A staff of power was a powerful magical staff.[3]
Description[]
A staff of power was usually straight with a precious gem on top.[3]
Powers[]
A staff of power has a number of potent abilities, including casting magic missile, making enemies enfeebled, creating a continual flame, allowing the user to levitate and be protected by a wall of force and globe of invulnerability, holding monsters, and using offensive spells such as lightning bolt, fireball, and cone of cold.[3]
A staff of power could also be willfully broken to release all of its charges within a 30-ft area. Upon being broken, the staff had a 50% likelihood of transporting the wielder to another plane, or else the wielder would be destroyed by spell energy.[3]
A staff of power could also be used as +2 quarterstaff.[3]
In Neverwinter[]
In the year 1372 DR, the name was used around Neverwinter to refer to a lesser staff which could only cast fireball, magic missile, and ray of enfeeblement. [4]
Belt of power[]
A variant had been crafted by the Simbul, known as a belt of power, which operated similarly but in belt form.[5]
Creation[]
According to Hasuraman the Muddled, a staff of power of the variant popular around Neverwinter could be created with the use of the feeblemind spell and a pair of bodak teeth, within the confines of a proper wizard's laboratory. Such staves could also be created with quartz and a Giant fire beetle's belly, using the fireball spell according a process described in the Imaskarran Tome of Fire.[4]
Notable Owners[]
A wizard wielding a staff of power calling forth a mighty fortress.
- Archadamius Luciard, an elven merchant and wizard from Westgate.[6]
- Gromph Baenre[7] (destroyed in 1373 DR[8])
- Fraz-Urb'luu
- Iggwilv, during her time in Hades.[9]
- Khelben Arunsun (Blackstaff, variant)[10]
- Maaril owned a special staff of power, the dragonstaff of Ahghairon.[11]
- Thalantyr
- Zrie Prakis owned a darkwood staff of power that was broken in battle destroying an evil wizard Cassana in 1357 DR.[12]
- The half-elf magician Tannathra possessed a belt of power crafted by the Simbul. It had become grafted onto her body by a wild magic surge at some point before she became the Magister.[5]
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References[]
- ↑ Monte Cook, Jonathan Tweet, Skip Williams (July 2003). Dungeon Master's Guide v.3.5. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 243. ISBN 0-7869-2889-1.
- ↑ Jeremy Crawford, Christopher Perkins, James Wyatt (December 2014). Dungeon Master's Guide 5th edition. Edited by Scott Fitzgerald Gray, et al. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 202. ISBN 978-0-7869-6562-5.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Monte Cook, Jonathan Tweet, Skip Williams (July 2003). Dungeon Master's Guide v.3.5. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 245. ISBN 0-7869-2889-1.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 BioWare (June 2002). Designed by Brent Knowles, James Ohlen. Neverwinter Nights. Atari.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Ed Greenwood (2024-09-26). The Magister: A Look at the Mortal "Gunslinger" Mage of Mystra. Ed Greenwood's Patreon. Retrieved on 2024-10-04.
- ↑ David Wise (1992). AD&D Trading Cards 1992 series, #681, "Archadamius Luciard". TSR, Inc..
- ↑ Philip Athans (August 2005). Annihilation. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 169. ISBN 0-7869-3752-1.
- ↑ Paul S. Kemp (February 2006). Resurrection. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 41. ISBN 0-7869-3981-8.
- ↑ Wolfgang Baur (August 2007). “Enemies of My Enemy”. In James Jacobs ed. Dungeon #149 (Paizo Publishing, LLC) (149)., p. 50.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood, Sean K. Reynolds, Skip Williams, Rob Heinsoo (June 2001). Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 3rd edition. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 275. ISBN 0-7869-1836-5.
- ↑ Eric L. Boyd (June 2005). City of Splendors: Waterdeep. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 32–33. ISBN 0-7869-3693-2.
- ↑ Dale Donovan (July 1998). Villains' Lorebook. (TSR, Inc), p. 14. ISBN 0-7869-1236-7.