Stone Scepter of Shih (Magic Scepter)

An unknown ally of the wizard Shih created the Stone scepter of Shih for the sole purpose of over throwing the evil emperor and necromancer. Tan Chin (now known as Ambuchar Devayam). A simple wooden staff capped by a stone pommel, the scepter must be wielded by a character of lawful good alignment to use its full benefit, although characters of any good alignment can use it to some effect as outlined below.
Minor Powers:
* Protection from Undead: as scroll spell.
* Attack noncorporeal creatures: can be used as a normal weapon against creatures such as ghosts, spectres, and groaning spirits.
* Immunities: Bearer is immune to level-draining and magical aging, paralysis, fear, magic jar, and chill touch.
* Hits at 15 in normal combat.
* Bestows 50% magic resistance upon bearer.
Major Powers:
* Petrification: Once per day, can cause any intelligent being of 7HD or less looking upon it to turn to stone (save vs. petrification with -2 penalty).
* Destroy Undead: At will, can cause any undead creatures of 3HD or less within 50' to burst into flames. Undead of 3+1 to 7HD must save vs. rod or also be destroyed. Undead of more than 7HD suffer 5d10 fire damage (save vs. rod for half damage).
* Rescue: At will, can negate effects of level draining and aging attacks, paralysis, fear, magic jar, and chill touch for one individual.
Dangers: User alignment restrictions are as follows.
* Lawful Good: can use any of the scepter's powers.
* Chaotic and Neutral Good: can use minor powers only.
* Chaotic, Lawful, and True Neutral: can wield staff as normal weapon.
* Chaotic and Neutral Evil: suffer 1d10 electrical damage per round when grasping staff (no powers).
* Lawful Evil: suffer 1d10 electrical damage per round, save vs. rod or fall unconscious for 1d10 rounds when grasping staff (each round).
* Minor Power Costs: Any time a minor power is used or activated (even involuntarily), bearer loses 1d4 hp.
* Major Power Costs: Any time a major power is used or activated (even involuntarily), bearer loses 1 point of Constitution (permanently).
Not even a restoration or wish spell restores this loss.
* Use restrictions: If it becomes clear to the DM that the scepter bearer does not intend to face Tan Chu/Ambuchar Devayam, the scepter mysteriously stops functioning.
* Corrupting Effect: Bearer becomes increasingly distrustful of authority. Within one month, he cannot help insulting someone styled as emperor, king, rajah, shah, and so forth.
* Weakness: The stone scepter of Shih can only he destroyed by submersion in molten rock.
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