I'm a total noob and just started playing a few weeks ago. After reading through the forums and all the recent posts about wands I'm left with some questions.

What exactly is the wand system? It sounds like there are random places assigned per character to find A/B/S wands.

If I were to find a A/B/S wand it sounds like that spot would only spawn for me?

Do all mage type classes get the detect artifact spell? The help files on classes doesn't list this spell.

I was told shapeshifter U/D would be the best class for someone knew that didn't know the mud very well, does A/B/S stay through shapeshift? I know the class spells fall when you change shape and need to be recast until you get to lvl 34-37 for the appropriate control.

Thanks