Rod of Seven Parts

Last Updated: February 2, 2020

  • Campaign: The Rod of Seven Parts
  • Price: major artifact
  • Body Slot: - (held)
  • Caster Level: 23rd
  • Aura: overwhelming
  • Activation: see below
  • Weight: 5 lbs

    The individual segments are 4,5,6,7,8, 9, and 10 inches long. Assembled the rod is a little over 4 ft long. The metal of the assembled rod or its segments appears to be made from a lusterless black substance of indeterminate weight. The fully assembled rod weighs 5 lbs, but feels as light as a feather.

    The "Rod of Seven Parts" is a powerful artifact. Each of the seven segments has its own unique magic power.

    Rod #1 (4");

  • user can cast "cure light wounds" (heal 1d8+1 hp);
  • command word "Cure One, Cure All"; 3/day

    Rod #2 (5");

  • user can create "daylight" (23 rounds, caster level = 10th);
  • command word "To Light Today"; 1/day

    Rod #3 (6");

  • "hold person" (23 rounds, caster level = 14th);
  • command word "Freeze, freeze, freeze"; 1/day

    Rod #4 (7");

  • "greater invisibility" (23 rounds, caster level = 14th);
  • command word "Gone for now"; 1/day

    Rod #5 (8");

  • "arcane eye" (23 rounds, caster level = ?th);
  • command word "I I I I I"; 1/day

    Rod #6 (9");

  • "hold monster" (23 rounds, caster level = ?th);
  • command word "STOP, foul slobbering beast"; 1/day

    Rod #7 (10");

  • "heal" (caster level = ?th);
  • command word "Seven Sins Forgiven"; 1/day

    Rods can also be combined, but this must be with an adjacent rod. For example, Rod 1 and Rod 2 can be combined, as can Rod 2 and Rod 3. However Rod 1 and Rod 3 cannot be combined, unless Rod 2 is inbetween them. In addition, combining rod segments together allows access to additional abilities as indicated below.

    Specific Rod Combinations

    Rod #1 + #2;

  • user can "fly" (caster level = 8th);
  • command word "One, Two, Flee"; 1/day

    Rod #1 + #2 + #3;

  • "charm person" (23 rounds, caster level= 14th);
  • command word "1,2,3, you and me"; 1/day

    Rod #1 + #2 + #3 + #4;

  • "charm monster" (23 rounds, caster level= 14th);
  • command word "1,2,3,4, I am your friend forever more"; 1/day

    Rod #1 + #2 + #3 + #4 + #5;

  • "true seeing" (23 rounds, caster level= ?th);
  • command word "sight, sound, smell, taste, touch"; 1/day

    Rod #1 + #2 + #3 + #4 + #5 + #6;

  • "shapechange" (caster level 23rd);
  • command word "beauty is in the six eyes of the beholder"

    Rod #1 + #2 + #3 + #4 + #5 + #6 + #7;

  • "resurrection" (caster level ?th);
  • command word "Life will prevail"
  • if used, the Rod of Seven Parts will shatter and scatter in a retributive strike
  • Need to expose Orcus to a retributive strike from the Rod while on the prime material plane

    Any Rod Combinations

    Any two Rod segments;

  • bestows "tongues" on user, usable at will

    Any three Rod segments;

  • acts as a light mace +1;
  • gives +1 saves vs magic

    Any four Rod segments;

  • acts as a light mace +2; and,
  • "protection from evil" (23 rounds, caster level = 14th);
  • command word "see, hear, speak no evil"; 1/day

    Any five Rod segments;

  • acts as a quarterstaff +3/MW; and,
  • "commune" (23 rounds, caster level = ?th);
  • command word "Who, what, where, when, why"; 1/day

    Any six Rod segments;

  • acts as a quarterstaff +4/MW; and
  • "dispel evil" (caster level = 23);
  • command word "my might is right, drive evil from my sight"

    Any seven Rod segments;

  • acts as a quarterstaff +5 blunt/+5 piercing; and
  • "greater restoration" (caster level = ?);
  • command word "Replenish the body, mind and soul"; 1/day

    History:

  • Nuria Darkfire and her companions embarked on an epic quest in the World of Greyhawk to find and assemble the seven segments of the "Rod of Seven Parts".
  • Nuria Darkfire used the retributive strike ability from the "Rod of Seven Parts" to destroy the physical manisfestation of Orcus as it attempted to enter into the prime material plane.
  • The retributive strike caused the "Rod of Seven Parts" to break apart back into its seven segments, scattering them across time and space, whereabouts unknown and waiting to be found once more...

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