Price (Item Level): See table
Body Slot: — (held)
Caster Level: See table
Activation: — and standard (command)
Weight: 5 lb.
Any of the various rods in this series functions as a +5 quarterstaff. Upon casting the rod to the ground (a standard action) and uttering a command word, the rod grows into a specific type of dragon (depending on the specific type of rod) by the end of the round. The created dragon’s age category is wyrm. (The hyperlinks on the table below link to the correct statistics block for the color and age category of the created dragon.) The dragon obeys the commands of the owner. The dragon returns to rod form (a full-round action) whenever the wielder desires, or whenever it moves farther than 500 feet from the owner. If the dragon form is slain, it returns to rod form and cannot be activated again for three days. A wyrm rod only functions if the possessor is of the same alignment as the dragon type.
| Dragon Type | Caster Level | Transmutation Aura | Price (gp) | Item Level | Cost to Create | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gp | XP | Days | |||||
| Black | 35th | Overwhelming; (DC 32) | 1,562,600 | 94th | 781,600 | 25,620 | 1,563 |
| Blue | 37th | Overwhelming; (DC 33) | 1,782,200 | 105th | 891,400 | 27,816 | 1,783 |
| Green | 36th | Overwhelming; (DC 33) | 1,670,600 | 99th | 835,600 | 26,700 | 1,671 |
| Red | 38th | Overwhelming; (DC 34) | 1,897,400 | 110th | 949,000 | 28,968 | 1,898 |
| White | 34th | Overwhelming; (DC 32) | 1,458,200 | 88th | 729,400 | 24,576 | 1,459 |
| Brass | 34th | Overwhelming; (DC 32) | 1,458,200 | 88th | 729,400 | 24,576 | 1,459 |
| Bronze | 36th | Overwhelming; (DC 33) | 1,670,600 | 99th | 835,600 | 26,700 | 1,671 |
| Copper | 35th | Overwhelming; (DC 32) | 1,562,600 | 94th | 781,600 | 25,620 | 1,563 |
| Gold | 38th | Overwhelming; (DC 34) | 1,897,400 | 110th | 949,000 | 28,968 | 1,898 |
| Silver | 37th | Overwhelming; (DC 33) | 1,782,200 | 105th | 891,400 | 27,816 | 1,783 |
Prerequisites: Craft Magic Arms and Armor, Craft Epic Magic Arms and Armor, Craft Rod, Craft Epic Rod, Improved Heighten Spell, improved heightened polymorph any object, creator must be same alignment as dragon type.
Cost to Create: See table.
Source: Standard Reference Document under Open Game License v1.0a, which updated this item originally published in the Epic Level Handbook, page 140. Changed the polymorph spell in the Prerequisites entry to polymorph any object as being more appropriate. Changed the descriptive text to make it clear that “wyrm” was the created dragon’s age category.