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==Description==
==Description==
These staves are usually made of dark pinewood, or carefully shaped and sanded oak bleached white. They are soaked and cleaned in a weak solution of beggar's lye, and carved with runes such as [[Kyrop]] and [[Lann]]. Many bear staring faces, skulls, or in the [[The Marches|Marches]] the appearance of carrion creatures such as rats and crows. They are usually unsettling things to look upon.
These staves are usually made of dark pinewood, or carefully shaped and sanded oak bleached white. They are soaked and cleaned in a weak solution of beggar's lye, and carved with runes such as [[Kyrop]] and [[Lann]]. Many bear staring faces, skulls, or in the [[The Marches|Marches]] the appearance of carrion creatures such as rats and crows. They are usually unsettling things to look upon.
In [[Wintermark]], these staves are frozen in the bitterest parts of [[Sermersuaq]] before being treated with beggar’s lye. Some rare examples are made from wood which emerges from the great glacier known as [[Sermersuaq#The_Face_of_Ikka| the Face of Ikka]], after centuries trapped within the ice. These are known as “Troll’s Demise”, referring to the [[Wintermark_History|troll kingdom]] sealed within the glacier. Others call them “Thaldir’s Sacrifice” after the hero of an ancient story who had a fantastical version of this staff which could hold a foe in place for as long as Thaldir was willing to say frozen himself. The story tells that Thaldir paralysed a dragon on the ice fields of [[Sermersuaq|Tsirku]] until they were both encased in a glacier and never seen again. The tale is certainly fictional but is still an enjoyable yarn that reminds young Winterfolk about the perils of the ice.


They are sometimes called a ''[[Draughir]]'s Bargain''. Both names mean roughly the same thing - a bargain where both parties are weakened or harmed, but one of the parties is capable of enduring or mastering the pain or debilitation to the detriment of the other party. In the hours after bonding to this staff, some wielders seem overcome by a sense of paranoia or become dismissive of hardship. Generally these feelings wear off, though occasionally bonding to this staff has tipped Draughir into madness.
They are sometimes called a ''[[Draughir]]'s Bargain''. Both names mean roughly the same thing - a bargain where both parties are weakened or harmed, but one of the parties is capable of enduring or mastering the pain or debilitation to the detriment of the other party. In the hours after bonding to this staff, some wielders seem overcome by a sense of paranoia or become dismissive of hardship. Generally these feelings wear off, though occasionally bonding to this staff has tipped Draughir into madness.
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==Rules==
==Rules==

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Description

These staves are usually made of dark pinewood, or carefully shaped and sanded oak bleached white. They are soaked and cleaned in a weak solution of beggar's lye, and carved with runes such as Kyrop and Lann. Many bear staring faces, skulls, or in the Marches the appearance of carrion creatures such as rats and crows. They are usually unsettling things to look upon.

They are sometimes called a Draughir's Bargain. Both names mean roughly the same thing - a bargain where both parties are weakened or harmed, but one of the parties is capable of enduring or mastering the pain or debilitation to the detriment of the other party. In the hours after bonding to this staff, some wielders seem overcome by a sense of paranoia or become dismissive of hardship. Generally these feelings wear off, though occasionally bonding to this staff has tipped Draughir into madness.

Rules

  • Form: Staff.
  • Effect: You may cast the weakness spell as if you knew it.
  • Materials: Crafting a wendigo's bargain requires seven measures of beggar's lye. It takes one month to make one of these items.