Staff of Thorns

Value (gold)

10,000

Rarity

Very Rare

Item Type

Weapon

Attunement

No

Source

Vault of Magic

Standard Equipment

No

From Vault of Magic

Staff, very rare

This gnarled and twisted oak staff has numerous thorns growing from its surface. Green vines tightly wind their way up along the shaft. The staff can be wielded as a magic quarterstaff that grants a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with it. The staff has 10 charges for the following properties. It regains 1d6 + 4 expended charges daily at dawn. If you expend the last charge, roll a d20. On a 1, the thorns immediately fall from the staff and it becomes a nonmagical quarterstaff. Spells. While holding the staff, you can use an action to expend 1 or more of its charges to cast one of the following spells from it, using your spell save DC: barkskin (2 charges), entangle (1 charge), speak with plants (3 charges), spike growth (2 charges), or wall of thorns (6 charges). Thorned Strike. When you hit with a melee attack using the staff, you can expend up to 3 of its charges. For each charge you expend, the target takes an extra 1d6 piercing damage.

Text from Vault of Magic (Kobold Press), Open Game Content used under the Open Game License 1.0a. Vault of Magic. Copyright 2021 Open Design LLC; Authors Phillip Larwood, Jeff Lee, and Christopher Lockey. It is not Geminaea material; the price is Geminaea's. See Legal.