Staff of defense

A staff of defense was an enchanted quarterstaff that improved the caster's defense, as well as allowing them to cast a selection of defensive spells.

Description
These staves, weighing only were willowy and hollow. However, they were made entirely of glass, which appeared to have been strengthened to become as tough as oak.

Powers
Staves of defense allowed their wielders to cast the mage armor and shield spells without expending their personal repertoire of memorized spells. Instead, the staves themselves would lose charges, depending on the spell used (one for mage armor, two for shield). Only those that had the ability to cast these spells ordinarily, i.e., without use of the staves, were able to make use of the staves' abilities, once they were attuned to it.

Some staves of defense popular in the 1370s DR allowed the wielder to cast ghostly visage, mage armor, and protection from alignment.

In total, these staves had ten charges, which could be recharged (from halfway to fully) during a short period of downtime. However, every time the staff was depleted, it had a 5% chance of shattering, rendering it useless.

As well as the spellcasting potential, the staves would infer a small improvement to the casters' armor.

Notable Owners

 * Eremuth Silverwind: an adventuring wizard and the bastard of Gastar Hawkwinter of the noble House Hawkwinter, active circa 1372 DR.
 * Iarno Albrek, also known as "Glasstaff", after his staff of defense.

Appearances

 * Adventures
 * Lost Mine of Phandelver
 * Video Games
 * Neverwinter Nights series (Neverwinter Nights &bull; Neverwinter Nights 2 &bull; Neverwinter Nights: Darkness over Daggerford