Enc: 10	IS: -	Aura:	XP: 100/chg.	GP: 500/chg.
Staves	-	-	-	DMG

A staff of this sort is typically shortish and
quite stout.

When initially obtained or encountered, much of its length
is covered with finely done carvings depicting all sorts of winged biting
and stinging flying insects (bees, deerflies, horseflies, wasps, and
the like). Any <priest>-type character (<priest>, druid, shaman, witch doctor,
etc.) holding it can command the staff to create a swarm of such
insects, at the same time expending one of the staff’s charges. Range
is 6” + 1 ” per clerical level of the user. The number of insects produced
is 60 plus 10 per level. Every 10 insects will inflict 1 point of
damage upon the target victim, regardless of armor class, unless the
victim is protected by a force field, engulfed in flames, etc. Note, however,
that the insects will not affect creatures larger than man-sized
with a natural armor class of 5 or better. When a vulnerable target is
attacked by the swarm of flying insects, the creature will be unable to
do anything other than attempt to dislodge/kill the things. The insect
attack lasts for 1 round. Each time the staff is employed, one of the
insect-shapes carved into its wooden surface will disappear, so it is
easy to determine how many charges are left in the staff. Unlike others
of its ilk, a staff of this sort can have as many as 50 charges initially.
However, it cannot be recharged.
 

WSG: If this item is employed when the effective
temperature is 40 degrees or lower, it will produce only
half as many insects as normal - 30 plus 5 per level of the user
instead of 60 plus 10.