Staff of battle

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Name staff of battle
Appearance staff
Damage vs. small 1d6
Damage vs. large 1d6
To-hit bonus +0
Weapon skill quarterstaff
Size two-handed
Base price 400 zm
(+10/positive
enchant)
Weight 40
Material wood
For the item in EvilHack and Hack'EM, see staff of war.

A staff of battle is a type of weapon that appears in SporkHack. It is a two-handed spell staff that uses the quarterstaff skill. The staff of battle is made of wood and appears as a "staff" when unidentified, an appearance that it shares with the quarterstaff and the other spell staves.

Generation

Staves of battle make up 1200 (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 staves of battle.

Description

The staff of battle deals 1d6 damage to both small and large monsters. A hero wielding a staff of battle gains a flat 50% reduction in the spellcasting failure rate of attack spells, which is applied after all other checks besides the check for metallic body armor.

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