Spell staff - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: /* Hack'EM */ ditto

2026-06-02T09:38:46Z

‎Hack'EM: ditto

Umbire the Phantom: /* EvilHack */ name spell schools, etc.

2026-06-02T09:37:13Z

‎EvilHack: name spell schools, etc.

Umbire the Phantom: /* SporkHack */ name the spell schools

2026-06-02T09:35:41Z

‎SporkHack: name the spell schools

Umbire the Phantom: punctuation

2026-06-02T09:34:45Z

punctuation

Umbire the Phantom: /* Hack'EM */ paragraphing

2026-04-24T11:55:21Z

‎Hack'EM: paragraphing

Umbire the Phantom: /* Hack'EM */ word choice

2026-04-24T11:54:51Z

‎Hack'EM: word choice

Umbire the Phantom: /* Hack'EM */ correction on upgrading, info was dated

2026-04-10T10:30:35Z

‎Hack'EM: correction on upgrading, info was dated

Umbire the Phantom: /* EvilHack */ base price stuff

2026-04-10T10:00:23Z

‎EvilHack: base price stuff

Umbire the Phantom: /* EvilHack */ archmagi

2026-04-10T09:05:28Z

‎EvilHack: archmagi

Umbire the Phantom: /* EvilHack */ pothole

2026-04-10T08:42:02Z

‎EvilHack: pothole

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 ===Hack'EM===
-In Hack'EM, there are six types of spell staff, most of which have their non-randomized appearance, set [[Object materials (Hack'EM)|object material]] and glyph color retained from EvilHack:
+In Hack'EM, there are six types of spell staff, most of which have their non-randomized appearance, set [[Object materials (Hack'EM)|object material]] and glyph color retained from earlier versions of EvilHack:
-* [[Staff of divination (EvilHack)|staff of divination]] ({{brown|)}} wood, "wormwood staff")
+* [[Staff of divination (EvilHack)|staff of divination]] ({{brown|)}} wood, "wormwood staff"), for [[divination spells]]
-* [[Staff of healing (EvilHack)|staff of healing]] ({{brown|)}} wood, "twisted staff")
+* [[Staff of healing (EvilHack)|staff of healing]] ({{brown|)}} wood, "twisted staff"), for [[healing spells]]
-* [[Staff of necromancy (Hack'EM)|staff of necromancy]] ({{white|)}} [[bone]], "bone-carved staff")
+* [[Staff of necromancy (Hack'EM)|staff of necromancy]] ({{white|)}} [[bone]], "bone-carved staff"), for [[necromancy spells]]
-* [[Staff of matter (EvilHack)|staff of matter]] ({{gray|)}} [[mithril]], "etched staff")
+* [[Staff of matter (EvilHack)|staff of matter]] ({{gray|)}} [[mithril]], "etched staff"), for [[matter spells]]
-* [[Staff of escape (EvilHack)|staff of escape]] ({{black|)}} wood, "darkwood staff")
+* [[Staff of escape (EvilHack)|staff of escape]] ({{black|)}} wood, "darkwood staff"), for [[escape spells]]
-* [[staff of war]] ({{cyan|)}} [[iron]], "ironshod staff")
+* [[staff of war]] ({{cyan|)}} [[iron]], "ironshod staff"), for [[attack spells]]
-The spell staves are derived from earlier versions of EvilHack and thus have slight differences when compared with later versions, i.e. the material for the staff of matter and the absence of the staff of evocation (as evocation spells do not exist in Hack'EM). Additionally, spell schools in Hack'EM are changed to be somewhat based on those of [[SLASH'EM]]: in particular, clerical spells are split across the other schools, body spells are moved to escape spells, and the necromancy spell school replaces the clerical spell school, as reflected by the staff of necromancy being introduced to replace the staff of holiness (while retaining both its material and appearance).
+These spell staves have slight differences when compared with later versions of EvilHack, i.e. the material for the staff of matter and the absence of the staff of evocation (as evocation spells do not exist in Hack'EM). Additionally, spell schools in Hack'EM are changed to be somewhat based on those of [[SLASH'EM]]: in particular, clerical spells are split across the other schools, body spells are moved to escape spells, and the necromancy spell school replaces the clerical spell school, as reflected by the staff of necromancy being introduced to replace the staff of holiness (while retaining both its material and appearance).
 Like in EvilHack, each type of spell staff makes up {{frac|200}} (0.5%) of all weapons randomly generated on the ground, in general shops or as death drops. Used armor dealerships and antique weapons outlets can also stock spell staves. Additionally, wood golems and iron golems can potentially leave behind spell staves of their respective materials as part of their special death drop in lieu of a corpse.

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 ===EvilHack===
-In EvilHack, there are seven types of spell staff. In contrast to SporkHack, each spell staff in EvilHack has a different non-randomized appearance, a set [[Object materials (EvilHack)|object material]] and sometimes a different glyph color, all listed below:
+In EvilHack, there are seven types of spell staff. In contrast to SporkHack, each spell staff in EvilHack has a different non-randomized appearance, a set [[Object materials (EvilHack)|object material]] and sometimes a different glyph color, all of which are listed below:
-* [[Staff of divination (EvilHack)|staff of divination]] ({{brown|)}} wood, "wormwood staff")
+* [[Staff of divination (EvilHack)|staff of divination]] ({{brown|)}} wood, "wormwood staff"), for [[divination spells]]
-* [[Staff of healing (EvilHack)|staff of healing]] ({{brown|)}} wood, "twisted staff")
+* [[Staff of healing (EvilHack)|staff of healing]] ({{brown|)}} wood, "twisted staff"), for [[healing spells]]
-* [[Staff of holiness (EvilHack)|staff of holiness]] ({{white|)}} [[bone]], "bone-carved staff")
+* [[Staff of holiness (EvilHack)|staff of holiness]] ({{white|)}} [[bone]], "bone-carved staff"), for [[clerical spells]]
-* [[Staff of matter (EvilHack)|staff of matter]] ({{darkgray|)}} [[adamantine]], "etched staff")
+* [[Staff of matter (EvilHack)|staff of matter]] ({{darkgray|)}} [[adamantine]], "etched staff"), for [[matter spells]]
-* [[Staff of escape (EvilHack)|staff of escape]] ({{black|)}} wood, "darkwood staff")
+* [[Staff of escape (EvilHack)|staff of escape]] ({{black|)}} wood, "darkwood staff"), for [[escape spells]]
-* [[staff of war]] ({{cyan|)}} [[iron]], "ironshod staff")
+* [[staff of war]] ({{cyan|)}} [[iron]], "ironshod staff"), for [[attack spells]]
-* [[staff of evocation]] ({{brown|)}} wood, "gnarled staff")
+* [[staff of evocation]] ({{brown|)}} wood, "gnarled staff"), for [[evocation spells]]
 The staff of matter's weight is changed to 30 aum, while the staff of war's weight is changed to 50 aum&mdash;all other spell staves weigh 40 aum as they do in SporkHack. The staff of matter also has its base cost increased to 450 zm, while the staff of war is 425 zm, and all other spell staves remain 400zm. The staff of war has a +2 [[to-hit]] bonus as well (partly reflecting its focus on offense), while the staff of evocation has a +1 to-hit bonus.

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 In SporkHack, there are six types of spell staff:
-* [[Staff of divination (SporkHack)|staff of divination]]
+* [[Staff of divination (SporkHack)|staff of divination]], for [[divination spells]]
-* [[Staff of healing (SporkHack)|staff of healing]]
+* [[Staff of healing (SporkHack)|staff of healing]], for [[healing spells]]
-* [[Staff of holiness (SporkHack)|staff of holiness]]
+* [[Staff of holiness (SporkHack)|staff of holiness]], for [[clerical spells]]
-* [[Staff of matter (SporkHack)|staff of matter]]
+* [[Staff of matter (SporkHack)|staff of matter]], for [[matter spells]]
-* [[Staff of escape (SporkHack)|staff of escape]]
+* [[Staff of escape (SporkHack)|staff of escape]], for [[escape spells]]
-* [[staff of battle]]
+* [[staff of battle]], for [[attack spells]]
 All spell staves are made of [[wood]], and they each appear as a "staff" when [[Identification|unidentified]] (as does the regular quarterstaff). They have the same damage dice and [[weight]] of 40 aum as the quarterstaff, and each share a base cost of 400[[zm]].

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-A '''spell staff''', plural '''spell staves''', is a type of item that appears in some ''[[NetHack]]'' [[variant]]s. The spell staves are a set of [[magical item]]s that are all [[two-handed]] [[weapon]]s using the [[quarterstaff]] [[skill]]: each spell staff corresponds to a different school of [[spellcasting]], and a [[hero]] wielding a spell staff will be given a significant bonus to casting spells in that spell school&mdash;this makes it possible for some [[role]]s and character builds to gain more access to casting that they may have lacked previously.
+A '''spell staff''' (plural '''spell staves''') is a type of item that appears in some ''[[NetHack]]'' [[variant]]s. The spell staves are a set of [[magical item]]s that are all [[two-handed]] [[weapon]]s using the [[quarterstaff]] [[skill]]: each spell staff corresponds to a different school of [[spellcasting]], and a [[hero]] wielding a spell staff will be given a significant bonus to casting spells in that spell school&mdash;this makes it possible for some [[role]]s and character builds to gain more access to casting that they may have lacked previously.
 ==Description==

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 * [[staff of war]] ({{cyan|)}} [[iron]], "ironshod staff")
-The spell staves are derived from earlier versions of EvilHack and thus have slight differences when compared with later versions, i.e. the material for the staff of matter and the absence of the staff of evocation (as evocation spells do not exist in Hack'EM).
+The spell staves are derived from earlier versions of EvilHack and thus have slight differences when compared with later versions, i.e. the material for the staff of matter and the absence of the staff of evocation (as evocation spells do not exist in Hack'EM). Additionally, spell schools in Hack'EM are changed to be somewhat based on those of [[SLASH'EM]]: in particular, clerical spells are split across the other schools, body spells are moved to escape spells, and the necromancy spell school replaces the clerical spell school, as reflected by the staff of necromancy being introduced to replace the staff of holiness (while retaining both its material and appearance).
 Like in EvilHack, each type of spell staff makes up {{frac|200}} (0.5%) of all weapons randomly generated on the ground, in general shops or as death drops. Used armor dealerships and antique weapons outlets can also stock spell staves. Additionally, wood golems and iron golems can potentially leave behind spell staves of their respective materials as part of their special death drop in lieu of a corpse.

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 The spell staffs are pulled from earlier versions of EvilHack and thus have slight differences when compared with later versions, i.e. the material for the staff of matter and the absence of the staff of evocation (as evocation spells do not exist in Hack'EM).
-Spell schools in Hack'EM are changed to be somewhat based on those of [[SLASH'EM]]: in particular, clerical spells are split across the other schools, body spells are moved to escape spells, and the necromancy spell school replaces the clerical spell school, as reflected by the staff of necromancy being introduced to replace the staff of holiness (while retaining both its material and appearance). A plain quarterstaff can be [[upgraded]] into any spell staff, which is chosen randomly per quarterstaff and cannot be reversed with further upgrading.
+Spell schools in Hack'EM are changed to be somewhat based on those of [[SLASH'EM]]: in particular, clerical spells are split across the other schools, body spells are moved to escape spells, and the necromancy spell school replaces the clerical spell school, as reflected by the staff of necromancy being introduced to replace the staff of holiness (while retaining both its material and appearance).
 Like in EvilHack, each type of spell staff makes up {{frac|200}} (0.5%) of all weapons randomly generated on the ground, in general shops or as death drops. Used armor dealerships and antique weapons outlets can also stock spell staves. Additionally, wood golems and iron golems can potentially leave behind spell staves of their respective materials as part of their special death drop in lieu of a corpse.
 Hack'EM also uses some of the spell staves as base items for some artifacts:

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 * [[staff of evocation]] ({{brown|)}} wood, "gnarled staff")
-The staff of matter's weight is changed to 30 aum, while the staff of war's weight is changed to 50 aum&mdash;all other spell staves weigh 40 aum as they do in SporkHack. The staff of war also has a +2 [[to-hit]] bonus (partly reflecting its focus on offense), while the staff of evocation has a +1 to-hit bonus.
+The staff of matter's weight is changed to 30 aum, while the staff of war's weight is changed to 50 aum&mdash;all other spell staves weigh 40 aum as they do in SporkHack. The staff of matter also has its base cost increased to 450 zm, while the staff of war is 425 zm, and all other spell staves remain 400zm. The staff of war has a +2 [[to-hit]] bonus as well (partly reflecting its focus on offense), while the staff of evocation has a +1 to-hit bonus.
 As in SporkHack, each type of spell staff makes up {{frac|200}} (0.5%) of all weapons randomly generated on the ground, in general shops or as death drops. Used armor dealerships and antique weapons outlets can also stock spell staves. Additionally, [[wood golem]]s and [[iron golem]]s can potentially leave behind spell staves of their respective materials as part of their special death drop in lieu of a [[corpse]].

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	Heroes in certain roles, usually ones that are designated as "primary spellcasters", have a varying chance of being given a spell staff as a 'mundane' [[sacrifice gift]]—those roles are the [[Druid]], the [[Healer/EvilHack\|Healer]], the [[Infidel]], the [[Monk/EvilHack\|Monk]], the [[Priest/EvilHack\|Priest]], and the [[Wizard/EvilHack\|Wizard]].		Heroes in certain roles, usually ones that are designated as "primary spellcasters", have a varying chance of being given a spell staff as a 'mundane' [[sacrifice gift]]—those roles are the [[Druid]], the [[Healer/EvilHack\|Healer]], the [[Infidel]], the [[Monk/EvilHack\|Monk]], the [[Priest/EvilHack\|Priest]], and the [[Wizard/EvilHack\|Wizard]].
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		+	[[The Staff of the Archmagi]] is an [[artifact]] [[ashwood staff]] that behaves as a sort of "omni-spell staff": it provides a 50% reduction in spellcasting failure rates for ''all'' spells cast by the hero wielding it, but it is an [[intelligent artifact]] attuned to Wizards, so an [[artifact blast]] will occur each time a hero of another role [[invoke]]s or touches it (though it will not evade their grasp).

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 The staff of matter's weight is changed to 30 aum, while the staff of war's weight is changed to 50 aum&mdash;all other spell staves weigh 40 aum as they do in SporkHack. The staff of war also has a +2 [[to-hit]] bonus (partly reflecting its focus on offense), while the staff of evocation has a +1 to-hit bonus.
-As in SporkHack, each type of spell staff makes up {{frac|200}} (0.5%) of all weapons randomly generated on the ground, in general shops or as death drops. Used armor dealerships and antique weapons outlets can also stock spell staves. Additionally, [[wood golem]]s and [[iron golem]]s can potentially leave behind spell staves of their respective materials as part of their special [[death drop]] in lieu of a [[corpse]].
+As in SporkHack, each type of spell staff makes up {{frac|200}} (0.5%) of all weapons randomly generated on the ground, in general shops or as death drops. Used armor dealerships and antique weapons outlets can also stock spell staves. Additionally, [[wood golem]]s and [[iron golem]]s can potentially leave behind spell staves of their respective materials as part of their special death drop in lieu of a [[corpse]].
 Heroes in certain roles, usually ones that are designated as "primary spellcasters", have a varying chance of being given a spell staff as a 'mundane' [[sacrifice gift]]&mdash;those roles are the [[Druid]], the [[Healer/EvilHack|Healer]], the [[Infidel]], the [[Monk/EvilHack|Monk]], the [[Priest/EvilHack|Priest]], and the [[Wizard/EvilHack|Wizard]].