Mynameisjake wrote:
Pretty sure Rhodsone was referring to Skrahen's comment. That is who he/she quoted, after all.
While a rod doesn't take up an item slot, it also isn't actually a "non slotted" item. If it were, then you could, in fact, have unlimited rods, each usable at will, just as you can have unlimited "non slotted" items that are usable at will.
The fact that you can only use a rod while it is in a hand, makes it closer to being a slotted item than a non-slotted one.
I was referring to jakes comment.I didn't think i was being "incendiary" sorry.
items either use slots or they don't. rods don't use slots. it's not a "closer to being" or whatever, it is or it isn't and it isn't. Rods are not necessarily usable "at will". rods activation varies depending on the type of rod. some are use activated, rod of alertness needs to be planted and willed to work(standard action) etc.
you can in fact have an unlimited number of rods useable in whatever specific way each rod functions. a multi-armed creature(lets say 10) for instance can hold ten rods of absorption and use the absorption ability of each and every one. it requires no action and must simply be "in hand".
the restrictions of slotted items do not apply to rods, because they are not on the list. the same applies to the construction of rods, they don't use the item occupies a slot modifiers for creation, which is the root of all of this.
