Price (Item Level): 10,000 gp (12th)
Body Slot: — (held)
Caster Level: 10th
Aura: Moderate; (DC 20) evocation
Activation: —
Weight: 3 lb.
This metal rod is fashioned to resemble a stack of miniature skulls.
While holding a rod of undead mastery, you can control twice as many Hit Dice of undead as you normally could. For instance, if you can normally control 12 HD of undead, you can control 24 HD of undead while holding the rod.
Prerequisites: Craft Rod, desecrate.
Cost to Create: 5,000 gp, 400 XP, 10 days.
Source: Magic Item Compendium, page 175. Originally published in Libris Mortis, page 78.