Attis's staff

One of the lesser-known artifacts left lying around after the purification of the ethereal pantheons, this staff resembles nothing more than the root of a tree. Detailed analysis of its origins will reveal it as a simple ruddy pine root, dug out from a tree on Mt. Dindymus. It does not appear as an artifact on the corporeal plane, but can be used by anyone capable of controlling their Essence. Its abilities, however, do not cost the user any Essence! Instead, the item has "charges". When found, it will usually have 1d6-2 such "charges" in it.
For one "charge", the user can create plant life (small saplings, light shrubbery, heavy grass, moderate amounts of flowers) in a 100-yard radius. Or for one "charge", the user can bring all dead plants back to life again in a half-acre radius. Or for one "charge", the user can cause all living plants within one acre to grow as if four months had passed (2 years for trees). For some reason, violets (and only violets) are affected at distances up to ten times as far.
Servitors of Novalis love this thing. Until they run out of "charges", and do a little bit of investigating.
The only way to recharge the staff is to cover it in the blood of a human who has willingly castrated themself in the name of Attis. Yes, willingly, and yes, in the name of Attis. Lunatics who do it for fun and people forced (or Geased) into it are no help at all. Each such treatment adds charges equal to the Corporeal Forces of the human; it can hold up to 12 such charges. There is no other way to use the abilities within the staff.
Sometimes mythology isn't pretty.
== Doing the Math ==
* Relic/6 (Variant Corporeal Song of Life? Creation?)......18 pts
* Larger "Essence" Capacity +6............................+12 pts
* Self-powered.............................................+0 pts
* Very tough to destroy....................................+2 pts
* Impossible to detect in the Corporeal realm..............+5 pts
* Requires blood from a willing castration as "Essence"....-5 pts
* Owner cannot power Song with his own Essence.............-3 pts
* Total Cost: 29 points
Category:Artifacts
Category:Olympianism