Item: Boreal Staff (Greater)
A boreal staff is chiseled from a cylinder of ice to form a spiky, jagged icicle, its surface gleaming with the colors of the northern lights. It gives the air around you a distinct chill. When used as a weapon, a greater boreal staff is a +2 striking frost staff.
Activate 1 (concentrate)
Frequency once per 10 minutes
Effect Attempt a Strike using the staff. That Strike deals 2d4 cold additional damage.
Activate Cast a Spell
Effect You expend a number of charges from the staff to cast a spell from its list.
- Cantrip Ray Of Frost
- 1st Chilling Spray, Gust Of Wind
- 2nd Chilling Spray
- 3rd Chilling Spray, Elemental Absorption (water only)
- 4th Chilling Spray, Ice Storm
- 5th Howling Blizzard, Mantle Of The Frozen Heart
Craft Requirements Supply one casting of all listed ranks of all listed spells.
Trait Effects
Magical: Something with the magical trait is imbued with magical energies not tied to a specific tradition of magic. Some items or effects are closely tied to a particular tradition of magic. In these cases, the item has the arcane, divine, occult, or primal trait instead of the magical trait. Any of these traits indicate that the item is magical.
Monk: Abilities with this trait are from the monk class. A weapon with this trait is primarily used by monks.
Staff: This magic item holds spells of a particular theme and allows a spellcaster to cast additional spells by preparing the staff.
Two-Hand: This weapon can be wielded with two hands to change its weapon damage die to the indicated value. This change applies to all the weapon’s damage dice.
Critical Specialisation Effects
Certain effects can grant you benefits when you make a Strike with certain weapons and get a critical success. This is called a critical specialisation effect. The exact effect depends on which weapon group your weapon belongs to, as listed below. You can always decide not to add the critical specialisation effect of your weapon.
Club: You knock the target away from you up to 10 feet. This is forced movement.
Related Items
| Name | Level | Rarity | Price | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purgatory Emissary's Staff | 12 | Rare | 1820 gp | 1d4 |
| Snowcaster's Staff | 12 | Rare | 1800 gp | 1d4 |
| Staff of the Dreamlands (Greater) | 12 | Uncommon | 2000 gp | 1d4 |
| Staff of the Ruling Beast | 9 | Unique | 700 gp | 1d4 |
| Boreal Staff | 8 | Common | 500 gp | 1d4 |
| Staff of Power | 16 | Rare | 10000 gp | 1d4 |
| Boreal Staff (Major) | 17 | Common | 13500 gp | 1d4 |
| Staff of the Dreamlands | 6 | Uncommon | 250 gp | 1d4 |
| Staff of the Dreamlands (Major) | 18 | Uncommon | 24000 gp | 1d4 |
| Fiendbreaker (Heroic) | 20 | Unique | - | 1d4 |
| Nyctessa's Staff | 4 | Unique | 90 gp | 1d4 |
| Staff of the Magi | 20 | Rare | 90000 gp | 1d4 |
| Animal Staff (Major) | 12 | Common | 1900 gp | 1d4 |
| Arboreal Staff | 12 | Rare | - | 1d4 |
| Atmospheric Staff (Greater) | 12 | Uncommon | 1900 gp | 1d4 |
| Birchstaff (Major) | 12 | Common | 1800 gp | 1d4 |
| Composer Staff (Major) | 12 | Common | 1800 gp | 1d4 |
| Corrosive Staff (Major) | 12 | Common | 1800 gp | 1d4 |
| Gambler's Staff | 12 | Uncommon | 2000 gp | 1d4 |
| Librarian Staff (Greater) | 12 | Common | 1750 gp | 1d4 |