Rod of Wonder

A magical item belonging to Roxanne, it was loaned to Alderick when she became concerned for his safety, shortly after the death of Spikeblood. While the magical wand is certainly very powerful, it’s uncontrollable nature means it is as potentially dangerous to the wielder as it is to the target. To date the magical device has been responsible for setting doors on fire, setting dwarfs on fire, setting grass on fire, setting fire on fire, summoning storms, growing (and killing) grass, enlarging targets to several times their size, shrinking targets to minuscule proportions, turning creatures purple, blotting out all light in an area, making bright shiny jewels, making butterflies, allowing the wielder to read a targets thoughts, allowing the wielder to [i]think[/i] he is reading the target’s thoughts, and being a horror to all who see it.

After several encounters where this weapon was wielded, the rest of the part has learned their lesson, going so far as to beating Alderick into unconsciousness after he used it on Astronom. It is not known when Roxanne will request the magical device back, but most of the party secretly hopes it will be very soon.