Staff of Spell Focusing (Magic Staff)

This staff aids in the casting of a wizard's spells, and makes the magic more effective if the spell is cast successfully. It must be held in the caster's left hand throughout the casting of the spell, whether or not the magic requires a somatic component. (Any gestures requiring movement of the left hand are automatically modified by the staff if necessary.)
When properly employed, the staff of spell focusing causes the target of a spell to suffer a -4 penalty on the saving throw against the magic, if a saving throw is normally allowed. If the spell does not allow a saving throw, the duration of its effect is increased by 50% of the normal time. This effect does not apply to spells with a non-specific duration or to those that have a permanent duration.
Each use of the staff, for either purpose, expends one charge from the item. It can be recharged. If the holder of the staff tries to enhance a spell that cannot be affected (such as hallucinatory terrain, which allows no saving throw and has a nonspecific duration), the staff simply fails to function and a charge is not wasted.
The staff of spell focusing can only be used in this manner by a wizard. It can be wielded as a weapon by characters able to employ a quarterstaff, but grants no combat bonuses and has no magical properties.
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