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                        Returning 35 results for 'casting while rod'.
                    
                
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                                                    Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     effects.
Special Equipment. Shemeshka carries a magic crown called the Razorvine Tiara. In the hands of anyone other than Shemeshka, the Razorvine Tiara functions as a tentacle rod that deals slashing
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     action), mind blankFell Counterspell (3/Day). Shemeshka utters a magical word to interrupt a creature she can see that is casting a spell. If the spell is 5th level or lower, it fails and has no effect
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Spells
                                                    Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Holding the rod used in the casting of the spell, you touch a Large or smaller chair that is unoccupied. The rod disappears, and the chair is transformed into a spelljamming helm.
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    The Book of Many Things
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     wearing armor.
Ship. You gain proficiency in three skills chosen by the DM.
Staff. A rare or rarer magic rod, staff, or wand appears in your hands. The DM chooses the item.
Stairway. You can choose to
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     by casting the Resurrection spell on you. Once the entity has answered your call for divine intervention or resurrected you, the entity is no longer bound to aid you.
Tomb. At any time you choose
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     casting, you tap the doll with a crystal rod, transforming it into a magen clothed in whatever the doll was wearing. The type of magen is chosen by you during the casting of the spell. See appendix C for
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    While casting the spell, you place a vial of quicksilver in the chest of a life-sized human doll stuffed with ash or dust. You then stitch up the doll and drip your blood on it. At the end of the
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Astral Adventurer’s Guide
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     rod worth at least 5,000 gp, which the spell consumes) Duration: Instantaneous Holding the rod used in the casting of the spell, you touch a Large or smaller chair that is unoccupied. The rod disappears, and the chair is transformed into a spelljamming helm (see “Magic Items” below).
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Artificer, Wizard   Air Bubble Spell Air Bubble 2nd-Level Conjuration Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: S Duration: 24 hours You create a spectral globe around the head of a willing
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    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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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     look like solid walls. These hidden doors are detectable by touch, and creatures with truesight see the doors as if they weren’t hidden. Casting Dispel Magic on a hidden door permanently removes the
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     another creature to a different plane (such as casting Astral Projection, Banishment, Etherealness, or Plane Shift), the spell slot and components, item charges, or other resources are expended as normal
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Lightning Bolt Level 3 Evocation (Sorcerer, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
 Range: Self
 Components: V, S, M (a bit of fur and a crystal rod)
 Duration: Instantaneous
 A stroke of lightning forming
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Lightning Bolt Level 3 Evocation (Sorcerer, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
 Range: Self
 Components: V, S, M (a bit of fur and a crystal rod)
 Duration: Instantaneous
 A stroke of lightning forming
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Uni and the Hunt for the Lost Horn
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Lightning Bolt Level 3 Evocation (Sorcerer, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
 Range: Self
 Components: V, S, M (a bit of fur and a crystal rod)
 Duration: Instantaneous
 A stroke of lightning forming
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Lightning Bolt 3rd-level evocation Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (100-foot line) Components: V, S, M (a bit of fur and a rod of amber, crystal, or glass) Duration: Instantaneous A stroke of
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Plane Shift Level 7 Conjuration (Cleric, Druid, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
 Range: Touch
 Components: V, S, M (a forked, metal rod worth 250+ GP and attuned to a plane of
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Plane Shift Level 7 Conjuration (Cleric, Druid, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
 Range: Touch
 Components: V, S, M (a forked, metal rod worth 250+ GP and attuned to a plane of
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Chain Lightning 6th-level evocation Casting Time: 1 action Range: 150 feet Components: V, S, M (a bit of fur; a piece of amber, glass, or a crystal rod; and three silver pins) Duration: Instantaneous
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Lightning Bolt 3rd-level evocation Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (100-foot line) Components: V, S, M (a bit of fur and a rod of amber, crystal, or glass) Duration: Instantaneous A stroke of
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Chain Lightning 6th-level evocation Casting Time: 1 action Range: 150 feet Components: V, S, M (a bit of fur; a piece of amber, glass, or a crystal rod; and three silver pins) Duration: Instantaneous
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     repaired as follows: Each casting of the mending cantrip restores 1 hit point to the damaged saucer. A character who has tinker’s tools, proficiency in the Arcana skill, and 10 gp worth of replacement
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     controls the flying saucer is a rod of lordly might. The rod’s normal magical properties are suppressed while it is attached to the flying saucer’s console. The rod can be torn from the console by force
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Arcane Portals The crew of the Lambent Zenith used the magic contained within the rod piece to create portals through which the ship could travel across the multiverse with ease. However, when the
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    , a 5-foot-diameter circular portal appears in an unoccupied space within 30 feet of the casting creature. The portal is a glowing ring filled with opaque mist and remains open for 1 minute. When a
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     frost, burning hands, or shield. The critical limitation of the wandslinger is a dependence on an arcane focus. A wandslinger must have an arcane focus—a wand, rod, staff, orb, or crystal—to perform
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     magic. Some wandslingers use different focuses for their various cantrips, such as a wand for fire bolt and a rod for burning hands, but wandslingers can use any arcane focus they get their hands on. As
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     save or half as much damage on a successful one. Casting Dispel Magic on the door removes the glyph, allowing the door to be opened safely. Old carvings of monstrous, tentacled beings adorn the walls
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     as much damage on a successful one. Casting Dispel Magic on the door removes the glyph, allowing the door to be opened safely. This room is filled with lumpy shapes bound in webs.
 Dozens of driders
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Plane Shift 7th-level conjuration Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch Components: V, S, M (a forked, metal rod worth at least 250 gp, attuned to a particular plane of existence) Duration
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Plane Shift 7th-level conjuration Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch Components: V, S, M (a forked, metal rod worth at least 250 gp, attuned to a particular plane of existence) Duration
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Guards and Wards 6th-level abjuration Casting Time: 10 minutes Range: Touch Components: V, S, M (burning incense, a small measure of brimstone and oil, a knotted string, a small amount of umber hulk
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     blood, and a small silver rod worth at least 10 gp) Duration: 24 hours You create a ward that protects up to 2,500 square feet of floor space (an area 50 feet square, or one hundred 5-foot squares or
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Guards and Wards 6th-level abjuration Casting Time: 10 minutes Range: Touch Components: V, S, M (burning incense, a small measure of brimstone and oil, a knotted string, a small amount of umber hulk
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     blood, and a small silver rod worth at least 10 gp) Duration: 24 hours You create a ward that protects up to 2,500 square feet of floor space (an area 50 feet square, or one hundred 5-foot squares or
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Guards and Wards Level 6 Abjuration (Bard, Wizard) Casting Time: 1 hour
 Range: Touch
 Components: V, S, M (a silver rod worth 10+ GP)
 Duration: 24 hours
 You create a ward that protects up to
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Guards and Wards Level 6 Abjuration (Bard, Wizard) Casting Time: 1 hour
 Range: Touch
 Components: V, S, M (a silver rod worth 10+ GP)
 Duration: 24 hours
 You create a ward that protects up to
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     aboard the Lambent Zenith. Though they can recount the ship’s mission and subsequent crash, these sailors know nothing about the rod piece. Z3: Galley and Pantry The sound of sizzling and the smell of
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Kycera. Kycera gladly discusses the general history of the Lambent Zenith. However, if asked about the rod piece or the security system, Kycera clams up, suspicious of the characters’ motives. A
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     Zalto have been using rods of the Vonindod (see appendix B) to locate fragments of the construct. One such rod has led a mated pair of fire giants named Okssort and Ildmane to Triboar. Their entourage
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     requiring the player-controlled NPCs to act. Vonindod Fragment Ildmane clutches a rod of the Vonindod, which guides her to area T2. When the fire giants arrive there, they use their greatswords like
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     the Razorvine Tiara. In the hands of anyone other than Shemeshka, the Razorvine Tiara functions as a tentacle rod that deals slashing damage instead of bludgeoning damage.
 Actions
 Multiattack
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     casting a spell. If the spell is 5th level or lower, it fails and has no effect. If the spell is 6th level or higher, Shemeshka makes an Intelligence check (DC 10 + the spell’s level). On a success, the
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     rigged with a trap.
 The gear on the table can be assembled into one burglar’s pack and one explorer’s pack, lacking the rations. Treasure. Casting detect magic reveals an aura of abjuration magic
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     gemstones (create undead); a sliver of wychwood (dancing lights); a pouch of lime, a flask of water, and a pouch of earth (flesh to stone); a patch of wolf fur and a glass rod (lightning bolt); a
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    . The trap triggers once, after which the spiders disappear and the desk becomes nonmagical. Casting Dispel Magic on the desk removes the trap. The desk contains notes about covert missions the Lolth
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     of the Rod of Seven Parts, which she uses to answer questions posed directly to the Spider Queen. Ker-arach is essentially a tourist attraction for the few Lolth devotees who know she exists. The
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     liquid that pools around the dais.
 Floating above the brain and scattering light across the room is a small, slender object: a piece of the Rod of Seven Parts.
 Years after its abandonment, the
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     graymatter engine still churns with arcane power. Crafted from experimental designs based on unfamiliar technology, the graymatter engine converts the power of the third Rod of Seven Parts piece into magical
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    , requiring no spell components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 13, +5 to hit with spell attacks):
 At will: dancing lights, polymorph (after casting, roll a d8; on a roll of 3
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Attunement by Mister Light or His Handpicked Successor) This ornate rod is topped by a pair of butterfly wings and incorporates bits of red glass into its length. It weighs 3 pounds. Magic Weapon. In
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    ) hangs from a varnished wooden rod bolted to the door. The rod is mounted 20 feet above the floor, and the banner is 9 feet long. 20. Thullen’s Bedroom Sansuri’s younger brother, Count Thullen, sleeps in
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     hour before it dies out. This property can be activated at will. Casting an identify spell on the fireplace reveals both its property and the command word needed to activate it. 26. Port Lawn A healthy
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     Sorcerer, Warlock, or Wizard can use such an item as a Spellcasting Focus.  Arcane Focuses   Focus Weight Cost   Crystal 1 lb. 10 GP Orb 3 lb. 20 GP Rod 2 lb. 10 GP Staff (also a Quarterstaff) 4 lb. 5 GP
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    , you can read the scroll and cast the spell using its normal casting time and without providing any Material components. If the spell requires a saving throw or an attack roll, the spell save DC is 13
                                                
                                            
                                        





