Staff of power

A staff of power was a powerful magical staff.
==Description==
A staff of power was usually straight with a precious gem on top.
==Powers==
A staff of power has a number of potent abilities, including casting magic missile, making enemies enfeebled, creating a continual flame, allowing the user to levitate and be protected by a wall of force and globe of invulnerability, holding monsters, and using offensive spells such as lightning bolt, fireball, and cone of cold.
A staff of power could also be willfully broken to release all of its charges within a 30-ft area. Upon being broken, the staff had a 50% likelihood of transporting the wielder to another plane, or else the wielder would be destroyed by spell energy.
A staff of power could also be used as +2 quarterstaff.
===In Neverwinter===
In the year , the name was used around Neverwinter to refer to a lesser staff which could only cast fireball, magic missile, and ray of enfeeblement. 
===Belt of power===
A variant had been crafted by the Simbul, known as a belt of power, which operated similarly but in belt form.
==Creation==
According to Hasuraman the Muddled, a staff of power of the variant popular around Neverwinter could be created with the use of the feeblemind spell and a pair of bodak teeth, within the confines of a proper wizard's laboratory. Such staves could also be created with quartz and a Giant fire beetle's belly, using the fireball spell according a process described in the Imaskarran Tome of Fire.
==Notable Owners==
* Gromph Baenre (destroyed in 1373 DR)
* Fraz-Urb'luu
* Iggwilv, during her time in Hades.
* Khelben Arunsun (Blackstaff, variant)
* Maaril owned a special staff of power, the dragonstaff of Ahghairon.
* Thalantyr
* Zrie Prakis owned a darkwood staff of power that was broken in battle destroying an evil wizard Cassana in 1357 DR.
* The half-elf magician Tannathra possessed a belt of power crafted by the Simbul. It had become grafted onto her body by a wild magic surge at some point before she became the Magister.
==Appendix==
===Appearances===
===Gallery===
Zrie Prakis.jpg|Zrie Prakis and his darkwood staff of power.
Vajra Safahr's staff of power.jpg|Vajra Safahr's staff of power.
===References===
Category:Staves
Category:Magic items
Category:Bludgeoning weapons
Category:Two-handed weapons
Category:Melee weapons
Category:Simple weapons
Category:Weapons
Category:200000-299999 gold pieces
Category:Items
Category:Sorcerer-specific items
Category:Warlock-specific items
Category:Wizard-specific items