The hunt for goldenfire (Afina and Jaela, later Surraruthru too)

[Corwin]

Jaela picks up the wand, and after giving Kascha enough time to study it she retraces her steps before heading north this time.

[Anastasia]

The moment Jaela picks up the wand, an annoyed voice calls, "Hey, hands off!" It comes right from the wand. "I was trying to take a nap! You're not going to move me to another chest again, oaf! I swear I'll throw some fire at you this time!"

[Corwin]

"Good morning to you, then. I'm Jaela and you're going to kill Lixer's undead minions, not into another box. What's your name?"

[Anastasia]

"Oh!" Kascha's face lights up, "Are you an intelligent magic wand? How wonderful!"

The wand vibrates in Jaela's hand, "The Great Wanderous of the Wand Clan. Call me Wand." After a beat, "Of course I'm called Wand! If I had another name, I'd just confuse people when they called me something else. Like, "I'm going to point my Jaela at you and burn you up!" and everyone's wondering why you named your wand Jaela. It's awkward."

[Corwin]

"If you like utilitarian names, why not Fire?"

[Anastasia]

"Too confusing. People call the Elemental Plane of Fire that, so it's a headache." The wand flips in your hand before replying, "So someone finally found me in this Lathander forsaken maze, eh? How do I know you're worthy of wielding me?"

[Ebiris]

"But there are lots of other wands," Afina jumps in on this name debate. "You could add a second name to narrow it down, something that's inarguably you. I went through a phase of changing mine lots recently but now I've settled on Devilsbane." Or had it chosen for her really. "I think it suits me."

[Anastasia]

"Oh yes, individuality is important," Kascha looks up from scribbling in her book, a hand batting away ioun stones from her face. "How about a name, like the Wand of Fire, or the Wand of Jaela? Something like that."

The wand huffs - how it does it without a mouth is a good question - and replies, "You fleshy creatures and your need for names. Just call me Wand already!"

[Ebiris]

"Alright, Wand," Afina says, uncaring to make a fight of it. "So what can you do?"

[Anastasia]

"Throw fire, of course. Grab me and focus on fire. You'll be good at it," The wand waggles over in Afina's direction, "Since I can smell the fire in you."

[Ebiris]

Afina flutters over to take Wand off of Jaela should she be willing to relinquish such a devastating artifact of legend, before she waves it down the way they came from.

[Anastasia]

Nothing happens. "You have the right idea, but focus on your magic. Push in some of your mana and let it flow through me."

[Corwin]

"Don't set anything we like on fire," Jaela says dryly, relinquishing the relic.

[Ebiris]

"Ahh, I'm familiar with that skill," Afina nods, channelling unfocused magic into the implement like she would with her arcane strike technique. A third circle slot should do it, she thinks.

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Afina 185/185 (-2 con), greater mage armour (CL 23), greater heroism (CL 23), shield (CL 23), fortunate fate (CL 25), celestial valour (CL 23)
AC 68 (touch 50, flat footed 68), spell resistance 38, blindsense 30, immunity to fire, disease, water, poison, fear. 50% spell failure.
Spell charges remaining: 6/7/8/7/8/6/5/7/6/7
Goldenfire exposure: 3/7

[Anastasia]

The wand is pointed and a third level spell is poured into it. You feel the magic twist and shape in thew and, before it become a little dot that flows out of the wand. "FIREBAAAALLLLLLL!" It cries, as the corner of the room explodes out into a fireball. A wave of heat washes over the party, "Aaaah, an old classic. You can't go wrong with fireball. You have good magic and good compatibility. I can use your magic to make all sorts of fire spells."