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Second Rod Piece The second piece of the Rod of Seven Parts is inside the hertilod in area A2 in the “Heart of Havock” section later in this chapter. For more information about the rod and the spell this piece allows its wielder to cast, see this book’s introduction.
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First Rod Piece The first piece of the Rod of Seven Parts is in area W12 of Web’s Edge later in this chapter. For more information about the rod and the spell this piece allows its wielder to cast, see this book’s introduction.
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Where’s the Rod Piece? While inside the Red Belvedere, the character holding the sixth rod piece can determine that the seventh piece is located on the casino’s premises one floor down. The final
piece of the Rod of Seven Parts is held in Windfall’s sanctum within the casino’s exclusive club, Dragon’s Pride. Only those personally invited by Windfall or one of the casino’s pit masters are allowed
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Fifth Rod Piece The fifth piece of the Rod of Seven Parts is in area U5 in the upper level of the Three Moons Vault. For more information about the rod and the spell this piece allows its wielder to cast, see this book’s introduction.
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Fourth Rod Piece The fourth piece of the Rod of Seven Parts is in area D38 of Death House. For more information about the rod and the spell this piece allows its wielder to cast, see this book’s introduction.
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Third Rod Piece The third piece of the Rod of Seven Parts is found in area L28 within Landro. For more information about the rod and the spell this piece allows its wielder to cast, see this book’s introduction.
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Seventh Rod Piece The final piece of the Rod of Seven Parts is in area N5 in the Ruby Sanctum, located in the Dragon’s Pride area of the Red Belvedere casino. For more information about the rod and the spell this rod piece allows its wielder to cast, see this book’s introduction.
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Sixth Rod Piece The sixth piece of the Rod of Seven Parts is in area T27 of the Tomb of Wayward Souls. For more information about the rod and the spell this rod piece allows its wielder to cast, see this book’s introduction.
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Accessing the Rod Piece The rod piece was stored in a safe room in the Lambent Zenith’s prow (area Z19). When the ship crashed, the safe room’s security wards activated, and the room’s doors sealed
magically. To access the safe room and uncover the rod piece, the characters must first deactivate the security wards. Ward Runes The security wards are powered by two magical runes: one in area Z8 and
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again until the next dawn.
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to while it is broken. While holding one piece of the broken rod, you know the general location of the next consecutive piece, as the rod yearns to be a complete artifact. Multiple rod pieces can be
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Chapter 3: The Lambent Zenith’s Last Voyage Kent Davis The spelljamming ship Lambent Zenith was carrying a
piece of the rod before the ship crashed in the Astral Sea The hunt for the second piece
across the multiverse as spelljammers gallivant through space in ships powered by magic. In this chapter, the characters search the Astral Sea for the second rod piece. The characters need to explore the
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Running This Chapter This chapter begins after the characters retrieve the second piece of the Rod of Seven Parts. The characters can knit the pieces together or keep them separate, as described in
the introduction. Regardless, when a character holds the second piece of the rod, they intuitively know that the next piece is located somewhere on the continent of Khorvaire on the world of Eberron
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Chapter 3 Summary Chapter 3 takes place on the Astral Plane. The characters learn that the second rod piece is in the wreckage of a spelljamming ship called the Lambent Zenith. The ship was carrying
the piece when it crashed into a dying god’s body adrift on the Astral Sea. The characters soon discover that a dragonlike creature devoured the piece and retreated into the heart of the god. The characters must confront the creature and retrieve the rod piece.
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Into the Astral Sea Chris Seaman The Astral Sea is home to many terrifying predators, including star anglers When the characters step through the portal to the Astral Sea to pursue the second rod
Havock. The characters can immediately propel themselves using their thoughts as described in the “Movement” section earlier in this chapter. The character holding the rod piece divines that the next
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first rod piece, the portal opens near where the second piece is located, but it’s up to the characters to find exactly where the piece is ensconced.
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next dawn. Rod Pieces Piece Spell
First Commune
Second Arcane Gate
Third Reverse Gravity (spell save DC 18)
Fourth Regenerate
Fifth Find the Path
Sixth
to while it is broken. While holding one piece of the broken rod, you know the general location of the next consecutive piece, as the rod yearns to be a complete artifact. Multiple rod pieces can be
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have historical ties to the Wind Dukes of Aaqa. Exceptional individuals honor that connection and might seek out the missing pieces of the Rod of Seven Parts, the remains of an artifact fashioned by
the Wind Dukes long ago to defeat the Queen of Chaos’s monstrous champion, Miska the Wolf-Spider.
When plunged into Miska’s body, the chaos in his blood sundered the rod and scattered its
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Character Advancement The characters should be 12th level when this chapter begins. The characters gain a level after they retrieve the second piece of the Rod of Seven Parts from the hertilod.
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heavily muscled warrior, and its great helm is unusual in that it has no openings — only a broad glass plate in the front with a second piece of glass above it. Strange plates, tubing, and large
metal bosses adorn the armor in seemingly random fashion. On the back of the armor’s left gauntlet is a rectangular metal box, from which projects a short rod tipped with a cone-shaped red
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Mournland’s impeded navigation. The characters can do this by tuning their second rod piece to a working Docent from inside one of the fallen colossi. A Docent is a small, sentient metal sphere that
concerns that this rod piece will be particularly challenging to find since the Mournland is difficult to navigate. The wizards suspect that the rod piece is hidden in one of the dozens of ruined colossi
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Finding a Docent The party’s first task in the Mournland is to find a working Docent to which they can tune the second piece of the Rod of Seven Parts. In the course of their exploration, they learn that the only operational Docent in the region is in a storeroom in Ialos.
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Tuning the Rod Regardless of which side, if any, the characters take in this conflict, the characters must pair the second piece of the Rod of Seven Parts to the working Docent in Ialos to continue
the adventure. (A character need not be attuned to the Docent to pair the Docent to the rod piece.) When a character touches the rod pieceto the working Docent, the piece emits a loud, metallic ping
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to stop Vecna now. He knows the location of the first piece, which is in a covert base for Lolth operatives, and sends the characters after it. Each rod piece will point the way to the next piece
Chapter 2 Summary The first part of chapter 2 takes place in a secret sanctum in Sigil, the City of Doors. The second part takes place in the Underdark on Toril. When two powerful spellcasters and an
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.
“Find that first piece of the rod, my friends. The portal on the dais will take you to it. Once you locate the first piece, the magic inherent in the artifact will point you to the second piece, and then
recent piece of the rod will suffice.
“There’s no time to waste. Once you’ve reassembled the rod, we can all confront Vecna and stop his heinous plan. You’ll be the heroes of the multiverse! How does
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-orange buds still flowering. The doorway through which you’ve just emerged is a deep, dark furrow in the tree’s bark.
The fourth piece of the Rod of Seven Parts points to another tree on a nearby
hill. That massive tree’s ashen bark and leafless branches suggest it is dying.
The fourth rod piece points its wielder to a dying peylon tree. This peylon tree grew to a titanic height thanks to the
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Chapter 4: The Ruined Colossus One Pixel Brush The next piece of the Rod of Seven Parts is inside an enormous war machine Searching for the third piece of the Rod of Seven Parts takes the characters
Day of Mourning. Here, the characters must search for the next piece of the rod. Curtains of thick, gray mist blanket the Mournland. Sentient constructs, desperate adventurers, and ravenous mutated
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Chapter 8 Summary Chapter 8 takes place near the dragon god Tiamat’s lair in Avernus, the first layer of the Nine Hells. The characters learn Tiamat obtained the seventh rod piece and stashed it
somewhere near her lair. The characters discover that the rod piece is inside a casino called the Red Belvedere. They must infiltrate a members-only section and either defeat a champion of Tiamat or convince the champion to surrender the rod piece.
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Chapter 4 Summary Chapter 4 takes place on the continent of Khorvaire in the world of Eberron. The characters learn that the third rod piece is located in the Mournland, a magical wasteland
. Eventually, the characters discover that the piece is located within an enormous, deactivated construct called Landro. The characters must navigate this colossus and retrieve the rod piece from Landro’s engine room.
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Chapter 5 Summary Chapter 5 takes place in Barovia, a Domain of Dread. The characters learn that the fourth rod piece was taken to a haunted residence called Death House. Cultists and the infamous
vampire lord Strahd von Zarovich hope to obtain the rod piece themselves, and the characters must thwart all threats before they can claim the piece.
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Running This Chapter This chapter begins after the characters retrieve the fifth piece of the Rod of Seven Parts. A character who holds that piece instinctively knows that the sixth piece is located
archaeologists. The archaeologists are in dire straits, and it’s up to the characters to decide whether to help. Eventually, the characters realize that the sixth piece of the Rod of Seven Parts is located
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Running the Adventure This chapter begins after the characters retrieve the first piece of the Rod of Seven Parts. A character who holds that piece knows instinctively that the next piece is in the
part of the Astral Plane called the Astral Sea. As Mordenkainen previously explained, the portal in the Sigil sanctum leads to the general area of the rod piece the characters seek.
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Chapter 6: Night of Blue Fire Jedd Chevrier To retrieve the fifth rod piece, the characters must infiltrate Three
Moons Vault, a complex teeming with allies of the evil Lord Soth To find the next
piece of the Rod of Seven Parts, the characters must travel to the world of Krynn where the Blue Fire Wardens, a coalition of benevolent lycanthropes, have clashed with the death knight Lord Soth and
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Running This Chapter This chapter begins after the characters retrieve the fourth piece of the Rod of Seven Parts. When a character holds this piece, they instinctively know that the fifth piece is
retrieve the fifth rod piece, the characters must dispel the magical moonlight by disrupting a wicked ritual in the vault. This chapter starts when the characters step through the portal in Sigil, emerge
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Chapter 6 Summary Chapter 6 takes place on the world of Krynn. The characters believe the fifth rod piece is inside a gigantic tree, but with the help of good-aligned werewolves, they learn that an
evil group loyal to the mighty warlord Lord Soth took the piece to a complex called Three Moons Vault. The characters must infiltrate the complex and retrieve the rod piece, perhaps freeing a resistance leader in the process.
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of purple flesh dimly lit by pinkish, bioluminescent orbs. The air reeks of death. An opening in one wall leads to another chamber.
A character holding the first rod piece divines that the next
skinless snake. Its long, draconic snout drips with venom as it slumbers.
The creature sleeping on the ceiling is the hertilod (see appendix A) that swallowed the next rod piece. A character can move