Glittering Rod

Glittering Rod

CL 3 Magic Rod • Weak Enchantment

Cost: 4,500 gp

Weight: 4 lbs.

This rod is a simple cylinder, but its edges and ends are covered in small square mirrors, giving it a dazzling appearance that is, to put it bluntly, fabulous. The edges of the little mirrors aren't the most comfortable thing to hold in a bare hand, but very few cuts occur for all that they feel sharp.

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

When the rod is activated, a cloud of golden particles of the purest magic covers everyone and everything in a 25-foot diameter area you choose within 100 feet of your space. This inflicts an amount of light (energy, uncommon) damage based on the caster level of the rod (see table below), as well as causing creatures to become blinded to all visual senses and visibly outlining invisible things until the end of the current encounter, negating all benefits of the invisible state. A WILL save, with a DC based on the caster level of the rod (see table below), halves the damage and negates the blindness, but the effects versus the invisible remain until the end of the encounter unless the charge laid by this spell is overwritten.

All creatures and unattended objects within the area are covered by the dust, which cannot be removed save by Dispel Magic, Disjunction, and similar effects, and of course, it does not function within Anti-magic effects or areas. This dust continues to sparkle until the end of the encounter.

Any creature covered by the dust takes a -10 penalty on Stealth checks.

This spell lays an arcane charge on its target(s). Targets that already have an arcane charge present must choose which to keep if the new spell has the same charge type. Only one arcane charge can ever be present on a target at a time.

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
-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-
3	4,500 gp	16	3d6
4	6,600 gp	17	4d6
5	9,000 gp	18	5d6
6	12,000 gp	19	6d6
7	15,000 gp	19	7d6
8	19,200 gp	20	8d6
9	24,000 gp	20	9d6
10	30,000 gp	21	10d6
11	37,200 gp	22	11d6
12	45,000 gp	23	12d6+12
13	54,600 gp	24	13d6+13
14	67,200 gp	25	14d6+14
15	85,200 gp	27	15d6+15
16	115,800 gp	28	16d6+16
17	156,000 gp	28	17d6+17
18	216,000 gp	29	18d6+18
19	288,000 gp	30	19d6+19
20	384,000 gp	31	20d6+20

Creator Level	Cost	Save DC	Damage Dealt
21	510,000 gp	32	21d6+21
22	684,000 gp	33	22d6+22
23	906,000 gp	34	23d6+23
24	1,200,000 gp	35	24d6+48
25	1,560,000 gp	36	25d6+50
26	2,100,000 gp	37	26d6+52
27	2,760,000 gp	38	27d6+54
28	3,720,000 gp	39	28d6+56
29	4,920,000 gp	41	29d6+58
30	6,540,000 gp	42	30d6+60
31	8,640,000 gp	44	31d6+62
32	11,340,000 gp	45	32d6+64
33	15,000,000 gp	46	33d6+66
34	19,860,000 gp	47	34d6+68
35	26,460,000 gp	48	35d6+70

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 16 (10 + double CL)), Languid (tier 1) remnant, An item symbolic of the enchantment, 2,250 gp (minus cost of symbolic item).