Staff of Fire
- Category: Staff
- Rarity: Very Rare (Requires Attunement by a Druid, Sorcerer, Warlock, or Wizard)
You have Resistance to Fire damage while you hold this staff.
Spells. The staff has 10 charges. While holding the staff, you can cast one of the spells on the following table from it, using your spell save DC. The table indicates how many charges you must expend to cast the spell.
| Charge Cost | Spell | Charge Cost | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burning Hands | 1 | Wall of Fire | |
| Fireball | 3 |
Regaining Charges. The staff regains 1d6 + 4 expended charges daily at dawn. If you expend the last charge, roll 1d20. On a 1, the staff crumbles into cinders and is destroyed.
Tactical Applications
Fire Magic Mastery: Provides fire-based spells and enhanced fire damage for comprehensive fire magic control. Exceptional for fire specialists, elemental combat, and situations requiring fire magic solutions.
Class Synergies:
- Fire Specialists: Perfect for characters focusing on fire magic and elemental damage
- Evokers: Essential for evocation wizards wanting enhanced fire spell capabilities
- Elemental Builds: Excellent for characters specializing in elemental magic and fire control
- Combat Casters: Outstanding for spellcasters prioritizing damage output and fire-based combat
Build Considerations: Requires attunement but provides ongoing fire enhancement with charge system. Most valuable for characters prioritizing fire magic and elemental combat.
Acquisition Methods
Crafting Requirements: Requires fire magic, elemental enchantments, and flame essences. Creation cost 12,000-25,000 gp and takes 20 weeks.
Common Sources:
- Fire magic specialists and elemental enchanters
- Treasure hoards of legendary fire mages and elemental masters
- Commission from enchanters specializing in fire magic
- Found in the collections of elemental researchers and fire specialists
- Sometimes discovered in volcanic locations or obtained from fire creature encounters
Alternative Acquisition: Often found in locations with strong connections to fire magic and elemental themes.
Value & Trade
Estimated Value: 18,000-35,000 gp, with higher demand among fire specialists and elemental casters.
Trade Considerations: Popular among evokers and anyone requiring enhanced fire magic and elemental damage.
Character Integration
Roleplay Elements: Suggests experience with fire magic, elemental research, or professional roles requiring fire control and elemental mastery.
Character Concepts:
- Fire specialist with elemental expertise and flame magic experience
- Elemental researcher using fire magic for study and magical experimentation
- Character with extensive experience in fire environments requiring flame control capabilities
- Combat caster combining fire magic with traditional spellcasting techniques
Adventure Hooks
The Fire Crisis: Scenarios requiring fire magic where elemental control provides crucial advantages and flame solutions.
The Elemental Investigation: Research missions where fire magic enables elemental study and magical discovery.
The Flame Combat: Battle situations where fire damage determines combat effectiveness and tactical superiority.
The Heat Challenge: Environmental missions where fire magic advances progress through flame-based obstacles.
Variants & Customization
Greater Staff of Fire (Legendary): Enhanced fire power and additional flame abilities with improved elemental capabilities.
Staff of Elemental Fire (Artifact): Includes comprehensive fire magic and ultimate flame control.
Pyromancer's Fire Staff (Very Rare): Optimized for fire specialization with enhanced flame bonuses and fire immunity.
Specialized Variants:
- Combat Fire Staff: Enhanced for battle with improved fire damage and tactical flame effects
- Elemental Research Staff: Optimized for study with enhanced fire analysis and elemental experimentation
- Environmental Fire Staff: Specialized for flame control with enhanced fire immunity and heat resistance
Lore & History
Origins: Created by ancient fire mages who needed reliable flame enhancement for their elemental research and fire magic mastery.
Historical Significance: These staves enabled crucial elemental discoveries and the mastery of fire magic throughout history.
Cultural Impact: Represent the mastery of elemental magic and the human control over the primal force of fire.
Magical Craft: Demonstrates understanding of elemental magic and the complex processes required for fire enhancement.
Balancing Notes
Introduction Timing: Appropriate for levels 8-16 when elemental specialization becomes important and fire magic provides significant advantages.
Campaign Impact: Provides powerful fire capabilities balanced by attunement requirement and charge limitations.
Elemental Focus: Most valuable in campaigns featuring elemental themes and fire-based challenges.
Encounter Design
Recommended Challenges:
- Fire scenarios where elemental magic enables flame control and fire-based solutions
- Combat encounters where fire damage provides tactical advantages and elemental superiority
- Environmental challenges where fire magic advances progress through flame obstacles and heat barriers
- Elemental situations where fire control determines magical effectiveness and elemental mastery
Fire Adjustments: Encounters may need to account for significant fire damage and enhanced elemental capabilities.
Related Items
Elemental Items: Other items that enhance fire magic and provide elemental capabilities.
Fire Equipment:
- Items that improve fire effectiveness and elemental magic capabilities
- Equipment for flame control and fire magic enhancement
- Tools for elemental research and fire magic development
Complementary Equipment: Items that enhance elemental abilities or provide additional fire magic benefits.
Roleplay Opportunities
Elemental Mastery: Characters develop expertise in fire magic and elemental control techniques.
Fire Leadership: Elemental capabilities create opportunities for leading fire magic missions and elemental research.
Flame Excellence: Fire magic enables impressive demonstrations of elemental mastery and flame control capabilities.