Claw of Magic Stealing: This peculiar item is usually fashioned in the form of a miniature silver
hand or claw. An attempt to identify it will suggest that it is an item capable of
casting the 2nd-level wizard spell spectral hand three times per day. The claw can indeed do this, but this is only its
secondary function.

The claw’s real purpose is to steal spells from other spellcasters. If the
victim of the spectral hand spell is a wizard, he must make a saving throw versus spell. Failure to make
this save means that a randomly selected spell is drained from his memory and
its energy is transferred to the claw’s owner. The owner of the claw may then
use this magical energy to “power” a memorized spell of his own, provided it is
of the same or lower level. Such a spell may be cast without being lost from the
mind of the wizard possessing the claw.

The claw of magic stealing does not store magical energy in any way; either the owner of the claw uses
the energy to “power” a spell on the next round, or the energy dissipates and is
lost.

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