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{{item
|itemtype = Rod
|name = rod of destruction
|cost =
}}
{{flavour|This rod can be evoked to release a damaging spell picked at random from a small set, all able to pierce through monsters to damage the ones behind them.}}
{| class="prettytable" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|- align="center"
! '''Spells'''
! '''Type'''
! '''Level'''
|-
| a - [[Random Bolt]]
| [[Evocations]]
| 4
|-
|}

The '''rod of destruction''' is a [[rod]] which contains the [[Random Bolt]] spell. This functions like most other bolt spells, piercing through enemies until it runs out of range, but deals one of the following random elemental damage types:
*[[Fire]]
*[[Cold]]
*[[Poison]]
*[[Negative energy]]
*[[Quicksilver Bolt|Quicksilver]] (irresistible, strips away magical effects)
*[[Corrosive Bolt]]
*[[Electricity]]

Like all [[rod]]s, its effectiveness rises with your [[Evocations]] skill. Due to the chance of it firing negative energy bolts, the [[good god]]s ([[The Shining One]], [[Zin]], and [[Elyvilon]]) all oppose its use, and due to the chance of it firing fire bolts, [[Dithmenos]] also disapproves.

==History==
*In [[0.18]], the rod of destruction was removed.
*Prior to [[0.17]], this rod could fire [[Crystal Bolt]]s.
*In [[0.16]], [[Corrosive Bolt]] was added to the list of possible bolts.
*Prior to [[0.14]], there was a rod of destruction with the following spells: [[Lightning Bolt]], [[Fireball]], and [[Iron Shot]].
*Prior to [[0.13]], there were three varieties of this rod, each with three different spells.
*Prior to [[0.12]], there was a rod of destruction with the following spells: [[Bolt of Inaccuracy]], [[Bolt of Magma]], and [[Bolt of Cold]].

Rod of destruction - Revision history

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