Spider rod

A spider rod or spider wand was a magical wand or rod that could be used to create webs or as a poisonous weapon.

Description
Spider wands were made of smooth, plain wood and were 1 foot (0.3 meters) long.

Powers
A spider wand had five to fifty charges on creation. Every use of one of the two powers of the wand caused it to be drained of one charge. If it was drained completely, the wand turned into a long-dead husk of a spider and then to dust. A powerful cleric could recharge the spider rod. Around 1372 DR, the spider rod-version was invented, which could use one of its powers three times per day and the other an infinite umber of times.

The first power, the one that was usable three times per day with the rod-version, of the spider wand was to shoot sticky, silvery strands 100 feet (30 meters) far. This weblike material worked like strands of rope of entanglement that disappeared after three minutes with the wand-version or one minute with the rod-version. The silk was highly flammable, but burning it was likely to cause injury to the entangled creature as well. It was very difficult to cast a spell while entangled.

The second power of the spider rod was to deliver lethal poison via striking a person with the wand in melee. One or two minutes were enough to kill a person with this poison. This ability could be used as an infinite number of times with the rod-version.

Anybody could use a spider rod.

History
Spider wands were associated with the drow. A web and poison spell was needed to create the rod-version.

Notable Owners
In Menzoberranzan, spider wands were standard equipment for male drow fighter-wizards who were part of the regular patrol of the Bazaar.