Staff of the Woodlands
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This sort of staff is always
made from oak,
ash, or yew, finely grained,
beautifully carved, and bound and shod
with bronze. It is effective
only in the hands of a druid. Each such staff
has the following powers,
which each expend one charge per use:
Animate
tree: This function duplicates the ability of a treant to
cause
a large tree to move at a 3” rate and attack as if it were a
largest-sized
treant, and in all other respects become a virtual
treant
for eight rounds per charge expended. Note that one round
is required
for the tree to animate, and it will return to rooting on
the eighth,
so only six of the initial eight rounds are effectively
available
for attack function.
In addition to these powers,
each such staff has a magical weapon
value, and those with a
lesser value also have additional magical
powers, which do not require
charges and can be employed once per
day. The staff of the woodlands
+ 4 has no additional powers. The
staff + 3 also confers upon
the user the power of a pass without trace
spell. The staff + 2 has
the powers ofpass without trace and barkskin.
The staff + 7 confers the
powers of the staff + 2 plus the power of the
tree spell. To determine
which sort of staff has been discovered, assign
even chances for each of
the four types.