Rod

A rod is a scepterlike magical device that have unique magical powers. Anyone can use a rod.

Realmslore
Rods are popular in Mulhorand Dreadmasters of Bane have a special affinity for rods, and often create them. It's known that some spellcasters carry rods in sheaths on their hips.

Known rods

 * Rod of cats
 * Rod of displacement
 * Rod of divergence
 * Rod of fury
 * Rod of mirrors
 * Rod of rulership
 * Rod of silence
 * Rod of spheres
 * Rod of surprises
 * Rod of tuning

After the Spellplague
The Spellplague changed the nature of rods in the Realms. Rods, which are much like larger wands, are a type of magical implement most commonly used by warlocks but sometimes by artificers as well. Infused with dark, eldritch energy rods often possess the touch of some creature with which a warlock has formed a pact. As such, many rods are particularly potent in the hands of specific warlocks, who have forged the appropriate pacts with outsiders.