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[wuyanei]

Staff of the Animal Spirit (to go along with the animal names from the spells)

I like it! Or perhaps something like: 'Staff of the Totems?'

You could even change the description of the staff to something like: 'This thick, heavy staff is made of fire-hardened redwood, with totemical carvings of eagles, cats, bears, foxes, bulls, and owls on it.... etc.'

Just my 2 cents. Ja ne!

 

[Rhun]

I think adding restoration to the healing staff is a good idea, as well. It's too cheap for what it does (which is probably why there isn't a staff with Heal on it in the DMG.)

Sure there is...at least in the 3.0 DMG. It is called the Staff of Life, if I am not mistaken.

 

[Lasher Dragon]

I think you should call the buffing staff the Dude Stick

"This... is my DUDE STICK!!!!!!"

 

[Xath]

Sure there is...at least in the 3.0 DMG. It is called the Staff of Life, if I am not mistaken.

The Staff of Life is not a viable option in our current campaign, as ressurection magic is exceedingly rare, powerful, and mostly forbidden. Also, there's a cap. People can only be raised once, and then they're gone. So having a magical item with a rechargable ressurection spell is a bit out of place. That's why I was trying for a greater healing staff.

 

[Xath]

Ok. How about this?

Healing (Greater): This white ash staff, with inlaid golden runes, allows use of the following spells:

• Heal (1 charge)
• Cure Moderate Wounds, Mass (1 charge)
• Greater Restoration (2 charges)

Strong Conjunction; CL 15th; Craft Staff, heal, mass cure moderate wounds, greater restoration; Price 61875gp

Cost to Create: 30938gp + 14975xp

 

[Xath]

Allright, spending more than a levelsworth of XP to make one item makes me cringe. Let's try it this way.

Healing (Greater): This white ash staff, with inlaid golden runes, allows use of the following spells:

• Heal (1 charge)
• Cure Moderate Wounds, Mass (1 charge)
• Greater Restoration (4 charges)

Strong Conjunction; CL 15th; Craft Staff, heal, mass cure moderate wounds, greater restoration; Price 52031gp

Cost to Create: 26015gp + 8331xp

 

[JustKim]

I don't think the price is right on that, greater restoration has a 500 XP component, x50 castings, at 5 GP per XP, divided in half for requiring 2 charges. That's 62,500 GP for the component alone, more than the price of the entire staff.

 

[Xath]

I don't think the price is right on that, greater restoration has a 500 XP component, x50 castings, at 5 GP per XP, divided in half for requiring 2 charges. That's 62,500 GP for the component alone, more than the price of the entire staff.

Where do you see the 5gp per XP? I can't find it anywhere in Staff creation.

 

[Jdvn1]

I think it's under Magic Item creation. It's a general rule that applies to all creations of magicks.

 

[Jdvn1]

Here's the first thing I found that refers to it, in the SRD:

If purchasing a staff, the buyer pays 5 x the XP value in gold pieces