Rod of Fire

Rod of Fire

CL 5 Magic Rod • Weak Evocation

Cost: 11,250 gp

Weight: 4 lbs.

This rod is made of heavily charred wood, cracked and checked, with an ominous red glow emitting from the cracks as if live coals lurk. It is actually warm but comfortable to the touch, although it gives off a scent of wood smoke at all times. The ends are capped with ash-blackened iron caps, with heavy fire runes carved deep into the metal.

Wielders of this rod can utter a command word as a Standard Action to cast a Fireball spell, using up one charge from the rod.

Speaking the command word, the wielder feels a sudden raging surge of heat, that peaks in a searing outburst of fiery power. The spell generates a searing pea-sized spark that zooms forth to a space up to 200 feet away from the wielder's space to which they have line of sight and line of effect. There it explodes in a vast gout of flame, filling a 7 x 7 x 7 square space, generating a low roar and dealing damage as determined by the creator level of the rod as Fire (energy, common) damage to every creature within the area. Affected creatures are allowed a Reflex saving throw against a DC based on the creator level of the rod to only suffer half damage. The explosion creates almost no pressure, and thus does not directly generate Sunders against any object, no matter how fragile.

As you complete the casting of this powerful magic, the wielder points the rod and determines the range (distance and height) at which the Fireball is to burst. A glowing, pea-sized bead streaks from the pointing digit and, unless it impacts upon a material body or solid barrier prior to attaining the prescribed range, blossoms into the Fireball at that point. An early impact results in an early detonation. If you attempt to send the bead through a narrow passage, such as through an arrow slit, you must "hit" the opening with a ranged Touch Attack against an AC of 25, or else the bead strikes the barrier and detonates prematurely.

The Fireball sets fire to combustibles in the area. This effect can and often does lead to tremendous destruction, so be careful! It can melt fine metal objects such as coins made of metal with low melting points, such as lead, gold, copper, silver, and bronze. Since it is a burst, if the damage caused by a fireball impinges a solid barrier, such as walls, glass windows, force walls, shutters, etc, the area affected by the damage stops at the barrier just as any other spell effect does.

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
-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-
5	11,250 gp	19	5d6
6	15,000 gp	20	6d6
7	18,750 gp	20	7d6
8	24,000 gp	21	8d6+8
9	30,000 gp	21	9d6+9
10	37,500 gp	22	10d6+10
11	46,500 gp	23	11d6+11
12	56,250 gp	24	12d6+12
13	68,250 gp	25	13d6+13
14	84,000 gp	26	14d6+14
15	106,500 gp	28	15d6+15
16	144,750 gp	29	16d6+32
17	195,000 gp	29	17d6+34
18	270,000 gp	30	18d6+36
19	360,000 gp	31	19d6+38
20	480,000 gp	32	20d6+40

Creator Level	Cost	Save DC	Damage Dealt
21	637,500 gp	33	21d6+42
22	855,000 gp	34	22d6+44
23	1,132,500 gp	35	23d6+46
24	1,500,000 gp	36	24d6+72
25	1,950,000 gp	37	25d6+75
26	2,625,000 gp	38	26d6+78
27	3,450,000 gp	39	27d6+81
28	4,650,000 gp	40	28d6+84
29	6,150,000 gp	42	29d6+87
30	8,175,000 gp	43	30d6+90
31	10,800,000 gp	45	31d6+93
32	14,175,000 gp	46	32d6+128
33	18,750,000 gp	47	33d6+132
34	24,825,000 gp	48	34d6+136
35	33,075,000 gp	49	35d6+140

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 20 (10 + double CL)), Languid (tier 1) remnant, An item symbolic of the enchantment, 5,625 gp (minus cost of symbolic item).