James McMurray
First Post
Isn't that what I said?
Magic Item Cost: Staff of Magi
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der_kluge
Adventurer
I don't know. To me, an artifact is something like the Mask of Johydee - it has a 'change self' ability, essentially, but no other normal magic can penetrate it - except another artifact (the monocle of bagthalos). Those things artifacts in my mind.
A staff of the magi is just a horrifically expensive powerful wand. A rod of absorption is essentially the same kind of thing. The only difference is that the staff of the magi has a few drawbacks:
The wielder doesn't automatically know the spell level
The staff doesn't "cap off" nicely like the rod does.
But, the staff can be recharged, and the rod can't.
Artificer's handbook rules handle that, and I don't see any reason why the DMG rules couldn't either. Like I said, I still don't see anything that makes this thing an artifact, other than its absurd cost, and munchkin-like abilities.
A staff of the magi is just a horrifically expensive powerful wand. A rod of absorption is essentially the same kind of thing. The only difference is that the staff of the magi has a few drawbacks:
The wielder doesn't automatically know the spell level
The staff doesn't "cap off" nicely like the rod does.
But, the staff can be recharged, and the rod can't.
Artificer's handbook rules handle that, and I don't see any reason why the DMG rules couldn't either. Like I said, I still don't see anything that makes this thing an artifact, other than its absurd cost, and munchkin-like abilities.
