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Equipment
A Wooden Staff is a Druidic Focus that is carved, tied with ribbon, or painted to channel primal magic. A Druid or Ranger can use this item as a Spellcasting Focus.
Equipment
Focus.
Druidic Focuses
Focus
Weight
Cost
Sprig of mistletoe
—
1 GP
Wooden staff (also a Quarterstaff)
4 lb.
5 GP
Yew wand
1 lb.
10 GP
A Druidic Focus takes one of the forms in the Druidic Focuses table and is carved, tied with ribbon, or painted to channel primal magic. A Druid or Ranger can use such an object as a Spellcasting
Equipment
.
Arcane Focuses
Focus
Weight
Cost
Crystal
1 lb.
10 GP
Orb
3 lb.
20 GP
Rod
2 lb.
10 GP
Staff (also a Quarterstaff)
4 lb.
5 GP
Wand
1 lb.
10 GP
An Arcane Focus takes one of the forms in the Arcane Focuses table and is bejeweled or carved to channel arcane magic. A Sorcerer, Warlock, or Wizard can use such an item as a Spellcasting Focus
Magic Items
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
An imbued wood focus is a rod, staff, or wand cut from a tree infused with extraplanar energy. If you're a spellcaster, you can use this as a spellcasting focus.
When you cast a damage-dealing spell
using this item as your spellcasting focus, you gain a +1 bonus to one damage roll of the spell, provided the damage is of the type associated with the item's wood. The types of wood and their
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Multiattack. The nagpa makes three Staff or Deathly Ray attacks. It can replace one attack with a use of Spellcasting.
Staff. Melee Weapon Attack: +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8","rollType":"to hit
","rollAction":"Staff"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 9 (2d6 + 2);{"diceNotation":"2d6+2","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Staff","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage plus 24 (7d6
Magic Items
The Book of Many Things
using this staff, the target takes an extra 1d8 fire damage.
Solar Focus. You can use the staff as a spellcasting focus. While holding the staff, you can reroll a number of damage dice up to your
Veins of sunstone run through this wooden staff. This staff can be wielded as a magic quarterstaff that grants a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with it. When you hit with an attack roll
Fraz-Urb'luu
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Monsters
Out of the Abyss
the Abyss. He seeks the pieces of the legendary staff of power taken from him by those who imprisoned him, and commands his servants to do likewise.
The Prince of Deception’s true form is like
elaborate fantasies that have no bearing on reality. When I return my focus to the world, I have a hard time remembering that it was just a daydream.”
61–80
“I convince myself that
Wooden Staff
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Equipment
A druid can use a Wooden Staff as a spellcasting focus, as described in the Spellcasting section.
Bheur Hag
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Monsters
Volo's Guide to Monsters
Graystaff Magic. The hag carries a graystaff, a length of gray wood that is a focus for her inner power. She can ride the staff as if it were a broom of flying. While holding the staff, she can cast
additional spells with her Innate Spellcasting trait (these spells are marked with an asterisk). If the staff is lost or destroyed, the hag must craft another, which takes a year and a day. Only a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Spellcasting Focus 2nd-level ranger feature You can use a druidic focus as a spellcasting focus for your ranger spells. A druidic focus might be a sprig of mistletoe or holly, a wand or rod made of
yew or another special wood, a staff drawn whole from a living tree, or an object incorporating feathers, fur, bones, and teeth from sacred animals.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
of polished metal or crystal. A staff weighs between 2 and 7 pounds and serves well as a walking stick or cane. Unless its description notes otherwise, a staff can be used as a nonmagical Quarterstaff and an Arcane Focus.
Staffs Items in the Staff category vary widely in appearance: some are of nearly equal diameter throughout and smooth, others are gnarled and twisted, some are made of wood, and others are composed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Druidic Focus Item Cost Weight Sprig of mistletoe 1 gp - Totem 1 gp - Wooden staff 5 gp 4 lb. Yew wand 10 gp 1 lb.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Imbued Wood Focus Wondrous item, common (requires attunement) An imbued wood focus is a rod, staff, or wand cut from a tree infused with extraplanar energy. If you’re a spellcaster, you can use this
orb as a spellcasting focus. When you cast a damage-dealing spell using this item as your spellcasting focus, you gain a +1 bonus to one damage roll of the spell, provided the damage is of the type
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Imbued Wood Focus Wondrous item, common (requires attunement) An imbued wood focus is a rod, staff, or wand cut from a tree infused with extraplanar energy. If you’re a spellcaster, you can use this
orb as a spellcasting focus. When you cast a damage-dealing spell using this item as your spellcasting focus, you gain a +1 bonus to one damage roll of the spell, provided the damage is of the type
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Arcane Focus Item Cost Weight Crystal 10 gp 1 lb. Orb 20 gp 3 lb. Rod 10 gp 2 lb. Staff 5 gp 4 lb. Wand 10 gp 1 lb.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Arcane Focuses Go to the Bazaar in Sharn or any enclave of House Cannith and you’ll find a wide selection of arcane focuses to choose from. For a wandslinger, the choice of an arcane focus carries
the same weight as a duelist deciding between a rapier or a maul. Do you use a wand of Fernian ash to focus your fire bolt, or do you harness defensive energies with a Risian orb? An arcane focus is a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
issue the Craft order to this facility, you commission the facility’s hireling to craft a Druidic Focus (wooden staff) or a Holy Symbol. The work takes 7 days and costs no money. The item remains in
Sanctuary Level 5 Bastion Facility Prerequisite: Ability to use a Holy Symbol or Druidic Focus as a Spellcasting Focus
Space: Roomy
Hirelings: 1
Order: Craft
Icons of your religion are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Enhanced Arcane Focus Item: A rod, staff, or wand (requires attunement) While holding this item, a creature gains a +1 bonus to spell attack rolls. In addition, the creature ignores half cover when making a spell attack. The bonus increases to +2 when you reach 10th level in this class.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Enhanced Arcane Focus Item: A rod, staff, or wand (requires attunement) While holding this item, a creature gains a +1 bonus to spell attack rolls. In addition, the creature ignores half cover when making a spell attack. The bonus increases to +2 when you reach 10th level in this class.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Enhanced Arcane Focus Item: A rod, staff, or wand (requires attunement) While holding this item, a creature gains a +1 bonus to spell attack rolls. In addition, the creature ignores half cover when making a spell attack. The bonus increases to +2 when you reach 10th level in this class.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation Supplement
dispel magic on the staff removes the false aura. The staff is worth 25 gp and can be used as an arcane focus.
black shroud. A stoppered bronze scroll tube rests at its feet, and a staff fashioned from a single branch of pale white wood (see “Treasure” below) lies beside it. The scroll tube contains a dry sheet of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
traditional adventuring. During any game session, the players can decide to focus on what the franchise staff are up to by setting assignments, giving orders, and making checks to determine the
during the campaign. When the characters return from adventuring, they take on some of the responsibility for bookkeeping, maintenance, long-term planning, and the like, making franchise staff
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
frost, burning hands, or shield. The critical limitation of the wandslinger is a dependence on an arcane focus. A wandslinger must have an arcane focus—a wand, rod, staff, orb, or crystal—to perform
magic. Some wandslingers use different focuses for their various cantrips, such as a wand for fire bolt and a rod for burning hands, but wandslingers can use any arcane focus they get their hands on. As
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
(okay, an occasionally paid) staff. In addition to the downtime activities characters undertake on their own, the hard-working subemployees and interns of a franchise can carry out orders and further the
characters’ goals through research, crafting, social encounters, and so forth. This lets the players direct behind-the-scenes activities even as the characters focus on the more rarefied pursuits of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
notes otherwise, a staff can be used as a nonmagical Quarterstaff and an Arcane Focus. Wands An item in the Wand category is typically 12 to 15 inches long and crafted of metal, bone, or wood. It is
Item Categories Category Examples Armor +1 Leather Armor, +1 Shield Potions Potion of Healing Rings Ring of Invisibility Rods Immovable Rod Scrolls Spell Scroll Staffs Staff of Striking Wands Wand
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
option. Hiring Staff At rank 2, the franchise gains four additional untrained hirelings and one skilled hireling, allowing the characters to hire new staff to meet their needs. Such hires can be done in
NPCs during preceding episodes, those NPCs might be taken on as official staff members at this time. This is also an excellent time to bring in an NPC the characters enjoyed interacting with, making
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Accessories You might use a giant-crafted item—probably something inscribed with one or more Giant runes—as a spellcasting focus. For example, the staff you wield as an arcane focus might have been a giant’s
motivation, but it also might explain some of your class features or magic. A bard of the College of Lore might focus on the study of giants, a Rune Knight fighter (from Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
business in perfumes and medicinal herbs. Her mother, Camille, encouraged her daughter and tried to ensure that Ivana would one day lead the family. Ivana’s focus on her goals faltered when she met Pieter
to his office to share a momentous decision. Having lost his sons, Klaus named Ivana’s cousin, Ivan Dilisnya, his heir. He had already announced his decision to the estate staff and sent a messenger
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
six staffs stored in racks along its walls, with room for more.
Each staff can serve as an arcane focus for a spellcaster. The staffs are as follows: Staff 1 is a straight stick of pale ash with a
know why the city crashed, but she believes that the broken obelisk (see area Y21) can turn back time to repair the damage. To activate its magic, Veneranda says she needs Iriolarthas’s staff of power
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Secretarian I’ve sold ice in Icewind Dale. — Secretarian’s boast A secretarian’s focus is on people — and all the potential value that might be wrung out of them. Every person met outside a
give. They have the skills to negotiate with subemployees, temporary hirelings, seasonal staff, and other humanoid (usually) resources. When staff members have problems, the secretarian is the one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
ways and making them unwitting accomplices in their own destruction. Nagpas are extraordinarily patient and pursue several schemes simultaneously, so if one plan goes awry, they can shift their focus to
Actions
Multiattack. The nagpa makes three Staff or Deathly Ray attacks. It can replace one attack with a use of Spellcasting.
Staff. Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 9
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Hammer of Runic Focus 3- Very rare 9 House of Cards 1- Uncommon 8 Jester’s Mask 4- Legendary 5 Plate of Knight’s Fellowship 1- Uncommon 5 Ring of Puzzler’s Wit 1- Uncommon 5 Rod of Hellish Flames 3
- Uncommon 9 Spindle of Fate 4- Legendary 5 Starshot Crossbow 2- Rare 5 Stonemaker War Pick 3- Very rare 9 Sun Staff 2- Rare 5 Sword of the Planes 4- Legendary 9 Telescopic Transporter 4- Legendary 13
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Chapter 4: Adventures in Sharn Chapter 3 describes the city of Sharn in detail; the following sections focus on the adventures that can happen there. These adventures can unfold among the tallest
, seemingly a victim of some sort of ritual slaying. Outside help is needed to solve this delicate matter. 6 A radiant idol (see chapter 6) has formed a cult that attracts professors and staff of Morgrave University, promising them knowledge beyond imagining in exchange for their worship.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
10 gp
2 lb.
Staff
5 gp
4 lb.
Wand
10 gp
1 lb.
Druidic focus
Sprig of mistletoe
1 gp
-
Totem
1 gp
-
Wooden staff
5 gp
4 lb.
Yew wand
10 gp
1 lb.
Holy symbol
specially constructed staff, a wand-like length of wood, or some similar item — designed to channel the power of arcane spells. A sorcerer, warlock, or wizard can use such an item as a spellcasting focus, as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
. Druidic Focus. A druidic focus might be a sprig of mistletoe or holly, a wand or scepter made of yew or another special wood, a staff drawn whole out of a living tree, or a totem object
creature that drinks this vial of liquid gains advantage on saving throws against poison for 1 hour. It confers no benefit to undead or constructs. Arcane Focus. An arcane focus is a special item--an orb