Rod of Storms

Rod of Storms

CL 5 Magic Rod • Weak Evocation

Cost: 11,250 gp

Weight: 4 lbs.

This rod looks like a length of storm-grey metal, twisted up so that knots of dark metal lump and protrude erratically along its length. It is capped with a cloudy crystal sphere, which flickers from within as if it were a lightning-riven storm cloud. If listened to intently, the sound of distant thunders are emitted from it on occasion.

Wielders of this rod can utter a command word as a standard action to cast a Lightning Bolt spell, using up one charge from the rod.

When the rod is activated, it jars in the hand and emits a vast blue-white bolt of lightning. This bolt is 20 feet long, plus 5 feet for every two creator levels of the rod, round down. All creatures it strikes take an amount of damage determined by the creator level of the rod as electricity (energy, common) damage. A Reflex saving throw against a DC for the creator level of the rod will reduce the damage by half.

The bolt begins at the tip of the rod you hold. Choose a space adjacent to your space, and count out the entire length of the Lightning Bolt calculated above. Each space must be adjacent to the previous space (an edge or a corner) and also further away from your space. Care should be taken with how you lay out the line, to maximize the spells effects.

The Lightning Bolt sets fire to minor combustibles and damages size Tiny and smaller unattended objects in its path. It may melt metals with a low melting point, such as lead, gold, copper, silver, or bronze. It does not inflict siege damage or Sunders; it stops at a Blocked space just as any other spell effect does.

If a targeted creature has spell resistance, the wielder of the rod must first make a Bailiwick skill check against the target's Maneuver Defense. If they equal or exceed this number, the spell is resolved against the target as normal. If the check fails, the spell is cast from the rod (using up a charge) but has no effect on the target creature.

You can purchase this rod at a higher creator level than the minimum required to cast the spell. Doing so increases the potency of the spell as described above, but also increases the cost, as follows:

Creator Level	Cost	Save DC	Damage Dealt
-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-
5	11,250 gp	19	5d6
6	15,000 gp	20	6d6
7	18,750 gp	20	7d6
8	24,000 gp	21	8d6+8
9	30,000 gp	21	9d6+9
10	37,500 gp	22	10d6+10
11	46,500 gp	23	11d6+11
12	56,250 gp	24	12d6+12
13	68,250 gp	25	13d6+13
14	84,000 gp	26	14d6+14
15	106,500 gp	28	15d6+15
16	144,750 gp	29	16d6+32
17	195,000 gp	29	17d6+34
18	270,000 gp	30	18d6+36
19	360,000 gp	31	19d6+38
20	480,000 gp	32	20d6+40

Creator Level	Cost	Save DC	Damage Dealt
21	637,500 gp	33	21d6+42
22	855,000 gp	34	22d6+44
23	1,132,500 gp	35	23d6+46
24	1,500,000 gp	36	24d6+72
25	1,950,000 gp	37	25d6+75
26	2,625,000 gp	38	26d6+78
27	3,450,000 gp	39	27d6+81
28	4,650,000 gp	40	28d6+84
29	6,150,000 gp	42	29d6+87
30	8,175,000 gp	43	30d6+90
31	10,800,000 gp	45	31d6+93
32	14,175,000 gp	46	32d6+128
33	18,750,000 gp	47	33d6+132
34	24,825,000 gp	48	34d6+136
35	33,075,000 gp	49	35d6+140

This magic item does not require an attunement period, and grants its benefits immediately upon being worn or wielded.

Creation: Creator (Feat), Bailiwick Check (DC 20 (10 + double CL)), Languid (tier 1) remnant, An item symbolic of the enchantment, 5,625 gp (minus cost of symbolic item).