Chapter 103: Chapter 103: Section 7 - Mystical Metals

Mystical metals are occasionally used in the making of wands. As with mystical crystals, incorporating one or more of these metals can help to focus the mage's spell and thereby increase the likelihood that the spell will hit its intended target. When incorporated, a mystical metal is typically found in the wand's:

Tip, where it is used in the form of a tiny band as a setting for a tiny mystical crystal and as a focusing ring

Handle or Shaft, where it only rarely employed in the form of focusing rings

End Cap, where it is used as a setting for a mystical crystal and as a reflective barrier to prevent spells from accidentally rebounding back into the mage's hand

Mystical metals are by far the least important of the four materials used in wand making, and no more than one wand in five has any metal at all. There are three very good reasons for this: