Rod of Terror

Rod of Terror

CL 7 Magic Rod • Weak Necromancy

Cost: 22,500 gp

Weight: 4 lbs.

This rod is made of bone and hard-wrapped sinew, and has tiny bones dangling from strips of leather making an unruly mop at one end. The whole is grimed with long-dried gore and scrimshawed all over with images of screaming faces, images of torment, and eerie symbols of darkling things in the Darkness.

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

When the wielder pronounces the command word and presents the rod toward their foes, the device writhes in the grip, the mop of sinew and bones clattering in a most terrible fashion.

Upon the utterance of the command word, the invisble effects of the rod's terror field wash forth from the fell device, filling a 6 x 6 x 6 cone adjacent to the wielder's space. All creatures within must make a Willpower save against a DC set by the creator level of the rod. If they fail the save, they suffer damage according to the creator level of the rod as psychic (energy, uncommon) damage and gain the Cringing condition until the end of the encounter or the condition is removed. if they succeed at the save, the damage is reduced by half and the condition becomes the shaken condition for one round. 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
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7	22,500 gp	21	7d6+7
8	28,800 gp	22	8d6+8
9	36,000 gp	22	9d6+9
10	45,000 gp	23	10d6+10
11	55,800 gp	24	11d6+11
12	67,500 gp	25	12d6+24
13	81,900 gp	26	13d6+26
14	100,800 gp	27	14d6+28
15	127,800 gp	29	15d6+30
16	173,700 gp	30	16d6+32
17	234,000 gp	30	17d6+34
18	324,000 gp	31	18d6+54
19	432,000 gp	32	19d6+57
20	576,000 gp	33	20d6+60

Creator Level	Cost	Save DC	Damage Dealt
21	765,000 gp	34	21d6+63
22	1,026,000 gp	35	22d6+66
23	1,359,000 gp	36	23d6+69
24	1,800,000 gp	37	24d6+96
25	2,340,000 gp	38	25d6+100
26	3,150,000 gp	39	26d6+104
27	4,140,000 gp	40	27d6+108
28	5,580,000 gp	41	28d6+112
29	7,380,000 gp	43	29d6+116
30	9,810,000 gp	44	30d6+150
31	12,960,000 gp	46	31d6+155
32	17,010,000 gp	47	32d6+160
33	22,500,000 gp	48	33d6+165
34	29,790,000 gp	49	34d6+170
35	39,690,000 gp	50	35d6+175

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).