Staff Nexus

As a wizard following the arcane tradition of the staff nexus, you have learned that early and intense adoption of staves from the first days of study can create a symbiotic bond between spellcaster and staff, allowing them to create remarkable magic together. You've formed such a connection with a makeshift staff you built, and you are ready to infuse any staff you encounter with greater power.

Arcane Bond

You can perform a one-hour ritual to create an arcane bond with one staff of your choice. When you do so, it becomes attuned to you. While attuned to your bonded staff, you can use a bonus action to drain a portion of its power, allowing you to cast one of your prepared spells by expending a number of charges from your bonded staff equal to the level of the spell being cast. A spell cast in this way cannot be higher than 5th level. You can drain your bonded item a number of times equal to half your proficiency bonus, rounded up (minimum of 1 use) and regain expended uses of this feature at the end of a long rest.

 

Infused Staff

You gain proficiency in Woodcarver's Tools.

Your studies have granted you the ability to infuse any nonmagical or common magic staff or quarterstaff you come across with greater power. When you create an Arcane Bond with a staff, you can infuse it with spells from your spellbook. At first, you can only add two 1st-level spells to your staff, but its capability will expand as you gain levels.

When you infuse a nonmagical or common magic staff or quarterstaff with this ability, unlike other staves it resets to 0 charges when you finish a long rest, and it has a maximum number of charges equal to your proficiency bonus. You must expend a spell slot during your daily preparations to grant it charges. When you spend a spell slot in this way, it gains a number of charges equal to the level of the spell slot used.

You can only have one infused staff at any given time.

At 6th level, you can add four spells of up to 2nd level to your infused staff.

At 10th level, you can add six spells of up to 3rd level to your infused staff.

At 14th level, you can add eight spells of up to 4th level to your infused staff.
(Not implemented correctly in builder, shows all eight spells from level 2.)

Arcane Bond Improvement

When you finish a long rest, you can focus on your bonded staff and expend a spell slot, increasing its current and maximum number of charges by a number equal to the level of the spell slot you expend. This also increases the threshold for any of the staff's effects that rely on its maximum number of charges. This increase is temporary, and ends when you finish a long rest or break your attunement to the staff.

Additionally, you can summon your bonded staff to your hand as a bonus action, as long as it is within 1 mile of you and on the same plane of existence.

Arcane Craftsmanship

You double your proficiency bonus for any skill check made using Woodcarver's Tools.

You have improved upon your ability to infuse staves with additional power. Starting at 10th level, whenever you create an Arcane Bond with a magical staff, the staff's maximum number of charges is increased by your proficiency bonus, which also increases the threshold for any abilities that rely on its maximum number of charges. In addition, you can use Arcane Recovery to restore your bonded staff, recovering a number of staff charges equal to your proficiency bonus. You can regain either spell slots or staff charges when using Arcane Recovery, but not both.

Perfected Bond

When you finish a long rest, you can now spend up to two spell slots to increase the current and maximum number of charges in your bonded staff by the combined level of the expended slots. In addition, your Arcane Recovery feature now affects you and your bonded staff separately - when you use this feature, you restore spell slots as normal, as well as a number of staff charges equal to your proficiency bonus.

Additionally, you can now summon your bonded staff to your hand as a bonus action from any distance as long as it is on the same plane of existence.