Shrieking Rod

Shrieking Rod

CL 7 Magic Rod • Weak Evocation

Cost: 22,500 gp

Weight: 4 lbs.

This rod is made of some very strong, hard metal, extremely smooth and polished. It is capped with a ball made of a mass of fine black wires, all packed to gether into a roughly spherical shape. When touched, it seethes with vibrations at all times.

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

When this rod is presented before the wielders mouth with the ball of crumpled wire close to their lips, the command word is then whispered. The rod sings almost unbearably in the hand, and a massive howling, unbridled shriek erupts forth.

This ear-splitting shriek deafens and damages creatures in a 30 foot cone (a 6x6x6 area) adjacent to the wielder's space. Any creature wholly or partially within the area suffers damage based on the creator level of the rod. This is Sonic (energy, common) damage. A successful Reflex save also laid out in the table reduces the damage by half.

Any unattended objects in the area of effect may suffer 1 point of Durability damage, at the GM's discretion.

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
-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-
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).