| Andrew Black RPG Superstar 2008 Top 16 , Marathon Voter Season 6, Marathon Voter Season 7, Marathon Voter Season 8, Star Voter Season 9 aka MythrilDragon |
I know i jacked up the pricing by not including masterwork. Any feedback is great, thank you
Monastic Staff
Aura moderate transmutation; CL 8th
Slot none; Price 40,000 gp; Weight 5 lbs.
Description
This staff is crafted from smooth birch wood and topped with an ornate brass halo with six plain brass rings looped through it. For most, this staff functions as a simple walking stick or quarterstaff but in the hands of those who have harnessed the power of ki it enhances their natural martial prowess. For any user with a ki pool, it functions as +1 countering/+1 merciful quarterstaff and allows the use of the following spells as though they have a spell list that includes them:
Feather step (1 charge, self only)
Invigorate (1 charge, self only)
Blur (2 charges, self only)
Haste (3 charges, self only)
The monastic staff uses the class levels in any class that grants ki to determine the caster level of spells and the wielder's Wisdom stat for the spell save DC. A user can recharge this staff by meditating for one hour and expending 4 points of ki but is still limited to restoring one charge per day as per the normal staff rules.
Construction
Requirements Craft Magic Arms and Armor, Craft Staff, blur, cat's grace, cure light wounds, feather step, haste, invigorate; Cost 20,000 gp
I liked that this is a staff that can still be used as a weapon and I like the name of it. I can tell it is meant to e used by monks, but what didn't work for me was the selection of spells and the two different weapon enhancements. I couldn't match the theme of the weapon set by the name to those selections. This could have had any spells in it and still been called a monastic staff. For that reason it didn't always get an up vote, though it was executed fairly well (pricing needs work) so it often did.