Spell choice for spellstaff

[Mark1733]

Horrific druid spells huh

http://dndtools.eu/spells/complete-mage--58/unicorn-heart--887/ <Nice CoDzilla buff, though I'd prepare this daily

http://dndtools.eu/spells/book-of-exalted-deeds--52/rain-of-roses--82/ <Because we all love a debuff that does 1d4 wisome damage in an 80 foot radius, again useful daily

http://dndtools.eu/spells/players-handbook-ii--80/plague--2995/ <While its not quite a save or die, its close and deadly

http://dndtools.eu/spells/magic-of-faerun--20/master-earth--1776/ <Because travel spells arent always needed but they do turn up,and a 'go anywhere, you cantfail' spell is nice

I think I have overlooked these supplementals for some good druid spells.

 

[Mark1733]

Horrific druid spells huh

http://dndtools.eu/spells/complete-mage--58/unicorn-heart--887/ <Nice CoDzilla buff, though I'd prepare this daily

http://dndtools.eu/spells/book-of-exalted-deeds--52/rain-of-roses--82/ <Because we all love a debuff that does 1d4 wisome damage in an 80 foot radius, again useful daily

http://dndtools.eu/spells/players-handbook-ii--80/plague--2995/ <While its not quite a save or die, its close and deadly

http://dndtools.eu/spells/magic-of-faerun--20/master-earth--1776/ <Because travel spells arent always needed but they do turn up,and a 'go anywhere, you cantfail' spell is nice

I have overlooked these supplemental for druid spells. Thanks!

 

[pemerton]

Can you clarify what you are saying?

[MENTION=80380]radja[/MENTION] is saying that, by a literal wording of the Spellstaff spell, you can store a spell in the staff without casting the spell to be stored:

You store one spell that you can normally cast in a wooden quarterstaff.​

Therefore, radja is suggesting that if you have a prepared but uncast Spellstaff spell (taking up one of your 6th level slots), and you need some other spell which is a spell that you can normally cast but currently don't have prepared, you cast Spellstaff, use Spellstaff to store the spell that you need in your staff, and then trigger the stored spell to give you the desired spell.

The natural extension of this logic, presumably, would be to use Spellstaff to store Spellstaff (and stick a spare wooden staff in your Heward's Haversack or Bag of Holding or whatever other carrying device your 11th level PC is using) - then you don't need to waste a spells lot on a Spellstaff spell in order to get access to any spell that you can normally cast!

My own view is that radja's interpreation is suspect, and that it is inteded that storing the spell will require casting it "into" the staff that is the focus for the Spellstaff, much like a Ring of Spell Storing. (Although I agree with radja that this is not made clear in the spell description.)

 

[radja]

yes, that's exactly what I meant, although I disagree with storing spellstaff in a spellstaff due to timing issues. When you cast spellstaff from a spellstaff, all checks are done at the start of the spellstaff spell. You pick the spell to store, etcetera. However, at the start of the casting and during its 10 minute casting time, you already have an active spellstaff (still storing spellstaff), which means a spellstaff cast from a spellstaff will fizzle.