The Rod of Seven Parts

The fully assembled Rod of Seven Parts

Forged eons ago by the Wind Dukes of Aaqa, powerful creatures of law, for use in their war against the Queen of Chaos and her consort, Miska the Wolf-Spider. Supposedly the Rod of Seven Parts was sundered in the cataclysmic Battle of Pesh, when used to slay Miska and his chaotic blood drenched the artefact.

Its seven fragments scattered themselves across worlds and planes, but each fragment retains at least a fragment of the mighty magic that once coursed through the complete Rod. The Rod of Seven Parts, when intact, was 5 feet long and tapered from 2 inches across at the bottom to a half-inch at the tip.

As portions of an artefact of law, the segments do not appear broken. Each break is an intricate pattern of crystalline facets, including both protrusions and depressions. The individual segments are 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, and 15 inches long.

## Spell-like Abilities

Each segment of the Rod has a minor spell-like power activated by a command word. The caster level for each power is 20th; saving throw DCs, where applicable, are 17 + spell level. The 4-inch tip can cure light wounds five times per day. The 5-inch segment can create a slow effect once per day. The 6-inch segment can cast haste once per day. The 8-inch segment can create a gust of wind five times per day. The 10-inch segment provides true seeing once per day. The 12- inch segment can hold monster once per day. The 15- inch segment can heal once per day.

A non-lawful character who possesses a single segment of the Rod of Seven Parts must make a Will save each week (DC 17) to avoid becoming lawful.

A lawful character who holds a segment of the Rod and thinks of it as part of a larger item can determine in what direction the next-larger segment lies by making a successful Concentration check (DC 20); this works like locate object, but there is no range or duration limit and it is not blocked by lead. This power cannot be used to find smaller segments than the one possessed.

## Combining The Seven Parts

The segments of the Rod can be joined together to produce an increasingly powerful artefact — the more pieces joined, the mightier the item.

* **Two segments** joined together allow the wielder to fly at will, using a command word to activate the power.
* **Three segments** grant the wielder spell resistance 15, and can be used as a +1 light mace.
* **Four segments** can control winds twice per day (command-word activated) and function as a +2 heavy mace.
* **Five segments** allow the wielder to shapechange once per day, and function as a +3/+3 quarterstaff.
* **Six segments** allow the user to wind walk once per day, and function as a +4/+4 quarterstaff. A character wielding six or seven assembled segments as a weapon gains the benefit of the Two-Weapon Fighting feat, facilitating the Rod’s use as a double weapon. The character does not gain the benefit of this feat when fighting with any weapon other than the Rod.
* If **All Seven segments** of the Rod of Seven Parts are joined together, it gains several additional powers. The wielder of the assembled Rod can use control weather, whirlwind, and greater restoration, each once per day. The Rod functions as a +5/+5 quarterstaff with the bane (Outsiders, chaotic) and Axiomatic properties on both ends. Finally, the wielder of the Rod of Seven Parts can use it to cast true resurrection, but using this power causes the Rod to shatter, its pieces scattering once more across the worlds and planes.

Because the dimensions of the Rod are so precise, it is easy to tell which pieces belong together and which do not. If a character attempts to join two pieces of the Rod together incorrectly (trying to attach the 6-inch segment to the 10-inch segment, for example), the larger segment teleports away, travelling 1d10 × 100 miles in a random direction.

## Known Locations of The Seven Parts

1. The 4-inch segment - In possession of Cubone.
2. The 5-inch segment - N/A.
3. The 6-inch segment - N/A.
4. The 8-inch segment - N/A.
5. The 10-inch segment - N/A.
6. The 12- inch segment - N/A.
7. The 15- inch segment - N/A.

## References

1. ↑ http://thecampaign20xx.blogspot.com/2015/08/dungeons-dragons-guide-to-rod-of-seven.html?m=1
2. ↑ https://thetrove.net/Magazines/Wizards%20of%20the%20Coast/Dragon/201-250/Dragon%20Magazine%20-%20224.pdf