I have a player (Wizard) that has an arcane bond with her staff. She was recently given a rod. Is there a way to use the rod and cast at the same time? I am aware of the monkey belt, but such items won't be available for a while. For now, I'm going to GM hand wave "wearing" as having the staff on her back, but I was wondering what others thought?
Still Spell for the Spells that have somatic components.
(Also means that she can wear a Fullplate)
If a bonded object is damaged, it is restored to full hit points the next time the wizard prepares his spells. If the object of an arcane bond is lost or destroyed, it can be replaced after 1 week in a special ritual that costs 200 gp per wizard level plus the cost of the masterwork item. This ritual takes 8 hours to complete. Items replaced in this way do not possess any of the additional enchantments of the previous bonded item. A wizard can designate an existing magic item as his bonded item. This functions in the same way as replacing a lost or destroyed item except that the new magic item retains its abilities while gaining the benefits and drawbacks of becoming a bonded item.
Most Rods are also Wepons, you could use the above rule to replace the bonded item.
Thanks, folks. What I decided to do is hand-wave "wearing" to "strapped to her back" while casting with a rod. She'll have to do the move to swap out if she needs to use her staff, but she normally isn't in combat so that normally won't matter.
Replacing the bonded item is not really an option because her staff is actually her spell book. At least, it's one of her spell books. I worked out a formula that gave her something like 50 total spell levels of space. This is her baby. ;)