Rods, Staves and Wands

This class of item includes all wands, staffs, rods, and other hand-held magic items that can project a power. Some of these items have limited charges that can only be restored by a powerful mage, or through a high risk undertaking such as a quest, while others either have reserves of power that magically renew themselves, or rely on the energies of their wielders.

In the list below, some items are listed with a note (such as FHC92) given in parentheses. This means the item in question is described in a Hero Games publication. The publications in questions are:

FH = Fantasy Hero
FHC = Fantasy Hero Companion
FHCII = Fantasy Hero Companion 2
The number following this code is the page number

These items, of course do not have links, since they are not described here. All the items that DO have links have detailed descriptions you can see by clicking on them. Finally, GMs beware! Many of these items are extremely powerful. Be careful before letting them loose in your game!

Item Name	Primary Power(s)
Architect's Staff	Tunneling, Telekinesis, Force wall, Transform
Blackwood Staff	Dispel, RKA (only versus plants)
Concealment Rod	Concealment powers
Cricket Wand	Superleap
Delusion Wand	Images to Sight/Sound, 4" radius
Wand of Entombment (FHC94)	6d6 Entangle; 20 STR Telekinesis
Faerie Wand (FHCII57)	1d6 Suppress faerie powers
Wand of Fire (FHC93)	6d6 EB (Fire), Area Effect
Wand of Fire Bolts	2d6 EB (Fire), Autofire
Force Wand	MP, Force Field, Force wall, HKA, TK
Fright Wand	6d6 Mind Control (Fear), Cone.
Gremlin Wand	Mental illusions, TK
Ice Wand	Ice Elemental Control, END Res
Incineration Staff	2d6 KA Damage Shield
Lich Lord Staff	Mind Control, Desolid, NND
Lightning Stick (FHC94)	Lightning powers
Mana Sensing Wand	Sense Magic, 15-
Wand of Measure	Growth/Shrink MP; END Res.
Medusa Wand	Transform Solids to Stone
Nullification Rod	6d6 Transformation, END Res; 3d6 END Heal
Paralyzation Wand	3d6 Entangle, No damage
Passage Rod	Elemental Passage Powers
Priest's Staff (FHC93)	Healing; Defense powers
Rod of Spheres	Shrinking; Entangle; Life Support
Rope Staff	TK; Swing; Flight; Entangle
Staff of Shadows (FHCII64)	Teleport; Clairsentience
Rod of the Shaman (FHCII62)	Images vs. Sight; 1/2d6 RKA
Smothering Wand	Change Environment; Dispel
Sojourning Rod	ExtraD Travel; REC; Life Support
Solar Wand	Images; Change Environment; Flash
Sonic Staff	Darkness; Sonic Blast; Flash Def.
Spirit Warding Staff	Power Defence, HA, Dispel, Detect
Sorceror's Staff	Absorption, Forcefield, Skil levels
Steam Rod	Elemental Steam Powers; END Res
Totems of Summoning	Summoning, Any Creature
Travel Staff	Travel Powers
Wayfinder (FHC100)	Flight; Teleport; ED Travel; etc.
Staff of Wizardry	Multipower; END Reserve; Transfer
Woodlands Staff	+2 OCV; woodlands powers
Woodland Stave	HA, OCV bonus, woodlands powers
Wych Wand	2d6 EB, Autofire, AP, Penetrate

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