Rod of Alertness

A rod of alertness is a multipurpose magic item providing its owner with increased attentiveness, additional divination spells, and a temporary protective aura.

Properties

 * Alertness: While holding the rod, its owner has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks and on rolls for initiative.
 * Spells: While holding the rod, its owner can use an action to cast one of the following spells from it: Detect Evil and Good, Detect Magic, Detect Poison and Disease, or See Invisibility.
 * Protective Aura: As an action, its owner can plant the haft end of the rod in the ground, whereupon the rod's head sheds bright light in a 60-foot radius and dim light for an additional 60 feet. While in that bright light, the owner and any creature that is friendly to them gain a +1 bonus to AC and saving throws and can sense the location of any invisible hostile creature that is also in the bright light. The rod's head stops glowing and the effect ends after 10 minutes, or when a creature uses an action to pull the rod from the ground. This property can't be used again until the next dawn.

History
The family of Lieve'tel Toluse owned a silver rod of alertness for 150 years. She took it to Pandemonium, and while there: held it while leading Vox Machina through a dust storm, detected a magical essence from a tree and its plumes created by Shanak, and planted it into the ground, activating its Protection Aura while fighting a dust titan.