Rods, Staves, and Wands

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Item	Description	Location Item Acquired	Distribution Among PCs or NPCs
Fear Stick (Rod of Terror)	Metal club (+2) that causes fear when its command word 'Traig' is spoken. Decreases charisma. It can only be used a limited number of times consecutively. Once you use it, you have to wait a little while for it to recharge before it works again. How long exactly I never figured out. It can make allies run away too if you screw up.	Found originally in the New World by Heloise and brought back to the Old World. She lost it in the large dungeon in Scotland. It made its way to the Lost Elven City most likely through the Hell portals the two locations had. It was used by the elves in that city until Ivan took it away for a bit. Esthalin retrieved it when she captured Ivan. Originally a weapon of the Tailed People, who now want it back.	Held by Ivan, Heloise, Harald, and Esthalin, among others. Probably still in Esthalin's possession.
Heavy Mace (Rod of Lordly Might)	Footman's mace (+2), needs Str 16 to wield. Lots of buttons on the haft, and sigil in Linear A on the butt.	Greek Island	Party Item, used by Father Michael, stolen by Heliodorus, now in the hands of Harald as a +4 battle axe.
Magic Flail	Two-headed flail (+3, heads attack independantly) usable only by clerics. There are two command words currently known of: 'Wing,' which causes flail to smack the wielder uncontrollably until the next New Year's Eve, and 'Klaug,' which causes the flail to hide inside itself. Originally a weapon of the Tailed People. Now destroyed.	Taken from the corpse of Wogni, priest of the tailed people, in the New World	Party Item, held in the past by Anna, Heloise, Harald, Celdrix, Great Dog, Kai, Edward the Penitent, and Reisha; now melted down and chucked into the rivers of Rus.
Spell Absorbing Scepter (Rod of Absorbtion)	Metal scepter, can't be used as a weapon. Absorbs spells cast at the holder, and those spell levels can be used to cast spells without losing them from the wielder's memory.	Taken from the Demon Emperor Justinian beneath the streets of Byzantium.	Party Item, used by Wirshin, Jean-Claude, and Harald
Staff of Nibiru	A wooden staff with a bird's head at the top. When the user touches someone and thinks "Nibiru", they can be healed 1d8 to 3d8+3. It can also cure blindness.	Taken from the Dilmun undead giant we encountered near the Karmathian Tower.	Party Item of the Following Alexander Party, carried by Harald.
Staff of the King of Cats	Unknown	Found in a cat-themed dungeon near the Sea of Glass.	Sought by Snowflake, the current King of Cats, but Jean-Claude found it and took it to Baba Iaga. Shhh. Don't tell Snowflake.
Wand of Paralyzation	Plain wand.	Taken from the Anmah by Harald in the Castle of Maidens.	Party Item, used by Harald