Sorcerer casting as a Standard Action

[Mechanical Pear]

Basically, I'm wondering if there is any magic item that lets me cast a metamagic feat (from a Metamagic Threnoptic Rod) as a standard action.

Some back information: I want to be able to cast "Battlemind Link" on my Zombie Dragon mount and myself at the start of every combat. I'm a multiclass Sorcerer (fighter mage). Crossblooded, with the Sage and Orc bloodlines. I want to start the battle holding the Threnoptic Rod, cast the spell as a standard action, use my swift action for something else, put the rod away as a move action.

I could explain the entire build, but let me save everyone some trouble. I'm not going to pick up the Threnoptic Spell feat. And I'm not going to pick the level 3 Sage/Arcane bloodline power. I picked the Orc one. And I'm keeping 3.5 items out of it. Pure Pathfinder, including no 3rd party stuff.

So, does anybody know of an item that lets me do what I'm looking for? I'm not horribly concerned if it's only three times a day or whatever, that would be fine.

I have searched and searched, and could find nothing.

[Paulicus]

I didn't even know sorcerers still had to spend a round casting with a rod. Strange that wizards can use them without penalty.

I don't know anything that would let you get around it, though I'm no expert.

[thistledown]

Some GM's might let you weapon-cord the rod? Pretty heavy, but some weapons are heavier.

[Mechanical Pear]

As a GM, I wouldn't let a player weapon cord it, then fight with weaponry while it was still dangling around. Even if the GM said it'd be okay, it'd probably be with massive penalties to hit, and that's no good.

I know there is a feat that lets you get around it, but a prereq is that you know a metamagic feat. In my build, I could get rid of one feat, but not two. So...that's kinda out.

[Ferious Thune]

I don't think there is such an item. A Quicken Metamagic Rod would get it to a swift, but that's a high cost item I'm sure you were aware of. My suggestion, drop the rod and pick it back up after the fight.

[Mechanical Pear]

And even then, I wouldn't be able to use two metamagic rods on the same spell. And, I'd only have one move action; I wouldn't be able to put up both rods.

Well, dang.

I was thinking there was some headband or something that let you do this, but I guess I was thinking about to my 3.5 days.

[Thaliak]

Have you considered the Glove of Storing? They're expensive at 10,000 gold, but they let you store and retrieve a single item that weighs 20 pounds or less as a free action.

[bfobar]

Glove of Storing: A must have for your favorite metamagic rods. Also, I didn't think that rods increased casting time. It was only sorcerers using their own feats that had to deal with that.

[Rerednaw]

Without the correct build/bloodline/feats when have sorcerers been able to use metamagic via rods or feats without taking a full-round action?

PRD wrote:

A sorcerer still must take a full-round action when using a metamagic rod, just as if using a metamagic feat he possesses (except for quicken metamagic rods, which can be used as a swift action).

Has it not been that way since 3.0?

[TheWiz]

Does Arcane Bloodline help with this?

[Mechanical Pear]

Hm. I knew about the Glove of Storing, but I thought I needed it for other reasons. Come to find out, I don't (at least, not until level 19 -.-). So that works, after all. Until level 19. Then I'll just Contingency Battlemind Link....if it's possible to do that.