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War Mage's Staff

Added 2024-12-19 16:00:10 +0000 UTC

Staff, very rare (requires attunement by a sorcerer, warlock, or wizard)

This staff can be wielded as a magic quarterstaff that grants a +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with it. At one end of the staff is a crystal orb, while a crystal blade is affixed to the other; your attacks with this weapon deal either bludgeoning, piercing, or slashing damage (your choice each time).

The staff has 10 charges for the following properties. The staff regains 1d8 + 2 expended charges daily at dawn. If you expend the last charge, roll a d20. On a 1, the staff loses its Arcane Shield and Spells properties. On a 20, the staff regains 1d8 + 2 charges.

Arcane Shield. When you're hit with an attack (but before taking any damage) and are holding the staff, you can expend 1 of the staff's charges to roll a d4 and add the result to your AC against the triggering attack (no action required), potentially causing the attack to miss. You can continue to expend charges in this way to add additional d4s to the AC bonus, even after seeing the result of the previous d4 but before the damage is calculated. If you're concentrating on a spell, the first d4 you roll per attack costs 0 charges.

Spells. While holding the staff, you can use an action to expend 2 of its charges to cast one of the following spells from it, using your spell attack bonus and spell save DC: fire shield, freedom of movement, mirror image, misty step, ray of enfeeblement, scorching ray (4th-level version), thunderwave (4th-level version), or wind wall.

"Don't let the robe mislead you: you stand before a warrior, through and through. To need armor is to need more than wit alone, and mine is honed to a razor's edge."