Staves on chronicle sheets

[Dragios]

I'm looking for scenarios or modules that one could find a staff for sale.

It would have to be 1) Something a PC could reasonably afford and 2) be on a chronicle no higher than would be given to an 11th lvl PC.

The only one I know of is the stave from Dragons Demand. Any others?

[BigNorseWolf]

Chronicle fishing for loot is kind of frowned on.

With that said, very few staves are worth anywhere near what they cost.

[Add Wait]

There is a lovely shadow staff out there. Very worth the cost.

[Ragoz]

Add Wait wrote:

There is a lovely shadow staff out there. Very worth the cost.

It might just be the only staff that is worth buying in pathfinder now. It is very good.

[Ferious Thune]

Yeah. Staff of the Master used to be amazing, but not after the errata.

The Monstrification Staff is relatively cheap and worth owning for some builds. I use it on my Investigator (via UMD*) so I don't have to prep Monstrous Physique extracts. 3 CL 8 castings is generally enough for a dungeon crawl scenario. I have no idea if it appears on a chronicle sheet, but it should be well within fame limits by 9th level. Possibly earlier. I don't have the chart handy.

* This is an item that was clearly designed under the assumption that Investigators could activate spell trigger items just like Alchemists. It even calls out in the description that an Investigator can recharge it by pouring extracts over it. But the errata/FAQ means it takes a UMD roll. Thankfully, I can't fail those anymore. At least not for activating a staff.

EDIT: Ok, it doesn't call Investigator out by name, but does say an Alchemist or other character capable of creating extracts, which pretty much means Investigators.

[Dragios]

Add Wait wrote:

There is a lovely shadow staff out there. Very worth the cost.

What's the shadow staff called?

[pH unbalanced]

There is also a Holy Staff in a Season 7 that can be purchased at a large discount *during the scenario* only. This discount does not appear on the chronicle, only in the scenario writeup.

My Staff Magus was sad she didn't have enough cash to purchase it, but on the other hand ithat was because she had just bought the aforementioned shadow staff.

[Muser]

Ross Tait wrote:

Add Wait wrote:

There is a lovely shadow staff out there. Very worth the cost.

What's the shadow staff called?

I'd love to tell you but it would just contribute to some internet chronicle fishing list. I've seen two already and figure that not everything needs to be on a wiki or a walkthrough. Sorry!

[andreww]

pH unbalanced wrote:

There is also a Holy Staff in a Season 7 that can be purchased at a large discount *during the scenario* only.

Check out the GM thread. John confirmed it wasn't intended to give cheap access to the item.

[pH unbalanced]

andreww wrote:

pH unbalanced wrote:

There is also a Holy Staff in a Season 7 that can be purchased at a large discount *during the scenario* only.

Check out the GM thread. John confirmed it wasn't intended to give cheap access to the item.

That's good to know, if I ever run that scenario. Our GM had not read the thread, and so ruled that the staff could be purchased at a discount, and at least one person took advantage of that. It was at a con, so I guess that's that.

Honestly, we failed that scenario so spectacularly due to a few questionable GM rulings, I'm happy someone got something out of that run.

(And that's questionable as in "I don't think that was intended or the way I would have ruled" not any suggestion that the GM was out of line.)

[Drahliana Moonrunner]

If your Fame can cover the cost and it's allowed by Additional Resources, you can buy any staff you please.