Pseudo-wands
Unlike traditional charged wands (a.k.a. “true wands”), pseudo-wands do not have a definite number of charges. Instead, a pseudo-wand has a charge die.
Initially, when such a wand is created, the charge die is a d20. After each time that a power of the wand is used which uses one or more “charges” (a.k.a. pseudo-charges), the wand’s wielder must immediately roll the charge die one or more times, with the number of rolls being equal to the number of “charges” just used. (For example, if 1 “charge” is “spent”, the charge die is rolled once; if 2 “charges” are “spent”, the die is rolled twice; etc.)
If none of the rolls of the charge die come up “1”, nothing happens. If, however, at least one of the rolls comes up “1”, the wand’s charge die is immediately reduced in size, by one step (d20 → d12 → d8 → d6 → d4). If a “1” is rolled on a d4 charge die roll (i.e., when the charge die is as small as it can be), this means that the wand’s magic is finally expended; the wand is now nothing more than a non-magical stick.
Unlike a traditional (spell trigger) wand, a pseudo-wand is a command word item. (If the wand has multiple different powers, a separate command word is used to activate each power.)
Lesser heal wand
Caster level 5th
This pseudo-wand has the following powers:
Heal (1 charge): With a touch, positive energy flows from the wand, healing a single creature of 1d8+1 points of damage. Undead are harmed by this energy (a melee touch attack is required to affect an unwilling creature).
Extra heal (3 charges): As “heal”, but heals 3d8+5 points of damage.