Item: Nyctessa's Staff
This macabre staff is crafted from gleaming white bone, a spinal column spiraling out of its base with a skull swinging from the spine's tip. It was handcrafted for Nyctessa by her father, a powerful Blood Lord, from her mortal mother's bones.
When you damage a creature with Nyctessa's staff, that creature gains weakness 2 to void damage until the end of your next turn.
Activate Cast a Spell
Effect You expend a number of charges from the staff to cast a spell from its list.
- Cantrip Void Warp
- 1st Summon Undead, Fear
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.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Boreal Staff | 8 | Common | 500 gp | 1d4 |
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| Staff of the Dreamlands (Greater) | 12 | Uncommon | 2000 gp | 1d4 |
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| Staff of the Dreamlands (Major) | 18 | Uncommon | 24000 gp | 1d4 |
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