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Dungeon Master’s Guide
push a different button or until you push the same button again, which causes the rod to revert to its normal form:
Button 1. A fiery blade sprouts from the end opposite the rod’s flanged head
apart, forming a ladder. The pole can bear up to 4,000 pounds. More weight or lack of solid anchoring causes the rod to revert to its normal form.
Button 5. The rod transforms into a handheld battering
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
after you roll Initiative, or you can extinguish the light as a Bonus Action.
While holding this weapon, you can take a Bonus Action to alter its form, turning it into a 6-inch rod (for ease of storage
.
Acrobatic Assist (Quarterstaff and 10-Foot Pole Forms Only). While holding this weapon, you have Advantage on Dexterity (Acrobatics) checks.
Attack Deflection (Quarterstaff Form Only). When you are hit by
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
While holding this rod, you can take a Magic action to activate it. The rod then instantly transports you and up to 199 other willing creatures you can see to a demiplane. You choose the form the
you take a Magic action to end the effect, all visitors reappear in the location they occupied when you activated the rod or an unoccupied space nearest that location. Once used, this property can’t be used again until 10 days have passed.
Magic Items
The Book of Many Things
Beast’s game statistics, and any nonmagical equipment you’re wearing or carrying melds into your new form and can’t be used. Any magic items you’re carrying drop in an
unoccupied space within 5 feet of your new form.
You remain transformed in this way for 2d12 days; nothing can alter your form while you’re under the effects of this card, but the Wish spell can end
Rod of Lordly Might
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Magic Items
Basic Rules (2014)
different button or until you push the same button again, which causes the rod to revert to its normal form.
If you press button 1, the rod becomes a flame tongue, as a fiery blade sprouts from the end
, forming a ladder. The pole can bear up to 4,000 pounds. More weight or lack of solid anchoring causes the rod to revert to its normal form.
If you press button 5, the rod transforms into a handheld
Rod of Security
Legacy
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Magic Items
Basic Rules (2014)
While holding this rod, you can use an action to activate it. The rod then instantly transports you and up to 199 other willing creatures you can see to a paradise that exists in an extraplanar space
. You choose the form that the paradise takes. It could be a tranquil garden, lovely glade, cheery tavern, immense palace, tropical island, fantastic carnival, or whatever else you can imagine
Species
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
their muscles, wrapped around a framework of steel, darkwood, or stone. Armored plates form a protective outer shell and reinforce joints. Warforged share a common facial design, with a hinged jaw
, Church, Crunch, Crystal, Dagger, Dent, Five, Glaive, Hammer, Iron, Lucky, Mace, Oak, Onyx, Pants, Pierce, Red, Rod, Rusty, Scout, Seven, Shield, Slash, Smith, Spike, Temple, Vault, Wall
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
button again, which causes the rod to revert to its normal form: Button 1. A fiery blade sprouts from the end opposite the rod’s flanged head. The flames shed Bright Light in a 40-foot radius and Dim
anchoring causes the rod to revert to its normal form. Button 5. The rod transforms into a handheld battering ram and grants its user a +10 bonus to Strength (Athletics) checks made to break through
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
bonus action. A button’s effect lasts until you push a different button or until you push the same button again, which causes the rod to revert to its normal form. If you press button 1, the rod
inches long fold out from the sides, 1 foot apart, forming a ladder. The pole can bear up to 4,000 pounds. More weight or lack of solid anchoring causes the rod to revert to its normal form. If you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
bonus action. A button’s effect lasts until you push a different button or until you push the same button again, which causes the rod to revert to its normal form. Rods Top to Bottom: Rulership
anchoring causes the rod to revert to its normal form. If you press button 5, the rod transforms into a handheld battering ram and grants its user a +10 bonus to Strength checks made to break through
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Bonus Action; a button’s effect lasts until you push a different button or until you push the same button again, which causes the rod to revert to its normal form: Button 1. A fiery blade sprouts
, 1 foot apart, forming a ladder. The pole can bear up to 4,000 pounds. More weight or lack of solid anchoring causes the rod to revert to its normal form. Button 5. The rod transforms into a handheld
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Rod of Security Rod, very rare While holding this rod, you can use an action to activate it. The rod then instantly transports you and up to 199 other willing creatures you can see to a paradise that
exists in an extraplanar space. You choose the form that the paradise takes. It could be a tranquil garden, lovely glade, cheery tavern, immense palace, tropical island, fantastic carnival, or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
plans for achieving these goals. Rescue Valendar Valendar, the leader of the Blue Fire Wardens, is trapped in the vault and might be stuck in his wolf or hybrid form. The characters need to find him
, disrupt the magic forcing him to remain transformed, and restore him to his human form. Stop Teremini’s Ritual If the characters rescue Valendar, he tells them that Teremini needs three special
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Rod of Security Rod, Very Rare While holding this rod, you can take a Magic action to activate it. The rod then instantly transports you and up to 199 other willing creatures you can see to a
demiplane. You choose the form the demiplane takes. It could be a tranquil garden, a cheery tavern, an immense palace, a tropical island, a fantastic carnival, or whatever else you can imagine. Regardless of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Rod of Security Rod, very rare While holding this rod, you can use an action to activate it. The rod then instantly transports you and up to 199 other willing creatures you can see to a paradise that
exists in an extraplanar space. You choose the form that the paradise takes. It could be a tranquil garden, lovely glade, cheery tavern, immense palace, tropical island, fantastic carnival, or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Rod of Security Rod, Very Rare While holding this rod, you can take a Magic action to activate it. The rod then instantly transports you and up to 199 other willing creatures you can see to a
demiplane. You choose the form the demiplane takes. It could be a tranquil garden, a cheery tavern, an immense palace, a tropical island, a fantastic carnival, or whatever else you can imagine. Regardless of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
sleeping or oblivious, he reveals his true form. Kas takes Alustriel and Tasha by surprise, severely wounding them, then steals the rod and steps through the sanctum’s portal to Pandemonium, where the
pretending to examine the Rod of Seven Parts with Alustriel and Tasha. In reality, Kas is waiting for the characters to fall asleep or become distracted in their quarters. Once he assumes the characters are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
one use.
Pole of Collapsing Wondrous Item, Common
While holding this 10-foot pole, you can use an action to speak a command word and cause it to collapse into a 1-foot-long rod for ease of storage
. The pole’s weight doesn’t change. You can use an action to speak a different command word and cause the rod to revert to a pole; however, the rod will elongate only as far as the surrounding space
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Bonus Action to alter its form, turning it into a 6-inch rod (for ease of storage) or a 10-foot pole, or reverting it a Quarterstaff; the weapon will elongate only as far as the surrounding space allows
(Acrobatics) checks. Attack Deflection (Quarterstaff Form Only). When you are hit by an attack while holding the weapon, you can take a Reaction to twirl the weapon around you, gaining a +5 bonus to your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Bonus Action to alter its form, turning it into a 6-inch rod (for ease of storage) or a 10-foot pole, or reverting it a Quarterstaff; the weapon will elongate only as far as the surrounding space allows
(Acrobatics) checks. Attack Deflection (Quarterstaff Form Only). When you are hit by an attack while holding the weapon, you can take a Reaction to twirl the weapon around you, gaining a +5 bonus to your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
sift through possible futures to identify the most likely ones. As the contraption turns, it emits smoke in the form of letters that spell out predictions, which Endelyn transcribes in a black book
meet a tragic end. It serves no other purpose. The device is powered by electricity transmitted through its central element: an 80-foot-tall lightning rod that forms its vertical axis. A creature that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Scions of Elemental Evil
take a Bonus Action to alter its form, turning it into a 6-inch rod (for ease of storage) or a 10-foot pole, or reverting it a Quarterstaff; the weapon will elongate only as far as the surrounding space
(Acrobatics) checks. Attack Deflection (Quarterstaff Form Only). When you are hit by an attack while holding the weapon, you can take a Reaction to twirl the weapon around you, gaining a +5 bonus to your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hold Back The Dead
take a Bonus Action to alter its form, turning it into a 6-inch rod (for ease of storage) or a 10-foot pole, or reverting it a Quarterstaff; the weapon will elongate only as far as the surrounding space
(Acrobatics) checks. Attack Deflection (Quarterstaff Form Only). When you are hit by an attack while holding the weapon, you can take a Reaction to twirl the weapon around you, gaining a +5 bonus to your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
”).
Chest. A wooden chest stands against the east wall.
The nagas don’t fear death, but they do fear the loss or theft of their rod of rulership and will do everything they can to safeguard it. A
battle here attracts the thralls from areas 11b and 15f, assuming they’re still around. While Agorra is under the effect of the rod of rulership, she believes the nagas to be her allies and defends them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
they were forgotten by their worshipers or slain at the hands of more powerful entities. If the characters ask about the location the rod piece points to, Alustriel determines that the dying god
Havock is near the piece. Havock. Havock’s petrified form is hundreds of miles long and weighs thousands of tons. It once had eight legs and two heads that each held a single, unblinking eye, but as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Eye 33 Hat of Disguise 34 Headband of Intellect 35 Helm of Comprehending Languages 36 Helm of Telepathy 37 Immovable Rod 38 Lantern of Revealing 39 Medallion of Thoughts 40 Mithral Armor 41–42
Items 66–67 Rod of the Pact Keeper 68–69 Rope of Climbing 70 Saddle of the Cavalier 71–72 Sending Stones 73–74 Slippers of Spider Climbing 75–82 Spell Scroll (level 2 or level 3 spell) 83 Staff of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
dragon Bahamut to shape the Material Plane in the form of a single First World. An unknown cataclysm sundered this First World, resulting in the numerous universes now occupying the Material Plane. The
. Windfall acquired the seventh piece of the Rod of Seven Parts some time ago. She used it to create an image of Sardior, who she believes resembled a red dragon. Windfall hopes to find a way to use the rod
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Item Categories Category Examples Armor +1 Leather Armor, +1 Shield Potions Potion of Healing Rings Ring of Invisibility Rods Immovable Rod Scrolls Spell Scroll Staffs Staff of Striking Wands Wand
effect. Rings For its magic to function, an item in the Ring category must be worn on a finger or a similar digit unless its description notes otherwise. Rods An item in the Rod category is a scepter
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
leader while Figaro is indisposed. Ilren doesn’t reveal its true form unless attacked. Svetlin Velinov Lysan and Zastra are wary of strangers but glad for friendly company Z2: Upper Crew Quarters This
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
successful check, the character spots vague humanoid footprints in the soft dirt. The tracks lead into area P2. Alternative Entrance. A character who scales the roots that form a mound along the east
against the hollow’s northern wall.
The fourth piece of the Rod of Seven Parts points its wielder to the boulder along the tree’s interior northwest curve. If the characters enter this area from area
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
form can enter the tower through these slits. Treasure The ground floor of the Daern’s instant fortress contains 50,000 cp, 10,000 sp, 10,000 gp, 1,000 pp, 15 assorted gems (100 gp each), and a +2
bearer isn’t incapacitated. The upper floor of the tower contains 10 pieces of jewelry (250 gp each) in a red velvet sack, an alchemy jug, a helm of brilliance, a rod of the pact keeper, +1, and an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
that shimmers like opalescent glass. If a creature not in its true form starts its turn touching solid moonlight, the creature must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or have the poisoned
minutes. Solid moonlight also extends into the Ethereal Plane, blocking ethereal travel through it. The ritual is powered by the rod piece and is therefore unaffected by the Antimagic Field spell.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
of Adar possess psychic powers, and treasures from Sarlona reflect this. A set of Sarlonan sending stones might take the form of crystals that allow telepathic communication. The rod of rulership
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
attention to what he considers the uninteresting dealings of lesser beings. However, once the characters arrive in Barovia, explore a place called Death House, and find a piece of the Rod of Seven Parts
reduced to 0. A Humanoid slain in this way and then buried rises the following night as a vampire spawn under Strahd’s control.
Change Shape. Strahd transforms into a new form or back into his true form
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
upward and half swings down to form a ramp. Each sphere is a cryogenic stasis pod designed to keep a gnome ceremorph or a gnome squidling alive and healthy on a long voyage. The pods are
of this high-domed chamber is a complex lattice of bioluminescent jellyfish that use the glowing tips of their tendrils to form constellations. A high-backed chair with short armrests capped with