THE ROD OF SEVENTY SEVEN PARTS

A few abilities inspired by/stolen from Skerples article about artefacts

X = number of segments combined
Flipping a segment like a coin will always have it land on it’s edge, and roll towards the nearest segment you don’t own.

If you're not sure where the segments might be, roll 1d100 each time you arrive at a new area:

1. For sale from a tinker, for favours bizarre
2. With a warlord that knows not what he has
3. Trapped in a lab with a brain in a jar
4. At the bottom of a well
5. Buried in the ruins of a collapsed church
6. Functioning as part of a town lightning rod
7. Floating on a solid cloud
8. In the middle of a field, surrounded by dead cows and burnt grass
9. In the nest of an immense crow
10. The wedding ring of an eccentric princess
11. or more: not here! Keep looking

The Rod of Seventy Seven Parts is highly unstable, and does not go together easily. When joining together segments, the Rod has an X-7 in 20 chance of backfiring:
1dX segments teleport away and…

1. The rod explodes for Xd6 damage, 20ft radius
2. You are polymorphed into a random animal
3. Killed stone dead, no save, with an idiot expression on your face
4. Surrounding area is teleported in a random direction
5. 1d20 lightning bolts hit randomly all around
6. An apocalypse happens, just a local one

Adding the eighth segment has a 1-in-20 chance of going kapow, the ninth 2-in-20 etc. Joining together parts using mechanical/magical assistance may deflect or reduce the effects.

Abilities that recharge daily will do so at the first ray of dawn. Abilities that recharge weekly will do so on the dawn of the Sabbath. Cunning users will wrangle this to their advantage.

1. Wind-up as an action, next hit deals 1d20 damage on a hit, staggers you on a miss
2. Unique ranged attacks, deals 1d8 on a hit. Range increases with segments collected
3. As shield, blocks 1d12 damage X times before consequences
4. Transforms into any weapon
5. Absorbs spells from wands/scrolls/magic items etc. can hold X
6. If you don’t attack in a round, +X to Defence
7. Deals exploding damage on a max roll
8. X additional attacks per day, 1d6 self-damage per two extras
9. +X to-hit, +X damage
10. Polymorphs the rod into a seven-legged spider with X HD. Has a X% chance of going rogue, if it thinks it can best you in a fight. If the spider dies, the rod falls apart  and scatters segments everywhere.
11. Perfectly block an attack, 1/day
12. Perfectly hit an attack, 1/day
13. Scan enemy HP, 1/combat
14. Reroll failed saves while at full HP and/or wearing exceptionally fine clothes
15. Change the dimensions of the rod by x7 in any direction
16. Emits light as a torch for X hours per day
17. +2X inventory slots
18. Escape a dungeon with your party, up to X floors beneath the surface
19. Can recreate the image and sound of a 10 minute scene in the last X days
20. Vibrates gently whenever you are about to do something likely lethal
21. Telepathy by making eye-contact, unusual usage up to X/day (just talking is fine, yelling, imitating other voices, is “unusual”)
22. Translates between any languages, 10-X % chance of a mix-up per conversation
23. Ask Advice, X/week
24. Scout room, X/day
25. Copies an ability you have been struck by, use it X/day
26. Increase max HP by 2X
27. Immune to critical hits
28. Immune to level drain and death effects
29. Take half damage from [1. Fire, 2. Poison, 3. Spells, 4. Traps, 5. Bladed weapons 6. Falling]
30. Block the first X MD from spells per day
31. Multiply damage by 1+1dX on a critical hit
32. Critical range increases by X/2
33. Reroll a d20, X/day
34. Automatically succeed a d20 roll, X/week
35. Produce an exceedingly useful item, X/week
36. Produce a basic supply item, X/day
37. Levitate up and down, slowly
38. Walk on water
39. Produces X hours of breathable air per day
40. Blink, deals 1d6 damage every additional time used
41. Teleport, 1/day
42. Animate Object, X/day
43. Invisibility, X rounds of combat per day, or X minutes non-combat
44. Recharge any daily ability 1/day
45. Add 1 MD to a spell, X/week
46. Sleep, targets X HD of enemies, 1/day
47. Fly, X passengers, 1/day
48. Reattach a lost limb, 1/day
49. Heal Xd4 HP per day
50. Fireball, Xd6 damage, 1/day
51. Transmute Flesh to Stone and Back, X/day
52. Transmute [Weird] to [Weird], X/day
53. Silent Illusion X/day
54. Control [1. Fire 2. Water 3. Earth 4. Air] X/day
55. Ask a yes/no question about something you tap, X/day
56. Detect Invisible
57. Detect Poison
58. Locate Object, within X miles
59. Detect Magic, X/day
60. Speak with Dead, X/day
61. Speak with [1. Fire 2. Water 3. Earth 4. Air] X/day
62. Speak with [1. Locks, 2. Shoes, 3. Arrows, 4. Blood, 5. Roads, 6. Statue, 7. Teeth, 8. Self, 9. Spell, 10. God, 11. Stars, 12. Universe, 13. Light, 14. Darkness, 15. Memories, 16. Dreams, 17. Lust, 18. Lies, 19. Dave, 20. Mother], X/day
63. Command Magnetism
64. Determine Weather
65. Astral Travel, X dreams
66. Neutralise Hunger, X people supported
67. +2 to a random stat, +4 with 7 or more segments
68. Change a random stat to 18, another is halved
69. Deal 1d6 damage to target in sight, X/day
70. Time-stop, X rounds/week
71. Cast a random spell, X/day
72. Telekinesis, up to X kg at a time
73. Pass through X feet of solid material per day
74. Undo previous round, 1/week
75. Wish, 1/century
76. True Resurrection, 1/century
77. Extends lifespan by X times