Level 6 Druid Spell: Spellstaff??

[nk0197]

Description of the spell:
"You store one spell that you can normally cast in a wooden quarterstaff. Only one such spell can be stored in a staff at a given time, and you cannot have more than one spellstaff at any given time. You can cast a spell stored within a staff just as though it were among those you had prepared, but it does not count against your normal allotment for a given day. You use up any applicable material components required to cast the spell when you store it in the spellstaff."

1. Do you have to cast the spell you want to store in the staff along with casting Spellstaff?

2. If you don't have to cast the spell you'd like stored, does it have to be a prepared spell that gets stored? Or can it be any spell on your list(s) that are available on any given day?

My line of thinking was that you could have Spellstaff prepped in the morning, and then as long as you can afford the 10 minute casting time, you can essentially put any of your spells into the staff to be used after the 10 minutes. This would allow for a lot of versatility. For example, the party comes to a giant cliff we need to climb, I can take 10 minutes to cast Spellstaff and put Communal Spider Climb in the staff and then cast it on the party. This versatility is obviously negated if you need that situational spell immediately or in less than 10 minutes. But, if you have to put a prepared spell in the staff, I guess you just keep an emergency or situational spell in there in case you need it at some point.

Thoughts? And thank you in advance for any help/replies!

[nk0197]

Shameless Bump

[avr]

Going by magic items which store spells (rings, armor and weapons) yes you have to use up the spell to be stored.

[blahpers]

It's not worded perfectly, but since you're "storing" rather than, say, "creating", then it would come out of your allotment of prepared spells; otherwise, you wouldn't have anything to store.

[nk0197]

Thank you for the replies! So I guess it's most beneficial the day(s) after you cast Spellstaff since you essentially get the free spell slot (assuming you haven't cast the stored spell). Otherwise, you're just using Spellstaff to put one of your other prepared spells into a staff. I do really like the idea of the added versatility using it the way I originally interpreted it. I'm only level 9 right now but I like looking ahead at new spells to come. I'll update the thread with what my DM decides if anyone is interested for future use.

Thanks again and I'd love some more ideas about the spell if anyone else has any!

[blahpers]

Rock on.

Taluv usually kept a heal spell in his spellstaff, though reach heal would have been better if he had spared the feat for it. Since Taluv had an array of wands, scrolls, and metamagic rods and thus didn't want to tie up a hand holding a staff all the time, he crafted a glove of storing and kept the staff there. When things got ugly, it was just *snap* *cast* *snap*.

[nk0197]

Yeah that would be a solid option for sure. I'm thinking about getting the Scabbard of Many Blades since I also plan on getting a fair number of rods to use. If I also get quick draw, I can swap weapons as a swift or move action without dropping any of them which would be nice. I do like that the gloves of storing is just a free action to retrieve/store an item though.

I also heard that putting a Liveoak spell in your staff is decent too, just in case your Treat buddy dies. There's probably a lot of other good options I haven't even considered yet