Staff of the Magi

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Description

Often carried as a tool of office by powerful magicians, these staves are among the most potent and versatile implements a mage could hope to posses and are well-known as the pinnacle of the staff-carver's art. Many hours are need to twist together slowly long rods of dragonbone and orichalcum steel before long treatments and intricate carvings are added. Some fanciful tales attribute the ability to cast all manner of spells to these items. However, master artisans are all quick to point out that the Staff of the Magi is only as powerful as the magician who wields it, complementing what is already there, rather than offering a quick path to power.

Some Staves of the Magi have every rune set into them in orichalcum lettering to grant the wielder command over all possible spells, trusting the bonded soul to be able to keep in check such a powerful and conflicting combination of sigils. Breaking a Staff is known to be incredibly dangerous, releasing the assorted potent enchantments sealed with it. Wise foes will avoid shattering such an implement if they realise what they are facing and instead endure the wielder's barrage of spells.

The War Witches of Dawn particularly covet such items and sometimes an Enchanter will celebrate their appointment by commissioning a Staff of the Magi.

The most powerful of the wandering Volhov carry these staves in the guise of simple walking sticks, providing a nasty surprise for any being which would harass a lone traveler on the dark roads of Varushka.

Rules

• Form: Staff.
• Effect: Twice per day you may cast any spell you know for no mana cost.
• Materials: Crafting a staff of the magi requires twenty-one measures of iridescent gloaming, eleven ingots of dragonbone,nine ingots of tempest jade, seven ingots of orichalcum, four measures of beggar's lye. It takes one month to make one of these items.