Rod of Treachery

Rod of Treachery

CL 1 Magic Rod • Weak Illusion

Cost: 750 gp

Weight: 4 lbs.

This rod is a plain light mace. It looks not unusual in the slightest, although if closely inspected, will be noted to have unusually deep shadows around the spikes. Once noted, this is obvious to all.

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

This rod draws upon the essential duality of all nature that is the font of Illusion, and when activated, it creates a quasi-real shadow weapon wherever it is used to draw the new weapon into existence. This shadow weapon can be of any type, melee, ranged, or projectile, light, one-handed, or two-handed. This illusory weapon cannot mimic any material properties such as dweomermetals or dural stone, but it faithfully creates all Weapon Qualities such as Adaptive Reach or Battering, and inflicts the usual damage type and amount for the weapon chosen. If a projectile weapon is created, it also has sufficient shadow ammunition (of any non-unique, non-material-based (dural is not allowed) type the caster wishes) for the combat at hand, although it must be reloaded as normal. A Shadow Weapon may be Tiny, Small, Medium, or Large. Each shadow weapon lasts until the end of the wielders next encounter, or they end a full night's rest.

This weapon may be wielded by you or an ally in whose hands you draw the weapon into existence. Once willed into existence, the weapon cannot then be given to another, although it can be disarmed and then picked up again by the same user without penalty. If Sundered, a Shadow Weapon is dispelled.

The wielder or the creature they grant the weapon to may use this weapon to make attacks as if it were a real weapon, dealing normal damage for a weapon of its type and the wielder's level. Proficiency is required or penalties accrue, and any feats (such as Weapon Specialization) or abilities (such as a Fighter's Exacting Strikes or a Monk's Echoing Strike) the wielder possesses that apply to the Shadow Weapon work normally.

The first time the wielder of a shadow weapon hits a creature with the weapon, the victim may make a saving throw as defined below to disbelieve; failure means the weapon deals damage normally, success means it only inflicts half normal damage, but the damage type is converted to fictive (energy, uncommon) damage.

The weapon may be used for Sunder combat maneuvers as normal.

If an attacked creature has Spell Resistance (SR), the wielder of the rod must make a Bailiwick skill check as a free action against that SR the first time the Shadow Weapon strikes it. If the weapon is successfully resisted, the weapon is dispelled. If not, the target may save to disbelieve as normal.

At 1st creator level, the weapon gains a +1 Enhancement Bonus to to-hit and damage, and if a thrown weapon, has the Returning property, as normal. At 5th creator level, the weapon gains a +2 Enhancement Bonus. At 9th-level, you may increase the Enhancement Bonus to +3. At 13th the bonus becomes +4, at 17th, +5, at 21st +6, at 25th level +7, at 29th level +8, and at 33rd level, +9.

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	22,500 gp	21	7d6+7
8	28,800 gp	22	8d6+8
9	36,000 gp	22	9d6+9
10	45,000 gp	23	10d6+10
11	55,800 gp	24	11d6+11
12	67,500 gp	25	12d6+24
13	81,900 gp	26	13d6+26
14	100,800 gp	27	14d6+28
15	127,800 gp	29	15d6+30
16	173,700 gp	30	16d6+32
17	234,000 gp	30	17d6+34
18	324,000 gp	31	18d6+54
19	432,000 gp	32	19d6+57
20	576,000 gp	33	20d6+60

Creator Level	Cost	Save DC	Damage Dealt
21	765,000 gp	34	21d6+63
22	1,026,000 gp	35	22d6+66
23	1,359,000 gp	36	23d6+69
24	1,800,000 gp	37	24d6+96
25	2,340,000 gp	38	25d6+100
26	3,150,000 gp	39	26d6+104
27	4,140,000 gp	40	27d6+108
28	5,580,000 gp	41	28d6+112
29	7,380,000 gp	43	29d6+116
30	9,810,000 gp	44	30d6+150
31	12,960,000 gp	46	31d6+155
32	17,010,000 gp	47	32d6+160
33	22,500,000 gp	48	33d6+165
34	29,790,000 gp	49	34d6+170
35	39,690,000 gp	50	35d6+175

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 12 (10 + double CL)), Languid (tier 1) remnant, An item symbolic of the enchantment, 375 gp (minus cost of symbolic item).