Limners Rod
Limner's Rod
- Cost: 750 gp
- Weight: 4 lbs.
This rod looks like a heavy sculpted painter's brush, greatly oversized, topped with short, aggressive bristles. When activated, the rod sways in the hand and the bristles run with gleams and sparks of every color, as the rod paints your illusion over reality as you direct it.
Wielders of this rod can utter a command word as a standard action to cast a Silent Image spell, using up one charge from the rod.
The wielder may expend a move action to move the image within the confines of its maximum space, in order to make the image appear to react to any nearby creatures, if they wish.
Nothing created by the rod's effect can be used for cover or concealment of any sort. The illusion cannot be terrain, such as a hill or wall. It cannot make a filled room appear empty, nor can it be used to create the image of massed piles of smaller objects. It can only create the illusion of a single object, such as a monster, a treasure chest, a fountain, or even a window. If used to create the image of a window (or some similar image), it only looks out onto an illusion — it does not create a transparent effect that allows a viewer to see what is actually beyond the illusion.
Interacting with the illusion directly allows a saving throw based on the creator level of the rod to notice that the illusion isn't real, but only if using a non-visual sense. Note that Darkvision and Low-Light Vision are also not able to penetrate the illusion, since they are just improved versions of normal vision, seeing in the normal spectrums of light and darkness. Anyone noticing the lack of sound, smell, taste, texture, or changes to temperature (if a real version of the illusion would normally produce such things) can make a saving throw to disbelieve the illusion. Those who succeed on the saving throw can perceive the reality of their surroundings as well as the illusion, but they know the illusion for the fake that it is. Those who fail are duped into believing the illusion is real.
This rod's spell effect lays an arcane charge on the wielder while the illusion remains in effect. If the wielder already has an arcane charge present, they must choose which effect they wish to maintain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 750 gp | 14 | - |
| 2 | 1,688 gp | 15 | - |
| 3 | 2,813 gp | 15 | - |
| 4 | 4,125 gp | 16 | - |
| 5 | 5,625 gp | 17 | - |
| 6 | 7,500 gp | 18 | - |
| 7 | 9,375 gp | 18 | - |
| 8 | 12,000 gp | 19 | - |
| 9 | 15,000 gp | 19 | - |
| 10 | 18,750 gp | 20 | - |
| 11 | 23,250 gp | 21 | - |
| 12 | 28,125 gp | 22 | - |
| 13 | 34,125 gp | 23 | - |
| 14 | 42,000 gp | 24 | - |
| 15 | 53,250 gp | 26 | - |
| 16 | 72,375 gp | 27 | - |
| 17 | 97,500 gp | 27 | - |
| 18 | 135,000 gp | 28 | - |
| 19 | 180,000 gp | 29 | - |
| 20 | 240,000 gp | 30 | - |
| Creator Level | Cost | Save DC | Damage Dealt |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 318,750 gp | 31 | - |
| 22 | 427,500 gp | 32 | - |
| 23 | 566,250 gp | 33 | - |
| 24 | 750,000 gp | 34 | - |
| 25 | 975,000 gp | 35 | - |
| 26 | 1,312,500 gp | 36 | - |
| 27 | 1,725,000 gp | 37 | - |
| 28 | 2,325,000 gp | 38 | - |
| 29 | 3,075,000 gp | 40 | - |
| 30 | 4,087,500 gp | 41 | - |
| 31 | 5,400,000 gp | 43 | - |
| 32 | 7,087,500 gp | 44 | - |
| 33 | 9,375,000 gp | 45 | - |
| 34 | 12,412,500 gp | 46 | - |
| 35 | 16,537,500 gp | 47 | - |
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).