Rod of High Noon

Rod of High Noon

CL 5 Magic Rod • Weak Evocation

Cost: 11,250 gp

Weight: 4 lbs.

A rod of high noon is a dull grey shaft of metal, approximately two and a half inches in diameter that is perfectly cylindrical until you reach the top of the rod, where it expands outward in a bowl-like shape, with a flat, translucent top. The bowl shape is perhaps four inches in diameter. The flat top is like a small crystal window, and looking inside reveals the metal insides of the bowl-shape, and at the bottom of the bowl, a mysterious knob of the same crystal material protrudes. Along the body of the rod, the grey metal has a carved section with a very fine cross-hatching pattern, almost like sandpaper, that makes the rod quite easy to grip. Also on the body, just below the bowl-shaped protuberance, is a small circular indentation inset into the metal, and inside this indentation is a smooth convex mass. It's sized perfectly for a thumb to press down upon it, but despite this, pressing it does nothing.

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

Upon activation, the wielder touches the rod to an object they can reach, causing the object to shed bright light in a 60-foot radius. This illumination increases the light level for an additional 60 feet by one step (darkness becomes dim light, dim light becomes bright light). Creatures that take penalties in bright light take them while within the 60-foot radius of this magical light. Despite its name, this spell is not the equivalent of daylight for the purposes of creatures that are damaged or destroyed by such light.

If Daylight is cast on a small object that is then placed inside or under a light-proof covering, the spell's effects are blocked until the covering is removed.

If Daylight is cast into an area of magical darkness (or vice versa), both are temporarily negated, so that the otherwise prevailing light conditions exist in the overlapping areas of effect.

Alternatively, when casting the spell, the wielder may make a melee touch attack against a creature within reach. Casting Daylight and using it to attack a creature inflicts an amount of light (energy, uncommon) damage based on the creator level of the rod, and inflicts Blind to all sight-based senses on the target creature. Attacking with this spell in this way ends the spell immediately, hit or miss. There is no saving throw against this damage, but after being touched, the target creature is allowed a Fortitude saving throw versus a DC based on the creator level of the rod to reduce the Blind condition to Dazzled. This use of the spell is a spectacular effect, as the creature's eyes or other visual organs light up from the inside like lamps.

If a targeted creature has spell resistance, the wielder of the rod must first make a Bailiwick skill check against the target's Maneuver Defense. If they equal or exceed this number, the spell is resolved against the target as normal. If the check fails, the spell is cast from the rod (using up a charge) but has no effect on the target creature.

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).