Orc Stockade (minor spoiler)

[Archangel]

Chalice is given to the wizard in the Knight's Keep.

[VentilatorOfDoom]

before I had lost so many HPs that I had to recharge the wand, but not enough to use up more than 43 charges, so I had no free wand.

on a side note, you are aware that you can forge a wand like any other weapon anytime, provided you have the forge weapons and armor feat?

[Noumenon]

Heh. Nope. What a big departure the crafting system is from the D&D system. In fact, I was still unsure whether a "+2 wand" hit for +2, or added +2 to the spell's save DC -- because everyone knows wands can't get enchanted like weapons.

I also had my inventory clogged up all this time with scrolls of Dispel Magic, Vampiric Ray, etc, because in D&D you're thinking "What if I run out of spells, and really need a dispel magic or some hit points?" I learned spells I had scrolls of at level up -- I bought scrolls and didn't learn them, hoping I could learn Raise Dead later and then still have the scroll in reserve. No idea that learning a spell meant I had infinite scrolls of it whenever I wanted.

[VentilatorOfDoom]

heh. a +4 adamantine wand (Divine Power) enchanted with Holy & Destruction was the weapon of choice for my cleric.
You can have shield + weapon (wand) and still cast Divine Power that way. Neat.