Mace
Rod
Rod noun - A heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment.
Usage example: arrested for using a rod on his dogs in violation of the state's animal cruelty laws
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A staff, rod or mace can have magical or fighting uses and still be a Staff of Authority, but only if it is also a symbol of authority, rank or position.
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Zoroaster is commonly depicted as carrying a baresman, a bundle of twigs bound together to form a sort of staff, which a symbol of priesthood, or a varza, a form of ceromonial mace, usually stylized as a steel rod crowned by a bull's head.
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Dungeon Master's Guide: Rod of Lordly Might (mace, sword, battle axe, spear, life-force absorbing device, magic staff, door opener, ladder, target of infinite puns...)
Source: Swiss Army Weapon
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