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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nifft" data-source="post: 1133743" data-attributes="member: 6562">Here's what I'm thinking:1) Charged Staves require a Focus (expensive gem or something similar) which determines their "theme". Spells stored in Staves must conform to the theme.2) Staves can be enchanted as magic weapons (using Craft Magic Arms & Armor), charged items (Craft Staff), and slotless wonderous items (Craft Wonderous Item). These costs do NOT invoke the "secondary power" +50% penalty UNLESS the item contains multiple Wonderous effects. All effects must conform to the "theme".3) Staves can be enchanted as Rods (Craft Rod). The cost is doubled and limited to a single Rod type.So, what kind of "themes" am I thinking of?Persuasion (Focus: 5,000 gp Sapphire)- Wonderous Effect: Detect Thoughts at will (as Medallion of Thoughts) (+24,000 gp)- Stored Spell/Charges: Suggestion/1, Charm Monster/1, Dominate Person/1 (9th level, +32,063 gp)- MW Staff (+301 gp)= 61364 gp TotalHigh Necromancy (Focus: 5,000 gp Black Pearl and 5,000 gp Diamond)- Rod Effect: acts as a Rod of Withering (+50,000 gp)- Stored Spells/Charges: Undeath to Death/2, Circle of Death/2, Enervation/1, Vampiric Touch/1 (11th level, +82,750 gp including material components)- Wonderous Effect: unnamed +4 Fortitude bonus (+16,000)- MW Staff (+301 gp)= 159,051 gp TotalWinter (Focus: shrunken heart of a White Dragon, worth -- surprise! -- 5,000 gp)- Wonderous Effect: acts as Boots of the Winterlands (+5,000 gp)- Stored Spells/Charges: Wall of Ice/1, Cone of Cold/1, Otiluke's Freezing Sphere/1 (15th level, +66,094 gp)- Weapon: +2 Frost/+1 Icy Burst (+36,601 gp)= 112695 gp Total -- N</blockquote>

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