A copper-banded staff
Minor arcanum #48
A short staff, about 4 feet tall, tapering towards the tip and made of blackened oak with a strange metallic sheen. A dozen bands adorn it, made of corroded copper, caked in verdigris and crumbling away in spots. The bands are embossed with runes of power, some of them worn away or obscured.
The staff still tingles with power. To unlock its mysteries you must…
Requirements
- ☐ …figure out the shape of the missing and damaged runes.
- ☐ …replace the bands with new ones of rune-embossed aetherium.
- ☐ …hold fast as lightning courses through the staff, attuning to its magic (you risk serious burns or at least flinching and letting go).
- ☐ …spend a few days practicing with the charged-up staff.
The rest is discovered in play. Every arcanum has a hidden back — what it becomes, what it wants, what it costs. That’s for your table to find out, so it isn’t published here.
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