Price (Item Level): 10,600 gp (13th)
Body Slot: — (held)
Caster Level: 5th
Aura: Faint; (DC 17) evocation and transmutation
Activation: — and standard (command)
Weight: 4 lb.
The head of this long rod of black wood bears the stylized visage of a wise-looking feline, its green gemstone eyes glimmering as if alive.
When held, this +1/masterwork quarterstaff grants you low-light vision and a +5 competence bonus on Hide and Move Silently checks. These are continuous effects and requires no activation.
Once per day, you can activate a rod of cats to gain one of two different effects: The rod creates a spider climb effect on you with a duration of 50 minutes, or it creates a darkness effect, targeted on the rod. You and anyone else touching the rod of cats can see normally within this darkness.
The rod also has a secret compartment (requiring a successful DC 25 Search check to find) large enough to hold a set of thieves’ tools, a scroll, or another object of similar size.
Prerequisites: Craft Magic Arms and Armor, Craft Rod, cat’s grace, darkness, low-light vision, spider climb.
Cost to Create: 5,000 gp (plus 600 gp for masterwork/masterwork quarterstaff ), 400 XP, 10 days.
Source: Magic Item Compendium, page 56.