Price (Item Level): See table
Body Slot: — (held)
Caster Level: 17th
Aura: Strong; (DC 23) no school
Activation: —
Weight: 2 lb.
This short rod appears to be made entirely out of ice. It comes to a needle-sharp point at one end.
A rod of percing cold can be used as a +2 frost dagger in combat. Up to three times per day, the owner of a rod of piercing cold can enhance one spell cast with the Piercing Cold metamagic feat, with no alteration to the spell’s effective level. This rod is a metamagic rod; a caster may only use one metamagic rod on a spell at a time.
Like all other metamagic rods, this rod can be crafted in lesser, normal, and greater forms, with maximum spell levels that can be affected as shown in the table below.
| Rod Grade | Highest Spell | Price (gp) | Item Level | Cost to Create | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gp | XP | Days | ||||
| Lesser | 3rd level | 21,430 | 15th | 10,500 | 840 | 22 |
| Normal | 6th level | 29,300 | 16th | 14,500 | 1,160 | 30 |
| Greater | 9th level | 42,800 | 17th | 21,400 | 1,700 | 43 |
Prerequisites: Craft Magic Arms and Armor, Craft Rod, Piercing Cold, chill metal or ice storm.
Cost to Create: See table.
Source: Frostburn, page 111. Added the Craft Magic Arms and Armor feat to the Prerequisites entry as this is rod is also a magical weapon; added “chill metal or ice storm” as the prerequisties for the frost property.