Warding Rod
Warding Rod
- Cost: 11,250 gp
- Weight: 4 lbs.
This rod is made of some strange dull black material, like a weird cross between wood, metal, and pottery. It seems slightly warm when touched. The ends are capped with a ball of the same material on one end, and a triangular array of blunt spikes on the other. When activated, the triangular cage manifests a ball of energy within, the color and style of which reflects the energy type specified suring activation.
Wielders of this rod can utter a command word as a standard action to cast a Protection from Energy spell, using up one charge from the rod.
This rod grants 3 temporary hit points per creator level (to a maximum of 105 points at 35th level). These may be removed by the exact kind of energy damage only, or they disappear at the end of combat, like all temporary hit points. NOTE: These temp hit points will not stack with any other source of temporary hit points: In all cases, you must choose the source of temp hit points you wish to use.
This rod lays an arcane charge on recipients, but that charge specifically overlaps (and stacks with) any level of Resist Energy (Sorcerer/Wizard Spell), as well as the communal versions of those spells. If a character is warded by Protection from Energy and any version of Resist Energy (such as from an Anchoring Rod), both spells share the same charge and the Protection from Energy spell absorbs damage before Resist Energy is even affected, until the power of Protection from Energy is exhausted.
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 | - |
| 6 | 15,000 gp | 20 | - |
| 7 | 18,750 gp | 20 | - |
| 8 | 24,000 gp | 21 | - |
| 9 | 30,000 gp | 21 | - |
| 10 | 37,500 gp | 22 | - |
| 11 | 46,500 gp | 23 | - |
| 12 | 56,250 gp | 24 | - |
| 13 | 68,250 gp | 25 | - |
| 14 | 84,000 gp | 26 | - |
| 15 | 106,500 gp | 28 | - |
| 16 | 144,750 gp | 29 | - |
| 17 | 195,000 gp | 29 | - |
| 18 | 270,000 gp | 30 | - |
| 19 | 360,000 gp | 31 | - |
| 20 | 480,000 gp | 32 | - |
| Creator Level | Cost | Save DC | Damage Dealt |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 637,500 gp | 33 | - |
| 22 | 855,000 gp | 34 | - |
| 23 | 1,132,500 gp | 35 | - |
| 24 | 1,500,000 gp | 36 | - |
| 25 | 1,950,000 gp | 37 | - |
| 26 | 2,625,000 gp | 38 | - |
| 27 | 3,450,000 gp | 39 | - |
| 28 | 4,650,000 gp | 40 | - |
| 29 | 6,150,000 gp | 42 | - |
| 30 | 8,175,000 gp | 43 | - |
| 31 | 10,800,000 gp | 45 | - |
| 32 | 14,175,000 gp | 46 | - |
| 33 | 18,750,000 gp | 47 | - |
| 34 | 24,825,000 gp | 48 | - |
| 35 | 33,075,000 gp | 49 | - |
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).