Staff of the Moonglow (Magic Staff)

Devised long ago in the early days of the northern city of Silverymoon, staves of this sort are most often found in the hands of Harpers and elves. They are activated and deactivated by silent act of will combined with physical contact and can be used by all races and classes of intelligent beings.
At a cost of one charge per round of use, the wielder of a staff of the moonglow can pass without trace (as the 1st-level priest spell), find the path (as the 6th-level priest spell), or have free action (as the 4th-level priest spell). A staff of the moonglow can also (at a cost of one charge per round of use) be made to glow with a pearly, blue-white radiance. The light fills a sphere 30' in radius, centered on the midpoint of the staff. Besides providing illumination for reading and other sight-related tasks, this radiance allows a ring of shooting stars located within it to operate as if it were underground, reveals the auras of all magical dweomers within its area of effect as amber faerie fire glows, and causes all undead within it to attack at -3 on their attack rolls. All magical inscriptions and wizard marks located within the moonglow shine forth clearly and distinctly, even if normally invisible or magically concealed.
Whenever a staff of the moonglow strikes an opponent, the bearer can elect (at a cost of two charges) to forego all physical attack damage in exchange for forcing the struck creature to “stay.” This power allows no saving throw and operates as follows: All creatures able to shift out of phase (into the ethereal or elsewhere), blink, or teleport (including related spells or creature powers, such as the dimension door ability of a boggle) are prevented from doing so for one round. In other words, for the round that follows the staff attack, they cannot escape by magical means and may be attacked normally by the staff wielder and his or her companions. Creatures not able to use such abilities or spells are merely slowed for the one round following the staff attack.
A staff of the moonglow operates as a weapon +4 when used under an open, moonlit sky. If used under a starlit sky or under a night sky in which the moon is concealed by weather, it functions only as a weapon +1. Underground, it has no bonuses, except that in all locations and conditions, the strike of a staff of the moonglow does double damage to all undead: it also counts as “holy”, silver, and magical for attack purposes, and it affects trolls and other creatures susceptible to fire damage as though the physical damage of its striking wore caused by flame. These staff properties drain no charges.
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