Claw of Magic Stealing (Magic Claw)

This peculiar item is usually fashioned in the form of a miniature, silver hand or claw. An attempt to identify it suggests 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 that 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 or she must make a saving throw vs. spell. Failure to make a successful save means that a randomly selected spell is drained from the wizard's memory and its energy transferred to the claw's owner. The owner of the claw may then use the magical energy to “power” a memorized spell, 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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