Magical staff - Revision history

Hordes: death rename

2026-02-12T18:40:38Z

death rename

Hordes at 15:48, 6 February 2026

2026-02-06T15:48:07Z

Hordes at 21:14, 4 February 2026

2026-02-04T21:14:34Z

Hordes at 17:37, 18 October 2025

2025-10-18T17:37:54Z

NormalPerson7: 0.33

2025-05-05T21:30:12Z

0.33

Patrick2011b: fix staff effects

2024-12-14T19:17:37Z

fix staff effects

Ge0ff: /* History */ add a note for d9da9a6

2024-11-12T15:57:35Z

‎History: add a note for d9da9a6

Ge0ff: bump v and cba e16e337a1

2024-11-12T15:50:56Z

bump v and cba e16e337a1

Spudwalt at 20:48, 23 October 2024

2024-10-23T20:48:18Z

Patrick2011b: rw unrand staves

2024-04-20T01:45:25Z

rw unrand staves

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 *[[Staff of earth]] ([[Earth Magic]]): Physical damage (~5% less than usual), which [[fly]]ing enemies resist. No resistance.
 *[[Staff of air]] ([[Air Magic]]): [[Electricity]] damage (that checks only half of AC), grants [[electricity resistance|rElec]].
-*[[Staff of poison|Staff of alchemy]] ([[Alchemy]]):[[Poison]] damage, grants [[poison resistance|rPois]].
+*[[Staff of poison|Staff of alchemy]] ([[Alchemy]]): [[Poison]] damage, grants [[poison resistance|rPois]].
-*[[Staff of death]] ([[Necromancy]]): [[Negative energy]] damage, grants [[negative energy resistance|rN+]].
+*[[Staff of necromancy]] ([[Necromancy]]): [[Negative energy]] damage, grants [[negative energy resistance|rN+]].
 *[[Staff of conjuration]] ([[Conjurations]]): Irresistible damage (~20% less than usual). No resistance.

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	[[Unrandart]] staves are classified as weapons in the inventory screen rather than magical staves, whether or not they add any enhancers.		[[Unrandart]] staves are classified as weapons in the inventory screen rather than magical staves, whether or not they add any enhancers.
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		+	The [[attunement]] ego specifically boosts magical staves, doubling their spell enhancers and giving staff melee attacks MP recovery.

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 {{weapon
   |name        = Magical staff (type varies)
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 *[[Staff of earth]] ([[Earth Magic]]): Physical damage (~5% less than usual), which [[fly]]ing enemies resist. No resistance.
 *[[Staff of air]] ([[Air Magic]]): [[Electricity]] damage (that checks only half of AC), grants [[electricity resistance|rElec]].
-*[[Staff of poison|Staff of alchemy]] [[Poison]] damage, grants [[poison resistance|rPois]].
+*[[Staff of poison|Staff of alchemy]] ([[Alchemy]]):[[Poison]] damage, grants [[poison resistance|rPois]].
 *[[Staff of death]] ([[Necromancy]]): [[Negative energy]] damage, grants [[negative energy resistance|rN+]].
 *[[Staff of conjuration]] ([[Conjurations]]): Irresistible damage (~20% less than usual). No resistance.
-[[Randart]] staves can boost multiple different types of spells.
+[[Randart]] staves can boost multiple different types of spells. Multi-school spells can receive multiple boosts per staff, e.g., a [[Fire]] + [[Air]] enhancer staff will provide two boosts to [[Plasma Beam]].
 [[Unrandart]] staves are classified as weapons in the inventory screen rather than magical staves, whether or not they add any enhancers.

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 ==Useful Info==
-Magical staves are [[spell enhancer]]s, increasing [[spell power]] of a given school by up to x150%. Due to a [[Spell power#Stepdown|stepdown]] in calculations, you'll generally receive less than x150%, especially if power is already high. This stacks multiplicatively with other spell enhancers, up to 3.
+Magical staves are [[spell enhancer]]s, increasing [[spell power]] of a given school by up to x150%. Due to a [[Spell power#Stepdown|stepdown]] in calculations, you'll generally receive less than x150%, with the multiplier reducing as power goes up. This stacks multiplicatively with other spell enhancers, up to 3.
 Unlike normal weapons, magical staves cannot be enchanted or [[brand]]ed in any way. Instead, they can deal elemental damage, based on skill in [[Evocations]] and the corresponding [[magic school]].
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 | '''[[Elemental Staff]]''' || [[File:Elemental staff.png]]
 |}
 ==History==

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 {{weapon
   |name        = Magical staff (type varies)
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   |mindelay    = 6 at skill 12
   |hands       = 1H
-  |size        = Large
+  |size        = Little
   |ranged      = No
   |damtype     = Varies
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 ==History==
-{{CBA|0.33|magical staves will be one-handed for [[Spriggan]]s and [[Kobold]]s.}}
+*Prior to [[0.33]], magical staves were two-handed for small species.
 *Prior to [[0.32]], the melee damage from staves of fire, cold, death, and poison partially bypassed AC. They all check AC normally, but do 25% more damage now. Additionally, staves of air check half AC.
 *Prior to [[0.31]], randart magical staves couldn't boost multiple spell schools.

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 Unlike normal weapons, magical staves cannot be enchanted or [[brand]]ed in any way. Instead, they can deal elemental damage, based on skill in [[Evocations]] and the corresponding [[magic school]].
-{{crawlquote|'''Damage Dealt''': 0 to 1.25×(School+[Evocations/2])<br>'''Chance to Activate''': (Evocations + School/2)×6.66% per hit}}
+{{crawlquote|'''Damage Dealt''': 0 to 1.575×(School+[Evocations/2])<br>'''Chance to Activate''': (Evocations + School/2)×6.66% per hit}}
 *[[Staff of fire]] ([[Fire Magic]]): [[Fire]] damage, grants [[fire resistance|rF+]].
 *[[Staff of cold]] ([[Ice Magic]]): [[Cold]] damage, grants [[cold resistance|rC+]].
-*[[Staff of earth]] ([[Earth Magic]]): Physical damage (+20% more than usual), which [[fly]]ing enemies resist.
+*[[Staff of earth]] ([[Earth Magic]]): Physical damage (~5% less than usual), which [[fly]]ing enemies resist. No resistance.
-*[[Staff of air]] ([[Air Magic]]): [[Electricity]] damage, grants [[electricity resistance|rElec]].
+*[[Staff of air]] ([[Air Magic]]): [[Electricity]] damage (that checks only half of AC), grants [[electricity resistance|rElec]].
-*[[Staff of poison|Staff of alchemy]] ([[Alchemy]]): <code>50 + [[Alchemy]]×12.5</code>% chance to [[poison]] the target (can even affect poison-resistant living targets, but has to pass a Skill/16 chance), grants [[poison resistance|rPois]].
+*[[Staff of poison|Staff of alchemy]] [[Poison]] damage, grants [[poison resistance|rPois]].
-*[[Staff of death]] ([[Necromancy]]): <code>12.5 + [[Necromancy]]×12.5</code>% chance of [[negative energy]] damage (does not affect targets with [[negative energy resistance]] or [[drain]] the target), grants [[negative energy resistance|rN+]].
+*[[Staff of death]] ([[Necromancy]]): [[Negative energy]] damage, grants [[negative energy resistance|rN+]].
-*[[Staff of conjuration]] ([[Conjurations]]): Irresistible damage. No resistance.
+*[[Staff of conjuration]] ([[Conjurations]]): Irresistible damage (~20% less than usual). No resistance.
 [[Randart]] staves can boost multiple different types of spells.

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 ! ||  '''[[Unrandarts|Unrandart]]'''
 |-
-| '''[[Staff of Olgreb]]''' || [[File:New staff of olgreb.png]]
+| '''[[Staff of Olgreb]]''' || [[File:Staff of olgreb.png]]
 |-
-| '''[[Elemental Staff]]''' || [[File:New elemental staff.png]]
+| '''[[Elemental Staff]]''' || [[File:Elemental staff.png]]
 |}

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 [[Randart]] staves can boost multiple different types of spells.
-There are also a number of [[unrandart]] staves, but they are technically classified as weapons rather than magical staves. See [[Evocable items#Artefact staves|here]] for more details.
+[[Unrandart]] staves are classified as weapons in the inventory screen rather than magical staves, whether or not they add any enhancers.
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