Staves
A staff is a long shaft that stores several spells. Staves usually hold spells grouped by a theme, and sometimes possess other abilities that they grant to the wielder. A staff has 10 charges when created, but can be recharged by a spellcaster with the appropriate spells.
Physical Description: A typical staff measures anywhere from 4 feet to 7 feet long and is 2 inches to 3 inches thick, weighing about 5 pounds. Most staves are wood, but an exotic few are bone, metal, or even glass. A staff often has a gem or some device at its tip or is shod in metal at one or both ends. Staves are often decorated with carvings or runes. A typical staff also functions as a walking stick, quarterstaff, or cudgel. It has AC 7, 10 hit points, hardness 5, and a break DC of 24.
Activation: Staves use the spell trigger activation method, so casting a spell from a staff is usually a standard action that doesn't provoke attacks of opportunity. If the spell being cast has a longer casting time than 1 standard action, however, it takes the full casting time to cast the spell from a staff. To activate a staff, a character must hold it forth in at least one hand (or whatever passes for a hand, for non-humanoid creatures).
Special Qualities: Roll d%. A 01–30 result indicates that something (a design, inscription, or the like) provides some clue to the staff's function, and 31–100 indicates that it has no special qualities.
Using Staves: Staves use the wielder's ability score and relevant feats to set the DC for saves against their spells. Unlike with other sorts of magic items, the wielder can use his caster level when activating the power of the staff if it's higher than the caster level of the staff. This means that staves are far more potent in the hands of a powerful spellcaster. Because they use the wielder's ability score to set the save DC for the spells, spells from a staff are often harder to resist than those from other magic items, which use the minimum ability score required to cast the spell. Not only are aspects of the spell dependent on caster level (range, duration, and so on) potentially higher, but spells from a staff are also harder to dispel and have a better chance of overcoming spell resistance.
Staves hold a maximum of 10 charges. Each spell cast from a staff consumes one or more charges. When a staff runs out of charges, it cannot be used until it is recharged. Each morning, when a spellcaster prepares spells or regains spell slots, he can also imbue one staff with a portion of his power, so long as one or more of the spells cast by the staff is on his spell list and he is capable of casting at least one of the spells. Imbuing a staff with this power restores one charge to the staff, but the caster must forgo one prepared spell or spell slot of a level equal to the highest-level spell cast by the staff. A staff cannot gain more than one charge per day, and a caster cannot imbue more than one staff per day.
A staff can hold spells of any level, and the minimum caster level of a staff is 8th.
Staves
| d% | Lesser Medium Staff | Price |
|---|
| 01–10 | Staff of blessed relief | 7,200 gp |
| 11–20 | Staff of minor arcana | 8,000 gp |
| 21–30 | Staff of tricks | 8,800 gp |
| 31–44 | Staff of the scout | 9,600 gp |
| 45–54 | Staff of eidolons | 14,400 gp |
| 55–67 | Staff of accompaniment | 14,800 gp |
| 68–84 | Staff of understanding | 16,000 gp |
| 85–100 | Staff of charming | 17,600 gp |
| d% | Greater Medium Staff | Price |
|---|
| 01–11 | Staff of fire | 18,950 gp |
| 12–21 | Staff of courage | 19,200 gp |
| 22–29 | Staff of belittling | 20,000 gp |
| 30–38 | Staff of feast and famine | 20,800 gp |
| 39–49 | Staff of rigor | 20,800 gp |
| 50–60 | Staff of swarming insects | 22,800 gp |
| 61–68 | Staff of authority | 23,000 gp |
| 69–81 | Staff of radiance | 23,200 gp |
| 82–92 | Staff of size alteration | 26,150 gp |
| 93–100 | Staff of Journeys | 27,200 gp |
| d% | Lesser Major Staff | Price |
|---|
| 01–04 | Staff of acid | 28,600 gp |
| 05–08 | Staff of shrieking | 28,800 gp |
| 09–11 | Chaotic staff | 29,600 gp |
| 12–14 | Holy staff | 29,600 gp |
| 15–17 | Lawful staff | 29,600 gp |
| 18–21 | Staff of healing | 29,600 gp |
| 22–24 | Unholy staff | 29,600 gp |
| 25–28 | Staff of the master | 30,000 gp |
| 29–32 | Staff of spiders | 30,200 gp |
| 33–36 | Staff of electricity | 31,900 gp |
| 37–39 | Heretic's bane | 32,000 gp |
| 40–42 | Musical staff | 32,000 gp |
| 43–46 | Staff of souls | 32,800 gp |
| 47–50 | Staff of toxins | 34,200 gp |
| 51–54 | Staff of stealth | 36,800 gp |
| 55–58 | Staff of the avenger | 37,310 gp |
| 59–62 | Staff of aspects | 37,600 gp |
| 63–66 | Staff of speaking | 39,600 gp |
| 67–70 | Staff of frost | 41,400 gp |
| 71–74 | Staff of bolstering | 41,600 gp |
| 75–78 | Staff of curses | 43,500 gp |
| 79–85 | Staff of dark flame | 47,000 gp |
| 86–89 | Staff of cackling wrath | 47,200 gp |
| 90–93 | Staff of performance | 48,800 gp |
| 94–97 | Animate staff | 49,800 gp |
| 98–100 | Staff of revelations | 51,008 gp |
| d% | Greater Major Staff | Price |
|---|
| 01–04 | Staff of illumination | 51,500 gp |
| 05–07 | Staff of obstacles | 51,600 gp |
| 08–10 | Staff of heaven and earth | 54,000 gp |
| 11–13 | Staff of travel | 54,400 gp |
| 14–16 | Staff of hoarding | 55,866 gp |
| 17–19 | Staff of traps | 56,925 gp |
| 20–22 | Staff of many rays | 57,200 gp |
| 23–25 | Staff of mithral might | 58,000 gp |
| 26–29 | Staff of defense | 62,000 gp |
| 30–32 | Staff of the planes | 63,960 gp |
| 33–35 | Staff of hungry shadows | 69,300 gp |
| 36–38 | Dragon staff | 81,000 gp |
| 39–41 | Staff of slumber | 81,766 gp |
| 42–46 | Staff of abjuration | 82,000 gp |
| 47–51 | Staff of conjuration | 82,000 gp |
| 52–56 | Staff of divination | 82,000 gp |
| 57–61 | Staff of enchantment | 82,000 gp |
| 62–66 | Staff of evocation | 82,000 gp |
| 67–71 | Staff of illusion | 82,000 gp |
| 72–76 | Staff of necromancy | 82,000 gp |
| 77–81 | Staff of transmutation | 82,000 gp |
| 82–83 | Staff of weather | 84,066 gp |
| 84–86 | Staff of earth and stone | 85,800 gp |
| 87–88 | Staff of vision | 86,666 gp |
| 89–91 | Staff of the woodlands | 100,400 gp |
| 92–94 | Staff of life | 109,400 gp |
| 95 | Staff of one hundred hands | 180,200 gp |
| 96–98 | Staff of passage | 206,900 gp |
| 99 | Staff of the hierophant | 220,000 gp |
| 100 | Staff of power | 235,000 gp |
Animate Staff
Price 49,800 gp; Aura moderate transmutation; CL 11th; Weight 5 lbs.
Created from a number of iron rods, copper gears, and silver screws, this staff constantly shifts and changes. The staff allows use of the following spells:
In addition, once per day, the staff can become a Medium animated object with the metal special ability. It can remain in this form for up to 10 minutes. If destroyed while in this form, it reverts to being a staff, but it loses all of its charges and this ability cannot be used again until it is fully recharged.
Construction Requirements
Cost 24,900 gp
Craft Staff, animate objects, make whole, mending
Chaotic Staff
Price 29,600 gp; Aura moderate evocation; CL 8th; Weight 5 lbs.
Made up from a number of different materials, including wood, metal, and possibly pieces of flesh, this staff seems to shift in shape and form over time. The staff allows use of the following spells:
Construction Requirements
Cost 14,800 gp
Craft Staff, align weapon, chaos hammer, detect evil, magic circle against law
Dragon Staff
Price 81,000 gp; Aura strong transmutation; CL 13th; Weight 7 lbs.
Made from a large dragon bone, wrapped in scales and topped with the fearsome image of a dragon, this staff radiates power. Each dragon staff is linked to one type of chromatic dragon: black, blue, green, red, or white. All the spells that can be cast using the staff are tied to that choice. If the wielder uses the staff to cast form of the dragon II, she must assume the type linked to the staff. Any energy types chosen by spells from the staff must match the type as well (black and green are linked to acid, blue is linked to electricity, red is linked to fire, and white is linked to cold). The staff allows use of the following spells:
In addition to these powers, the wielder of the dragon staff also receives a +2 natural armor bonus to her AC and the ability to make a bite attack as a primary natural weapon. This bite deals 1d8 points of damage if the wielder is Medium. These bonuses are a polymorph effect and are replaced by those gained from casting form of the dragon II, or other similar spells.
Construction Requirements
Cost 40,500 gp
Craft Staff, alter self, dragon's breath, fly, form of the dragon II, protection from energy
Heretic's Bane
Price 32,000 gp; Aura moderate enchantment; CL 8th; Weight 5 lbs.
This sturdy wooden staff is crowned by a holy symbol, surrounded by wicked barbs of metal. The staff allows use of the following spells:
Construction Requirements
Cost 16,000 gp
Craft Staff, castigate, command, denounce, zone of truth
Holy Staff
Price 29,600 gp; Aura moderate evocation; CL 8th; Weight 5 lbs.
This staff is made from polished birch, inlaid with ivory, and topped with a pristine white gemstone. The staff allows use of the following spells:
Construction Requirements
Cost 14,800 gp
Craft Staff, align weapon, detect evil, holy smite, magic circle against evil
Lawful Staff
Price 29,600 gp; Aura moderate evocation; CL 8th; Weight 5 lbs.
This staff is crafted from a perfectly smooth triangular rod of silver, and its top is crowned with a golden sphere. The staff allows use of the following spells:
Construction Requirements
Cost 14,800 gp
Craft Staff, align weapon, detect chaos, magic circle against chaos, order's wrath
Musical Staff
Price 32,000 gp; Aura moderate evocation; CL 8th; Weight 5 lbs.
This staff is made from high-quality wood and festooned with brass rods and keys, looking almost like an instrument. The staff allows use of the following spells:
In addition, as a swift action, the wielder of the musical staff can cause it to transform into a string or wind instrument. Any Perform skill checks made with the musical staff gain a +5 competence bonus. The staff can still be used to cast spells while it is an instrument, and it can revert back to a staff as a free action.
Construction Requirements
Cost 16,000 gp
Craft Staff, ghost sound, piercing shriek, sculpt sound, wall of sound
Staff of Abjuration
Price 82,000 gp; Aura strong abjuration; CL 13th; Weight 5 lbs.
Usually carved from the heartwood of an ancient oak, ash, sequoia, or other large tree, this staff allows use of the following spells:
Construction Requirements
Cost 41,000 gp
Craft Staff, dismissal, dispel magic, lesser globe of invulnerability, repulsion, resist energy, shield
Staff of Accompaniment
Price 14,800 gp; Aura moderate evocation and transmutation; CL 8th; Weight 5 lbs.
This staff is adorned with musical notes. When held and used with bardic performance, it accompanies the song with the sounds of wind instruments, granting a +2 competence bonus on Perform checks. The staff allows use of the following spells:
Construction Requirements
Cost 7,400 gp
Craft Staff, allegro, chord of shards, saving finale
Staff of Acid
Price 28,600 gp; Aura moderate conjuration; CL 11th; Weight 5 lbs.
This staff is made of a rust-colored metal that has been corroded by acid, with a sickly green gem at its tip. The staff allows use of the following spells:
Construction Requirements
Cost 14,300 gp
Craft Staff, acid arrow, acid fog, corrosive touch
Staff of Aspects
Price 37,600 gp; Aura moderate transmutation; CL 9th; Weight 5 lbs.
This stout staff is made of ash. Four faces of animals—a bear, a falcon, a stag, and a wolf—are carved at its top. The aspect staff functions as a +1/+1 quarterstaff and allows the use of the following spells:
Construction Requirements
Cost 19,100 gp
Craft Magic Arms and Armor, Craft Staff, aspect of the bear, aspect of the falcon, aspect of the stag, aspect of the wolf
Staff of Authority
Price 23,000 gp; Aura moderate varies; CL 8th; Weight 5 lbs.
This stout ironbound staff functions as a +1/+1 quarterstaff. It allows the use of the following spells:
Construction Requirements
Cost 11,800 gp
Craft Staff, forced quiet, interrogation, oppressive boredom
Staff of Belittling
Price 20,000 gp; Aura moderate transmutation; CL 8th; Weight 5 lbs.
Someone who carries this blue-and-white staff need never feel small nor weak, as the staff brings everybody and everything down to size. This staff allows the use of the following spells:
Construction Requirements
Cost 10,000 gp
Craft Staff, mass reduce person, reduce animal, reduce person, shrink item
Staff of Blessed Relief
Price 7,200 gp; Aura faint conjuration; CL 8th; Weight 5 lbs.
This simple wooden staff is given to young clergy when they first set out into the world to spread the charity of their faith. The staff allows use of the following spells:
Construction Requirements
Cost 3,600 gp
Craft Staff, bless, create water, stabilize
Staff of Bolstering
Price 41,600 gp; Aura moderate transmutation; CL 8th; Weight 5 lbs.
The top of this rosewood shaft narrows and then expands again, bound by a number of metal rings. It allows use of the following spells:
Construction Requirements
Cost 20,800 gp
Craft Staff, bear's endurance, bull's strength, cat's grace, greater magic weapon
Staff of Cackling Wrath
Price 47,200 gp; Aura moderate varies; CL 8th; Weight 5 lbs.
The thorns embedded in this gnarled length of wood make it rather tricky for the unwary to grasp. It allows use of the following spells:
Construction Requirements
Cost 23,600 gp
Craft Staff, baleful polymorph, bestow curse, blindness/deafness, charm person, hold person, inflict moderate wounds, vampiric touch
Staff of Charming
Price 17,600 gp; Aura moderate enchantment; CL 8th; Weight 5 lbs.
Made of twisting wood ornately shaped and carved, this staff allows use of the following spells:
Construction Requirements
Cost 8,800 gp
Craft Staff, charm monster, charm person
Staff of Conjuration
Price 82,000 gp; Aura strong conjuration; CL 13th; Weight 5 lbs.
This staff is usually made of ash or walnut and bears ornate carvings of many different kinds of creatures. It allows use of the following spells:
Construction Requirements
Cost 41,000 gp
Craft Staff, cloudkill, minor creation, stinking cloud, summon monster VI, summon swarm, unseen servant
Staff of Courage
Price 19,200 gp; Aura moderate enchantment; CL 8th; Weight 5 lbs.
This sturdy-looking hickory staff is capped with a figurine of an angel or other benevolent spirit, wings and arms outstretched as if in welcome. This staff allows use of the following spells:
Construction Requirements
Cost 9,600 gp
Craft Staff, bless, prayer, remove fear, remove paralysis
Staff of Curses
Price 43,500 gp; Aura moderate transmutation; CL 9th; Weight 5 lbs.
This gnarled wooden staff is bedecked with broken charms and burnt fetishes that were once used to ward against bad luck, but now are in shambles. The staff allows use of the following spells:
In addition, the staff of curses is a +1/+1 quarterstaff, and whenever the wielder strikes a creature with the staff, he can expend one charge to cause the creature to become cursed for a number of rounds equal to the number of charges remaining in the staff. While this curse persists, the creature takes a –2 penalty on saving throws from spells cast from the staff and a –2 penalty to AC against any attacks made by the staff.
Construction Requirements
Cost 22,050 gp
Craft Magic Arms and Armor, Craft Staff, baleful polymorph, bestow curse, blindness/deafness, ill omen
Staff of Dark Flame
Price 47,000 gp; Aura moderate evocation and necromancy; CL 8th; Weight 4 lbs.
Made from bleached bones that have been fused together, the head of this staff burns with an unholy fire. This staff can be used as a +1 flaming quarterstaff (only one end of the staff bears magical enhancement), and it retains this property even if all its charges are drained. This staff can cast the following spells:
Construction Requirements
Cost 27,133 gp
Craft Magic Arms and Armor, Craft Staff, animate dead, false life, fireball, ray of enfeeblement, scorching ray
Staff of Defense
Price 62,000 gp; Aura strong abjuration; CL 15th; Weight 5 lbs.
The staff of defense is a simple-looking polished wooden staff that throbs with power when held defensively. It allows use of the following spells:
Construction Requirements
Cost 31,000 gp
Craft Staff, shield, shield of faith, shield of law, shield other, creator must be lawful
Staff of Divination
Price 82,000 gp; Aura strong divination; CL 13th; Weight 5 lbs.
Made from a supple length of willow carefully selected to have a crooked, forked tip, a staff of divination allows use of the following spells:
Construction Requirements
Cost 41,000 gp
Craft Staff, detect secret doors, locate creature, locate object, prying eyes, tongues, true seeing
Staff of Earth and Stone
Price 85,800 gp; Aura moderate transmutation; CL 11th; Weight 5 lbs.
This staff is topped with a fist-sized emerald that gleams with smoldering power. It allows the use of the following spells:
Construction Requirements
Cost 42,900 gp
Craft Staff, move earth, passwall
Staff of Eidolons
Price 14,400 gp
Aura moderate conjuration and transmutation; CL8th; Weight 5 lbs.
This crooked staff is made of mahogany and decorated with the bones of eidolons that jut out of the wood. It allows the use of the following spells:
Construction Requirements
Cost 7,200 gp
Craft Staff, lesser evolution surge, lesser rejuvenate eidolon, unfetter
Staff of Electricity
Price 31,900 gp; Aura moderate evocation; CL 11th; Weight 5 lbs.
This staff is made of shining silver, with a tip shaped like a lightning bolt. The staff allows use of the following spells:
Construction Requirements
Cost 15,950 gp
Craft Staff, chain lightning, lightning bolt, shocking grasp
Staff of Enchantment
Price 82,000 gp; Aura strong enchantment; CL 13th; Weight 5 lbs.
Often made from applewood and topped with a clear crystal, this staff allows use of the following spells:
Construction Requirements
Cost 41,000 gp
Craft Staff, crushing despair, hideous laughter, mass suggestion, mind fog, sleep, suggestion
Staff of Evocation
Price 82,000 gp; Aura strong evocation; CL 13th; Weight 5 lbs.
This smooth staff carved from hickory or yew allows use of the following spells:
Construction Requirements
Cost 41,000 gp
Craft Staff, chain lightning, fireball, ice storm, magic missile, shatter, wall of force
Staff of feast and famine
Price 20,800 gp; Aura moderate transmutation; CL 8th; Weight 5 lbs.
Leaves sprout from this wooden staff, some green and some black. When the wielder uses the staff, he plucks one of the leaves: a green leaf to provide sustenance or a black leaf to cause hunger or thirst. The staff allows the use of the following spells:
Construction Requirements
Cost 10,400 gp
Craft Staff, create water, cup of dust, feast of ashes, goodberry, purify food and drink
Staff of Fire
Price 18,950 gp; Aura moderate evocation; CL 8th; Weight 5 lbs.
Crafted from bronzewood with brass bindings, this staff allows use of the following spells:
Construction Requirements
Cost 9,475 gp
Craft Staff, burning hands, fireball, wall of fire
Staff of Frost
Price 41,400 gp; Aura moderate evocation; CL 10th; Weight 5 lbs.
Tipped on either end with a glistening diamond, this rune-covered staff allows use of the following spells:
Construction Requirements
Cost 20,700 gp
Craft Staff, cone of cold, ice storm, wall of ice
Staff of Healing
Price 29,600 gp; Aura moderate conjuration; CL 8th; Weight 5 lbs.
This white ash staff is decorated with inlaid silver runes. It allows use of the following spells:
Construction Requirements
Cost 14,800 gp
Craft Staff, cure serious wounds, lesser restoration, remove blindness/deafness, remove disease
Staff of Heaven and Earth
Price 54,000 gp; Aura moderate transmutation; CL 9th; Weight 5 lbs.
Topped by a swirling cloudy stone and wrapped with black iron filigree, this staff allows use of the following spells:
Construction Requirements
Cost 27,000 gp
Craft staff, air walk, control winds, gust of wind, spike stones, stone shape
Staff of Hoarding
Price 55,866 gp; Aura moderate varies; CL 11th; Weight 5 lbs.
This gorgeous teak shaft has many gold and silver coins hammered into it. It allows use of the following spells:
Construction Requirements
Cost 30,016 gp
Craft Staff, identify, legend lore, locate object, magic aura, secret chest
Staff of Hungry Shadows
Price 69,300 gp; Aura strong varies; CL 13th; Weight 5 lbs.
This staff is made of scorched and twisted wood and is set with a crystal sphere filled with swirling smoke. It allows the use of the following spells:
Construction Requirements
Cost 34,650 gp
Craft Staff, darkness, enervation, planar binding, ray of enfeeblement, summon monster V, vampiric touch
Staff of Illumination
Price 51,500 gp; Aura strong evocation; CL 15th; Weight 5 lbs.
This staff is usually sheathed in a layer of silver and decorated with gold and amber sunbursts. A staff of illumination allows use of the following spells:
Construction Requirements
Cost 25,750 gp
Craft Staff, dancing lights, daylight, flare, sunburst
Staff of Illusion
Price 82,000 gp; Aura strong illusion; CL 13th; Weight 5 lbs.
This staff is made from ebony or other dark wood and carved into an intricately twisted, fluted, or spiral shape. It allows use of the following spells:
Construction Requirements
Cost 41,000 gp
Craft Staff, disguise self, major image, mirror image, mislead, persistent image, rainbow pattern
Staff of Journeys
Price 27,200 gp; Aura moderate varies; CL 8th; Weight 5 lbs.
This walking stick, which still has dark gray bark along its entire length, branches into an ornate fork at its top, decorated with wildflowers and different kinds of leaves. It allows use of the following spells:
Construction Requirements
Cost 13,600 gp
Craft Staff, detect snares and pits, endure elements, freedom of movement, longstrider, pass without trace
Staff of Life
Price 109,400 gp; Aura moderate conjuration; CL 11th; Weight 5 lbs.
A staff of life is made of thick polished oak shod in gold and decorated with sinuous runes of silver or ivory, which depict various cycles of life and death according to different cultures. This staff allows use of the following spells:
Construction Requirements
Cost 79,700 gp
Craft Staff, heal, raise dead
Staff of Many Rays
Price 57,200 gp; Aura moderate evocation and necromancy; CL 11th; Weight 5 lbs.
The elaborate swirls and delicate flecks of shining metal adorning the head of this pale wooden shaft make it seem almost as much a long mace as a staff. It allows use of the following spells:
Construction Requirements
Cost 28,600 gp
Craft Staff, disintegrate, enervation, ray of enfeeblement, ray of exhaustion, scorching ray
Staff of Minor Arcana
Price 8,000 gp; Aura moderate abjuration and evocation; CL 8th; Weight 5 lbs.
This gleaming staff is made of polished silver and capped with a simple gemstone. It is frequently given as a gift to apprentice spellcasters upon completing their tutelage. The staff allows use of the following spells:
Construction Requirements
Cost 4,000 gp
Craft Staff, magic missile, shield
Staff of Mithral Might
Price 58,000 gp; Aura moderate transmutation; CL 11th; Weight 7 lbs.
This staff is made of silver, with a shimmering sphere of mithral at either end. One end features a golden snake wrapped around the staff and cradling the larger of these two mithral spheres. The staff may be used as a weapon, functioning as a +2/+2 quarterstaff. It also grants a +2 enhancement bonus to Intelligence to whoever possesses it. These two attributes continue to function after all the charges are expended. It allows the use of the following spells:
Construction Requirements
Cost 29,300 gp
Craft Magic Arms and Armor, Craft Staff, bull's strength, enlarge person, flesh to stone, fox's cunning, telekinesis
Staff of Necromancy
Price 82,000 gp; Aura strong necromancy; CL 13th; Weight 5 lbs.
This staff is made from ebony or other dark wood and carved with images of bones and skulls mingled with strange spidery runes. It allows use of the following spells:
Construction Requirements
Cost 41,000 gp
Craft Staff, cause fear, circle of death, enervation, ghoul touch, halt undead, waves of fatigue
Staff of Obstacles
Price 51,600 gp; Aura moderate varies; CL 9th; Weight 5 lbs.
Dark and solid, this worn staff appears to be carved of rough stone, yet feels and weighs like light wood. It allows use of the following spells:
Construction Requirements
Cost 25,800 gp
Craft Staff, arcane lock, grease, wall of fire, wall of ice, wall of stone, wind wall
Staff of one hundred hands
Price 180,200 gp; Aura strong evocation; CL 17th; Weight 5 lbs.
Sculpted into the shape of dozens of grasping, distorted hands, this staff appears to be carved entirely from one piece of clear crystal. When held, the hands that form the staff distort to resemble the gloves or hands of the person holding it. It allows the use of the following spells:
This staff also allows the wielder to use mage hand at will.
Construction Requirements
Cost 90,100 gp
Craft Staff, clenched fist, crushing hand, forceful hand, grasping hand, interposing hand, mage hand
Staff of Passage
Price 206,900 gp; Aura strong varies; CL 17th; Weight 5 lbs.
This potent item allows use of the following spells:
Construction Requirements
Cost 115,950 gp
Craft Staff, astral projection, dimension door, greater teleport, passwall, phase door
Staff of Performance
Price 48,800 gp; Aura moderate varies; CL 8th; Weight 5 lbs.
Soon after falling into the hands of a new owner, this piece of finely varnished cedar develops ornamental brass keys, strings, or other decorations that make it look like a stylized version of its owner's favorite type of musical instrument. It allows use of the following spells:
Construction Requirements
Cost 24,400 gp
Craft Staff, calm emotions, enthrall, glibness, hypnotic pattern, major image, pyrotechnics, sculpt sound
Staff of Power
Price 235,000 gp; Aura strong varies; CL 15th; Weight 5 lbs.
A staff of power is a potent magic item with varied offensive and defensive abilities, carved from magically hardened wood. It is usually topped with a glistening gem or orb that burns from within with a flickering red light. The staff allows the use of the following spells:
The wielder of a staff of power gains a +2 luck bonus to AC and on saving throws. The staff is also a +2 quarterstaff, and its wielder may use it to smite opponents. If 1 charge is expended (a free action), the staff deals double damage (×3 on a critical hit) for 1 round.
A staff of power can be used for a retributive strike, requiring it to be broken by its wielder. (If this breaking of the staff is purposeful and declared by the wielder, it can be performed as a standard action that does not require the wielder to make a Strength check.) All charges currently in the staff are instantly released in a 30-foot spread. All creatures and objects within 2 squares of the broken staff take an amount of damage equal to 20 × the number of charges in the staff, those 3 or 4 squares away take an amount of damage equal to 15 × the number of charges, and those 5 or 6 squares away take an amount of damage equal to 10 × the number of charges. All those affected can make DC 17 Reflex saves to reduce the damage by half.
The character breaking the staff has a 50% chance of traveling to another plane of existence (01–50 on a d%), but if she does not, the explosive release of spell energy instantly destroys her. Only certain items, including the staff of the magi and the staff of power, are capable of being used for a retributive strike.
Construction Requirements
Cost 117,500 gp
Craft Magic Arms and Armor, Craft Staff, cone of cold, continual flame, heightened fireball, globe of invulnerability, hold monster, levitate, heightened lightning bolt, magic missile, heightened ray of enfeeblement, wall of force
Staff of Radiance
Price 23,200 gp; Aura moderate evocation; CL 8th; Weight 5 lbs.
This silver-tipped willow staff constantly emits light, as if from a light spell—the radiance is emitted from the staff's metallic end and flickers as if with flame. The staff's wielder can deactivate or activate this glowing light as a swift action. In addition, a staff of radiance allows use of the following spells:
Construction Requirements
Cost 11,600 gp
Craft Staff, daylight, glitterdust, light, searing light
Staff of Revelations
Price 51,008 gp; Aura moderate divination; CL 9th; Weight 5 lbs.
The forked top of this walnut shaft resembles a combination of a dowsing rod and the curled horns of a beast, and a delicate gemstone hovers between its enfolding arms. The staff allows use of the following spells:
Construction Requirements
Cost 30,608 gp
Craft Staff, augury, commune, divination, speak with dead
Staff of Rigor
Price 20,800 gp; Aura moderate varies; CL 8th; Weight 5 lbs.
This iron-shod wood staff allows use of the following spells:
Construction Requirements
Cost 10,400 gp
Craft Staff, align weapon, bane, cause fear, command, magic weapon
Staff of Shrieking
Price 28,800 gp; Aura moderate evocation; CL 8th; Weight 5 lbs.
Holes in this metal shaft cause it to emit an eerie moan when swung through the air. It allows use of the following spells:
Construction Requirements
Cost 14,400 gp
Craft Staff, shatter, shout, sound burst
Staff of Size Alteration
Price 26,150 gp; Aura moderate transmutation; CL 8th; Weight 5 lbs.
This staff of dark wood is stouter and sturdier than most magical staves, with a gnarled and twisted knot of wood at the top end. It allows use of the following spells:
Construction Requirements
Cost 13,075 gp
Craft Staff, enlarge person, mass enlarge person, mass reduce person, reduce person, shrink item
Staff of Slumber
Price 81,766 gp; Aura moderate varies; CL 9th; Weight 5 lbs.
Smoky spirals adorn the length of this staff, and have an almost hypnotic effect. The staff allows use of the following spells:
Construction Requirements
Cost 40,883 gp
Craft Staff, deep slumber, dream, nightmare, symbol of sleep, ray of exhaustion, waves of fatigue
Staff of Souls
Price 32,800 gp; Aura moderate varies; CL 8th; Weight 5 lbs.
This ominous staff is made of twisting wood and topped with a small skull. It allows use of the following spells:
Construction Requirements
Cost 16,400 gp
Craft Staff, death ward, deathwatch, detect undead, gentle repose, speak with dead
Staff of Speaking
Price 39,600 gp; Aura moderate enchantment; CL 9th; Weight 5 lbs.
When the wielder of this hollow wooden staff speaks or shouts, it reverberates with the sound of her voice, lending a booming insistence to her words. It allows the use of the following spells:
Construction Requirements
Cost 19,800 gp
Craft Staff, denounce, glibness, mass suggestion, suggestion, tongues
Staff of Spiders
Price 30,200 gp; Aura moderate conjuration and transmutation; CL 8th; Weight 5 lbs.
This staff is constructed from thousands of carefully prepared spiderwebs packed around a base and layered to make a shaft just as hard as oak, if not harder. A staff of spiders functions as a +1/+1 quarterstaff. It allows the use of the following spells:
Construction Requirements
Cost 15,400 gp
Craft Magic Arms and Armor, Craft Staff, spider climb, summon monster III, web
Staff of Stealth
Price 36,800 gp; Aura moderate illusion; CL 8th; Weight 5 lbs.
This twisted, dark gray staff allows use of the following spells:
Construction Requirements
Cost 18,400 gp
Craft Staff, disguise self, greater invisibility, invisibility, nondetection
Staff of Swarming Insects
Price 22,800 gp; Aura moderate conjuration; CL 9th; Weight 5 lbs.
Made of twisted darkwood covered with knots and nodules resembling crawling insects (which occasionally seem to move), this staff allows use of the following spells:
Construction Requirements
Cost 11,400 gp
Craft Staff, insect plague, summon swarm
Staff of the Avenger
Price 37,310 gp; Aura moderate evocation; CL 10th; Weight 5 lbs.
This shining golden staff is topped with a radiant gemstone that emits light like a torch. As a swift action, the wielder of the staff can cause it to change into a +2 lance, although it retains its other abilities. It can be made to revert to its staff form as a free action. The staff allows use of the following spells:
Construction Requirements
Cost 18,810 gp
Craft Magic Arms and Armor, Craft Staff, bless weapon, discern lies, holy sword, shield other
Staff of the Hierophant
Price 220,000 gp; Aura strong varies; CL 15th; Weight 5 lbs.
The staff of the hierophant is a powerful magic item with the ability to both heal and harm, which also gives its wielder a number of protections. The staff is crafted from platinum and topped with a glowing blue diamond. The staff allows the use of the following spells:
The wielder of a staff of the hierophant gains a +2 luck bonus to AC and on saving throws. The staff is also a +2/+2 quarterstaff, and its wielder may use it to smite opponents. If 1 charge is expended (as a free action), the staff deals double damage (×3 on a critical hit) for 1 round.
A staff of the hierophant can be used to restore the life of a dead creature by calling upon the wielder's deity to take the staff as a blessing. This causes the staff to vanish, but restores life to any one dead creature as if casting true resurrection. In addition, after using this effect, the wielder who triggered it receives a +2 luck bonus on all ability checks, attack rolls, saving throws, and skill checks for 1 day.
Construction Requirements
Cost 110,000 gp
Craft Magic Arms and Armor, Craft Staff, bless, cure critical wounds, cure moderate wounds, flame strike, freedom of movement, heightened hold person, prayer, righteous might, searing light, true resurrection, true seeing
Staff of the Master
Price 30,000 gp; Aura moderate necromancy; CL 8th; Weight 5 lbs.
Often given as gifts to apprentices upon reaching the rank of master, these staves come in eight different varieties, one for each school of magic. This particular staff is for the school of necromancy. Aside from acting as a +1/+1 quarterstaff, this staff allows use of the following spells:
In addition, this staff can be used to cast spells using any metamagic feats known by the wielder without increasing the spell's level. This consumes a number of charges equal to the number of spell levels increased by the feat. No more than one feat can be applied to a spell cast by the wielder in this way. Using the staff for this purpose does not increase the casting time of the spell.
Construction Requirements
Cost 15,300 gp
Craft Magic Arms and Armor, Craft Staff, ray of enfeeblement, spectral hand, vampiric touch
Staff of the Planes
Price 63,960 gp; Aura strong conjuration; CL 13th; Weight 5 lbs.
This obsidian staff twinkles as if reflecting the star-filled sky at night. The staff allows use of the following spells.
If the staff of the planes is fully charged, the wielder can deliberately snap the staff, causing it do shatter into thousands of pieces but opening a gate to a plane of the wielder's choice. This can only be used for planar travel, and the connection lasts for 1 minute, without requiring the wielder's concentration. If used in this way, the staff cannot be repaired or restored.
Construction Requirements
Cost 31,980 gp
Craft Staff, planar adaptation, planar binding, plane shift
Staff of the Scout
Price 9,600 gp; Aura moderate conjuration; CL 8th; Weight 4 lbs.
This staff is carefully crafted from the branches of a tree, still intertwined as they grew and crowned with living leaves. The staff allows use of the following spells:
Construction Requirements
Cost 4,800 gp
Craft Staff, know direction, pass without trace, summon nature's ally I
Staff of the Woodlands
Price 100,400 gp; Aura strong varies; CL 13th; Weight 5 lbs.
Appearing to have grown naturally into its shape, this oak, ash, or yew staff allows use of the following spells:
The staff may be used as a weapon, functioning as a +2 quarterstaff. The staff of the woodlands also allows its wielder to cast pass without trace at will, with no charge cost. These two attributes continue to function after all the charges are expended.
Construction Requirements
Cost 50,500 gp
Craft Magic Arms and Armor, Craft Staff, animate plants, barkskin, charm animal, pass without trace, speak with animals, summon nature's ally VI, wall of thorns
Staff of Toxins
Price 34,200 gp; Aura moderate varies; CL 9th; Weight 5 lbs.
This length of hemlock-shrouded oak gives off the faintest whiff of rot and corruption. It allows use of the following spells:
Construction Requirements
Cost 17,100 gp
Craft Staff, cloudkill, stinking cloud
Staff of Transmutation
Price 82,000 gp; Aura strong transmutation; CL 13th; Weight 5 lbs.
This staff is generally carved from or decorated with petrified wood or fossilized bone that has been etched with tiny but complex runes. It allows use of the following spells:
Construction Requirements
Cost 41,000 gp
Craft Staff, alter self, baleful polymorph, blink, disintegrate, expeditious retreat, polymorph
Staff of Traps
Price 56,925 gp; Aura moderate abjuration; CL 8th; Weight 5 lbs.
The tip of this dark wooden shaft holds a piece of hard, chalk-like stone between black, clawlike protrusions. The staff allows use of the following spells:
Construction Requirements
Cost 36,525 gp
Craft Staff, alarm, explosive runes, fire trap, magic mouth, phantom trap, sepia snake sigil
Staff of Travel
Price 54,400 gp; Aura moderate conjuration; CL 9th; Weight 3 lbs.
This staff appears to be nothing more than a finely made walking stick, but closer inspection reveals that it is inlaid with a fine copper tracery that makes up an intricate and incomprehensible arcane map. The staff allows use of the following spells:
In addition to these spells, the wielder of the staff of travel receives a +10-foot enhancement bonus to his base speed.
Construction Requirements
Cost 27,200 gp
Craft Staff, dimension door, expeditious retreat, fly, teleport
Staff of Tricks
Price 8,800 gp; Aura moderate illusion; CL 8th; Weight 3 lbs.
This thin staff is made of stiff wood that has been wrapped in colorful bands of cloth and topped with a number of feathers, bells, and other decorative baubles. The staff allows use of the following spells:
Construction Requirements
Cost 4,400 gp
Craft Staff, ghost sound, mage hand, prestidigitation, silent image
Staff of Understanding
Price 16,000 gp; Aura moderate divination; CL 8th; Weight 5 lbs.
This polished maple or oak staff is inlaid with ivory strips along its length, and runes of various languages also formed from inlaid ivory span the shaft. It allows use of the following spells:
Construction Requirements
Cost 8,000 gp
Craft Staff, comprehend languages, detect thoughts, tongues
Staff of Vision
Price 86,666 gp; Aura moderate divination; CL 11th; Weight 5 lbs.
A clear crystal orb is affixed to the top of this length of brass and scaled skin, and a smaller, crimson orb is set into a spherical ornament near the base of the shaft. The staff allows use of the following spells:
Construction Requirements
Cost 45,416 gp
Craft Staff, arcane eye, arcane sight, prying eyes, scrying, see invisibility, true seeing
Staff of Weather
Price 84,066 gp; Aura strong varies; CL 13th; Weight 5 lbs.
The carved surface of this solid oaken beam always depicts a scene with the opposite qualities of the current weather (rainy on dry days, dry on rainy days, and so on). It allows use of the following spells:
Construction Requirements
Cost 42,033 gp
Craft Staff, control weather, fog cloud, gust of wind, ice storm, sleet storm, wind wall
Unholy Staff
Price 29,600 gp; Aura moderate evocation; CL 8th; Weight 5 lbs.
This twisted iron staff bears ominous stains along its length, and ends in a black skull with red gemstone eyes. The staff allows use of the following spells:
Construction Requirements
Cost 14,800 gp
Craft Staff, align weapon, detect good, magic circle against good, unholy blight
