only at maximum is able to absorb 50 levels of spells and it stops absorbing that isn't affected how much spell energy remains in the rod. Thanks!

lol those legendary items
what if I'm neutral lolol

Stone of good luck also gives +1 to counterspell, dispel and telekinesis - or any spell really that calls for an ability check.

"When that attunement slot became an issue", must be nice. My DM is a stingy prick, 10th level in Avernus and between 6 party members there are three +1 weapons and two +1 armors, no other items, we don't even get potions or scrolls. Claims Avernus is low magic, I call BS.

i want to like, but i don't want to break the 666. Truly this maddening dillema is the work of the devil

TIme stamps dude. Time stamps.

Ring of spell storing says "This ring stores spells cast into it, holding them until the attuned wearer uses them." Can a familiar be attuned to it in order to use the ring to cast its spells?

If your playing/manage to convince your DM to let you play a Warforged, I'd recommend getting the scholars pack over the explorers kit as the only thing useful to you in the explorer's kit is the 50 ft. of rope. With the scholars pack you can choose what your 'book of lore' is about, and most RP DMs love when you do this and will often let you have advantages on history/religion checks if that book is related in any way.

So, a thing about spell scrolls: It's a very good idea to keep 1 of each of your spells in scroll form. This way you can persuade other wizards to trade scrolls with you, since wizards are always hungry for more spells, are able to still be useful in emergencies if your resources are spent. Yes, it takes time and money, but for most spells it's a useful resource and increases your utility.

Ofc you won't be able to carry every spell scroll on your person at all times, but still you can store most of them in the bag of holding or your home base, carrying only the most useful/important ones with you.