This staff has 6 charges and can be wielded as a magic Quarterstaff that grants a +2 bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls made with it. While holding it, you have a +2 bonus to spell attack rolls.
Spells. 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.
| Spell | Charge Cost |
|---|---|
| Animal Friendship | 1 |
| Awaken | 5 |
| Barkskin | 2 |
| Locate Animals or Plants | 2 |
| Pass without Trace | 2 |
| Speak with Animals | 1 |
| Speak with Plants | 3 |
| Wall of Thorns | 6 |
Tree Form. You can take a Magic action to plant one end of the staff in earth in an unoccupied space and expend 1 charge to transform the staff into a healthy tree. The tree is 60 feet tall and has a 5-foot-diameter trunk, and its branches at the top spread out in a 20-foot radius. The tree appears ordinary but radiates a faint aura of Transmutation magic that can be discerned with the Detect Magic spell. While touching the tree and using a Magic action, you return the staff to its normal form. Any creature in the tree falls when the tree reverts to a staff.
Regaining Charges. The staff regains 1d6 expended charges daily at dawn. If you expend the last charge, roll 1d20. On a 1, the staff loses its properties and becomes a nonmagical Quarterstaff.
Notes: Bonus: Magic, Bonus: Spell Attacks, Druid
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Posted Nov 2, 2024They truly did severely nerf this staff
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Posted Nov 2, 2024Oh wow didnt notice the removed pass without trace and 4 charges that sucks. Also changed tree form to having to be an unoccupied area
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Posted Dec 1, 2024Can this be drudic focus?
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Posted Dec 6, 2024Also no more Awaken as an action.
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Posted Dec 10, 2024Frankly, most of the changes are good. Free Pass without Trace is broken on many parties.Awaken as an Action was/is silly.
The only thing I am bummed about is that the staff has 6 charges and Wall of Thorns takes 6 charges. Using it means you have to roll the s20 and risk it becoming nonmagical.
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Posted Feb 4, 2025Should have just changed the rarity and left the charges alone. Pass without Trace costing charges doesn't do a lot. The amount of charges being nerfed to where you cast Wall of Thorns you could end up with nothing is huge. Also makes it to where you just won't cast that (wall of thorns) to keep the +2 to spell attacks and probably just use it as a utility item. I think personally I'd just house rule it back to 10 charges and make it very rare. I figured it was the druid equivalent to the staff of power, had thought it was weird that it was only rare.
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Posted Feb 21, 2025Other than a "just for fun" thing, does the Tree Form power actually benefit anyone?
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Posted Jul 8, 2025it is good for taking rests if you don't trust your dm to let your party sleep through the night without being ambushed by goblins (like me)