Since it seems like there is a little confusion for some people, here is a little clarification on how the wand slots work and what the Attunement Edges really do.


Right now on creation, every playerfile has 9 wand slots. They are as follows:

Sienna slot 1
Sienna slot 2
Sienna slot 3
Amber slot 1
Amber slot 2
Amber slot 3
Black slot 1
Black slot 2
Black slot 3

By default, only the "1" slots above are ever filled with a number. This number is inserted at character creation. So the pfile might look something like this:

SS1: 13
SS2: NULL
SS3: NULL
AS1: 2
AS2: NULL
AS3: NULL
BS1: 18
BS2: NULL
BS3: NULL

Without attunement edges, if the above hypothetical pfile's player goes and gathers their sleek sienna rod (the one at location 13), that slot will get reset to a new number. So it might look like this:

SS1: 20
SS2: NULL
SS3: NULL
AS1: 2
AS2: NULL
AS3: NULL
BS1: 18
BS2: NULL
BS3: NULL


Now, let's throw the attunement edges into play. It's theoretically possible to take each attunement twice, though the likelihood of that happening is pretty damn small. For the sake of this discussion, let's assume that the owner of the above pfile just took the 'Barrier Attunement' edge. Now the slots would look something like this:

SS1: 20
SS2: NULL
SS3: NULL
AS1: 2
AS2: NULL
AS3: NULL
BS1: 18
BS2: 7
BS3: NULL


That character's "hint pool" has now increased from 3 to 4. The guildmaster might give a hint for slot SS1, AS1, BS1, or BS2 now.

If the player gets a hint for BS1 (a sleek black rod), things work much the same as above. They can go gather that rod, and BS1 will randomly reset to another number (though possibly the same number, it is random after all). However, the player might also get a hint for BS2. Going to get rod BS1 will NOT reset slot BS2. Only getting the rod in that location will reset.

Note to self: Check with Valg if it's possible that BS1 and BS2 will ever end up with the same location, and if so, what happens when I pick up that rod.