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Parader's Scepter

Added 2024-12-09 17:12:17 +0000 UTC

Rod, rare (requires attunement by a bard)

This gaudy rod is decorated with tassels and gemstones. It has 5 charges for the following properties and regains all expended charges daily at dawn. If you're a bard, you can use the rod as a spellcasting focus for your bard spells.

"Follow Me!" When you take the Dash action while holding the scepter, you can expend 2 of its charges (no action required) to magically inspire your allies to follow. Each friendly creature within 30 feet of you that can see you can use its reaction to move up to its speed in the same general direction as you. Opportunity attacks against creatures that move in this way are made with disadvantage.

"Go That Way!" While holding the scepter, you can use an action to expend 3 of its charges to cast the compulsion spell from it, using your spell save DC.

"Keep Marching!" While holding the scepter, you can expend 1 of its charges (no action required) to allow an ally within 30 feet of you that you can see to reroll a save it makes against suffering a level of exhaustion. You can continue using this property, even after rerolling the initial save, expending 1 charge from the scepter each time.

"Your Attention, Please!" Whenever you expend 1 use of your Bardic Inspiration while holding the scepter, you can choose to expend 2 of the scepter's charges instead.

We all followed them, as if we were chasing a dream. We moved as one, capering and dancing in our revelry, and followed the leader to a destination we didn't know. It was serene, it was ecstasy, it was intoxicating...but it was still a dream, and when we came to our senses, we were, again, alone.