Wavestriders Rod

Wavestrider's Rod

CL 3 Magic Rod • Weak Transmutation

Cost: 4,500 gp

Weight: 4 lbs.

This rod is made of water, liquid yet magically held in the shape of a sturdy rod. The two ends are capped by a pair of shoes, the water running into and out of the openings where ankles should be. When activated, the shoes tap their toes in a jaunty fashion.

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

When the rod is activated, it taps the toes of its shoes. You can then touch yourself or another willing target and impart upon you or them the ability to Hover, but only above a flat surface unsuitable for normal Walk movement. This allows you to walk on water, mud, blood, or things such as lava, although to be fair, simply getting that close to Lava is still extremely hazardous. See the Environmental Effects rules for all the awful details. If activated below the surface, this effect pulls you quickly to the surface. See the spell writeup for further details.

Higher level versions of this Rod grant no greater protection, but the higher Creator Level does make the effect stronger and more difficult to Dispel. You REALLY don't want this dispelled above lava....

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.

This rod lays a divine charge on its target(s). If the targets are something other than you or another creature (such as an object or area), the spell lays a divine charge on you, the caster. Targets which already have a divine charge present must choose which to keep if the new spell has the same charge type. Only one divine 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
-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-
3	4,500 gp	16	-
4	6,600 gp	17	-
5	9,000 gp	18	-
6	12,000 gp	19	-
7	15,000 gp	19	-
8	19,200 gp	20	-
9	24,000 gp	20	-
10	30,000 gp	21	-
11	37,200 gp	22	-
12	45,000 gp	23	-
13	54,600 gp	24	-
14	67,200 gp	25	-
15	85,200 gp	27	-
16	115,800 gp	28	-
17	156,000 gp	28	-
18	216,000 gp	29	-
19	288,000 gp	30	-
20	384,000 gp	31	-

Creator Level	Cost	Save DC	Damage Dealt
21	510,000 gp	32	-
22	684,000 gp	33	-
23	906,000 gp	34	-
24	1,200,000 gp	35	-
25	1,560,000 gp	36	-
26	2,100,000 gp	37	-
27	2,760,000 gp	38	-
28	3,720,000 gp	39	-
29	4,920,000 gp	41	-
30	6,540,000 gp	42	-
31	8,640,000 gp	44	-
32	11,340,000 gp	45	-
33	15,000,000 gp	46	-
34	19,860,000 gp	47	-
35	26,460,000 gp	48	-

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 16 (10 + double CL)), Languid (tier 1) remnant, An item symbolic of the enchantment, 2,250 gp (minus cost of symbolic item).