Tentacle Rod

This rod comes in two varieties: the greater tentacle rod and the lesser tentacle rod. Each appears to be a long, sinuous rod of unknown (but presumably organic) composition. The lesser rod ends in three "branches" while the greater has six.
Upon command, these branches animate and grapple like tentacles, using their own attack bonus (including the rods +3 enchantment bonus) rather than the wielder's bonus. The rod's attacks count as a standard action for the wielder.
The tentacle attacks follow all the normal rules for grapple attacks, with two exceptions. These attacks don't incur attacks of opportunity and the wilder need not move into the target's space to maintain the grapple. The tentacle, and not the wielder, is considered to be the grappler (and the wielder doesn't suffer any of the drawbacks of being a grappler). Treat the rod as a Medium-sized creature for purposes of the special size modifier to the grapple check.
Each rod also has one or more special powers that affect any target touched by three (or six) of its tentacles in the same round (regardless of whether the tentacles actually grapple the target).
If all three of the lesser rod's tentacles touch a target, it must make a Constitution save (DC 14) or be affected by a slow spell for 12 rounds. if any three of the greater rod's tentacles touch a single target, it must make a Wisdom save (DC 14) or be affected by a bestow curse spell (a permanent -4 enhancement penalty to attacks, saves, and checks). If all six of the greater rod's tentacles touch a single target in the same round, the victim must make a Constitution save (DC 17) or suffer 1 point of permanent Dexterity drain.
Each tentacle has a hardness of 10, 20 hp, and a break DC of 30.

Rod	Number of Attacks	Attack Bonus/Grapple Check	Damage	Strength
Lesser	3	+9	6 points	16
Greater	6	+15	9 points	22

These numbers include the rod's Strength bonus

Item type

Magical

Weight

3 lbs

Base Price

21,000 gp (lesser rod), 57,000 gp (greater rod)

Raw materials & Components

Caster Level 12th; Prerequisites: Craft Rod, animate objects, bestow curse (greater rod only), Evard's black tentacles, slow (lesser rod only)