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| |name=Rod of Seven Parts
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| |first=''[[Eldritch Wizardry]]'' (1976)
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| :''This article is about the artifact. For the adventure, see ''[[The Rod of Seven Parts]]''. For the novel, see [[The Rod of Seven Parts (novel)]].''
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| The '''Rod of Seven Parts''', formerly known as the '''Rod of Law''', is a powerful artifact in the ''[[World of Greyhawk]]'' campaign setting.
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| ==Description==
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| The Rod of Seven Parts, when whole, is a 5-foot-long pole. The command words for each piece are "Ruat," "Coelum," "Fiat," "Justitia," "Ecce," "Lex," and "Rex," which collectively make up a Latin phrase that translates into "Though chaos reign, let justice be done. Behold! Law is king."
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| ==History==
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| Eons ago, in a great war between the [[Wind Dukes of Aaqa]] and the [[Queen of Chaos]], the Rod of Law was used in the [[Battle of Pesh]] to imprison the Queen's greatest general, [[Miska the Wolf-Spider]], [[Prince of Demons]]. The Rod was broken in this conflict and the seven fragments scattered across the world. Each piece has its own powers, and the more parts of the rod a user possesses the more powerful each one becomes.
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| ==Age of Worms==
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| In the [[Age of Worms]] adventure path, the seventh part of the ''Rod'' lies in the tomb of the Wind Duke general [[Icosiol]]. The sixth part lies on another plane in the possession of the [[pit fiend]] [[Visciannix]].
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| ==Bibliography==
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| *[[Wolfgang Baur|Bauer, Wolfgang]]. "A Gathering of Winds." ''[[Dungeon]]'' #129. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2005.
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| *Cagle, Eric, [[Jesse Decker]], Jeff Quick, and [[James Wyatt]]. ''Arms and Equipment Guide''. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2003.
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| *[[David "Zeb" Cook|Cook, David]]. ''Book of Artifacts''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1993.
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| *-----. ''Dungeon Master's Guide''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1989.
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| *[[Jesse Decker|Decker, Jesse]]. "The [[Spire of Long Shadows]]." ''[[Dungeon]]'' #130. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2006.
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| *[[Gygax, Gary]]. ''Dungeon Master's Guide''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1979.
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| *[[Gary Gygax|Gygax, Gary]], and Brian Blume. ''[[Eldritch Wizardry]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1976.
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| *Henson, Dale, and Doug Stewart, eds. ''Encyclopedia Magica'' Vol 3. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1995.
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| *[[Mona, Erik]]. ''Age of Worms Overload''. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2005. Available online: [http://paizo.com/dungeon/news/v5748eaic9jzc]
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| *-----. "The [[Whispering Cairn]]." ''[[Dungeon]]'' #124. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2005.
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| *[[Williams, Skip]]. "A History of the Rod of Seven Parts." ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]'' #224. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1995.
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| *-----. ''[[The Rod of Seven Parts]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1996.
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| [[Category:Greyhawk magic items]]
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