Rod of Terror

Rod of Terror

CL 7 Magic Rod • Weak Necromancy

Cost: 22,500 gp

Weight: 4 lbs.

This rod is made of bone and hard-wrapped sinew, and has tiny bones dangling from strips of leather making an unruly mop at one end. The whole is grimed with long-dried gore and scrimshawed all over with images of screaming faces, images of torment, and eerie symbols of darkling things in the Darkness.

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

When the wielder pronounces the command word and presents the rod toward their foes, the device writhes in the grip, the mop of sinew and bones clattering in a most terrible fashion.

Upon the utterance of the command word, the invisble effects of the rod's terror field wash forth from the fell device, filling a 6 x 6 x 6 cone adjacent to the wielder's space. All creatures within must make a Willpower save against a DC set by the creator level of the rod. If they fail the save, they suffer damage according to the creator level of the rod as psychic (energy, uncommon) damage and gain the Cringing condition until the end of the encounter or the condition is removed. if they succeed at the save, the damage is reduced by half and the condition becomes the shaken condition for one round. 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
-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-
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-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-
7	9,375 gp	24
8	12,000 gp	25
9	15,000 gp	25
10	18,750 gp	26
11	23,250 gp	27
12	28,125 gp	28
13	34,125 gp	29
14	42,000 gp	30
15	53,250 gp	32
16	72,375 gp	33
17	97,500 gp	33
18	135,000 gp	34
19	180,000 gp	35
20	240,000 gp	36

Creator Level	Cost	Save DC	Damage Dealt
21	318,750 gp	37
22	427,500 gp	38
23	566,250 gp	39
24	750,000 gp	40
25	975,000 gp	41
26	1,312,500 gp	42
27	1,725,000 gp	43
28	2,325,000 gp	44
29	3,075,000 gp	46
30	4,087,500 gp	47
31	5,400,000 gp	49
32	7,087,500 gp	50
33	9,375,000 gp	51
34	12,412,500 gp	52
35	16,537,500 gp	53

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 24 (10 + double CL)), Languid (tier 1) remnant, An item symbolic of the enchantment, 11,250 gp (minus cost of symbolic item).