This simple wooden rod is shod with metal end caps, each adorned with four different runes stamped upon them. It holds 8 charges and regains 1d6+2 charges each day at dawn. As charges are expended the runes vanish from the end caps but return as charges are regained each day.
As an action, anyone wielding this rod may touch it to themselves or another creature within reach and allow that target to expend up to 8 of their own hit dice to recover lost hit points, as if they had taken a short rest. They gain no other benefits of taking a short rest, only the recovery of lost hit points. For each hit die that they roll they expend one charge of the rod.
The effect can work on an unconscious target, and will allow them to regain consciousness.
Notes: Charges are expended based on the hit dice the target rolls, to a maximum of 8.