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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{weapon<br />
|color=wood color<br />
|name=staff of evocation<br />
|appearance=gnarled staff<br />
|smalldmg=1d6<br />
|largedmg=1d6<br />
|tohit=<nowiki>+1</nowiki><br />
|skill=quarterstaff<br />
|size=two-handed<br />
|cost=400<br />
|weight=40<br />
|material=wood<br />
}}<br />
A '''staff of evocation''' is a type of [[weapon]] that appears in [[EvilHack]]. It is a [[two-handed]] [[spell staff]] that uses the [[quarterstaff]] [[skill]]. The staff of evocation has a [[Object materials (EvilHack)|default material]] of [[wood]] and appears as a '''gnarled staff''' when [[Identification|unidentified]].<br />
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==Generation==<br />
Staves of evocation make up {{frac|200}} (0.5%) of all weapons randomly generated on the ground, in general [[shop]]s or as [[death drop]]s. Used armor dealerships and antique weapons outlets can also stock staves of evocation.<br />
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A [[hero]] that is a [[Druid]], [[Healer/EvilHack|Healer]], [[Infidel]], [[Monk/EvilHack|Monk]], [[Priest/EvilHack|Priest]], or [[Wizard/EvilHack|Wizard]] may be given a staff of evocation as a 'mundane' [[sacrifice gift]].<br />
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[[Wood golem]]s may drop staves of evocation among the wooden items left behind as part of their special death drop [[Corpseless|in lieu of a]] [[corpse]].<br />
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==Description==<br />
The staff of evocation deals 1d6 damage to both small and large [[monster]]s, and has a +1 [[to-hit]] bonus. A hero wielding a staff of evocation gains a flat 50% reduction in the [[spellcasting]] failure rate of [[evocation spells]], which is applied after all other checks besides the check for [[metallic]] [[body armor]].<br />
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==Encyclopedia entry==<br />
All spell staves in EvilHack share the same [[encyclopedia]] entry:<br />
{{encyclopedia|<br />
Ged stooped and plucked a blade of wild grass that poked up<br />
dry and frail out of the snow where the otak had lain dead.<br />
This blade he held up, and as he spoke aloud to it in the<br />
True Speech it lengthened, and thickened, and when he was done<br />
he held a great staff, a wizard's staff, in his hand. No<br />
banefire burned red along it when the black, flapping creatures<br />
from the Court of the Terrenon swooped over him and he struck<br />
their wings with it: it blazed only with the white magefire that<br />
does not burn but drives away the dark.<br />
|[ A Wizard of Earthsea, by Ursula K. LeGuin ]<br />
}}<br />
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