Obsidian Rods are stubby wands of the finest obsidian, their entire surface traced out with runes almost to fine to see. It is thought that once the Ancients used them as part of their magics. They are only found in the ruins of the Ancients cities.
A Rod has a number of uses: For 1 charge it will blow apart a wooden object, such as a door, that it is pressed against, and for 3 charges it will do the same to a block of stone up to 1/3 of a stride thick. For 4 charges it will absorb the deadly energies of a damaging spell, such as Sun’s Curse, and for 5 it can melt a metal object up to the size of a chair into twisted slag. A rod, when found, typically has 13 to 25 charges, and cannot be recharged; when it runs out of charges it crumbles into dust.