Price (Item Level): See table
Body Slot: — (held)
Caster Level: See table
Aura: See table for aura strength and DC to detect magic; no school
Activation: Swift (command)
Weight: 3 lb.
These black iron rods average 2 feet in length and are carved to resemble the straightened spine of a demonic creature. A sculpted fiendish or feylike head, clearly too small for the spine, protrudes from one end.
Valued by warlocks, each rod of eldritch power has one invocation—either a blast shape invocation or an eldritch essence invocation—contained within it. You can will it to apply this invocation to any eldritch blast you fire while holding it. This allows you to make use of blast shape or eldritch essence invocations you might not normally have, but it does not change the normal restriction that only one invocation of each type can be applied to any given blast.
When a rod of eldritch power is used, the wielder's eldritch blast comes from the carved eyes and mouth of the sculpted head, rather than from his hand.
A rod of eldritch power requires a swift action to activate. It functions five times per day.
| Rod Grade | Price (gp) | Item Level | Caster Level | Aura (DC) | Cost to Create | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gp | XP | Days | |||||
| Least | 4,000 | 8th | 1st | Faint (15) | 2,000 | 160 | 4 |
| Lesser | 16,000 | 14th | 6th | Moderate (18) | 8,000 | 640 | 16 |
| Greater | 36,000 | 17th | 11th | Moderate (20) | 18,000 | 1,440 | 36 |
| Dark | 64,000 | 17th | 16th | Strong (23) | 32,000 | 2,560 | 64 |
Prerequisites: Craft Rod, plus whichever invocation is attached to the rod.
Cost to Create: See table.
Source: Complete Mage, page 127.