Staff of Scrivening (Magic Staff)

One end of a staff of scrivening will transfer a written spell of any level and type from its original text to another surface, such as a blank page of the staff-bearer's spell book. It even transfers spells forever denied to the staff bearer for reasons of class. The original text must be touched. This function is by touch, drains two charges, and takes four rounds. In the first round, the original text must be touched: in the second the staff must be moved to the surface to be written upon: in the third and fourth, the staff must be continuously touched to the surface to be inscribed. One charge per round is drained, and if the process is interrupted, the charges used thus far are lost, and the attempt to write the spell fails. Writing requires no special spell inks or movements of the staff, nor even adequate light. The end product is always an exact duplicate of the original, including any faults. A spell concealed by a secret page spell cannot be written by use of this sort of staff, but the staff can be employed to copy a secret page spell itself.
At a cost of one charge per round the bearer of a staff of scrivening can read magic (as the 1st-level wizard spell). Note that this power does not reveal the auras of magical dweomers, nor does it identify, activate, or reveal glyphs or symbols. Anyone touching a staff of scrivening when a glyph or symbol is discharged is automatically protected against all effects of that glyph or symbol. This protection drains six charges per spell effect being defended against.
All staff functions are activated by silent force of will and require physical contact with the staff and concentration that must precede spellcasting.
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