The Staff of Withering

)   Staff of Withering
Base item	quarterstaff
Damage vs. small	1d6 +5 + level drain
Damage vs. large	1d6 +5 + level drain
To-hit bonus	+3
Bonus versus	cross-aligned monsters (not drain resistant)
Weapon skill	quarterstaff
Size	one-handed
Affiliation	chaotic Lycanthrope intelligent
When carried	cold resistance
When wielded	(none)
When invoked	energy boost
Base price	zm
Weight	100
Material	iron

The Staff of Withering is the Lycanthrope quest artifact in NetHack Plus and SLASH 6. It is also the quest artifact for the SLASHTHEM version of the Lunatic role, which has a quest adapted from the former Lycanthrope quest.

Its base item is a quarterstaff. The Staff's attack can drain life from its targets ("The Staff of Withering draws the life from <target>!").

When carried, the Staff grants cold resistance. When invoked, it provides a boost in spell energy, similar to the Mitre of Holiness.

References

• SLASH 6 include/artilist.h#line 314
• SLASH 6 src/artifact.c#line 1062