The Staff that Never Is or Was

Hero Artifact

Item Properties:

• Staff, 1 or 2 handed
• Requires attunment by a Sorcerer, Warlock, or Wizard
• Hero artifact and cannot be altered unless by a Wish spell

Phase 0:

• +1 to all attack and damage rolls, and are considered magical

The Fasted Gnome in Orrin:

“Over here, no, over here! WOOHOO!” – Weeble

• Weeble a powerful illusionist originally faceted his staff, which enabled him to create multiple minor illusions at once. The staff’s power, though, extends far beyond illusions.
• While wielding the staff, whenever you cast a cantrip, you can use a bonus action on the same turn to cast that cantrip a second time.This also allows for spells of concentration, also long as they are a cantrip, or level 0 spell.
• This also allows for spells of concentration, also long as they are a cantrip, or level 0 spell.

Phase 1:

• +2 to all attack and damage rolls, and are considered magical

Not really there?

"Really? (Elf shoots an arrow at him, which horribly misses.)" – Weeble

• The wielder of the staff grows more disconnected with the material world.  The bender's body blurs at will.
• The staff automatically projects an illusion that makes you appear to be standing in a place near your actual location, causing any creature to have disadvantage on attack rolls against you. If you take damage during the battle after initiative is rolled, the property ceases to function until the next battle. This property is suppressed while you are incapacitated, restrained, or otherwise unable to move.

What is real?

"Who is to say which is one is real? What is real? How do you define real?" – Weeble

• Whenever initiative is rolled, the spell mirror image triggers
• This can occur up to 2 times per long rest

“The powerful staff of great gnome mage, Weeble, who wished it into existence during the Age of Heroes. The staff exists, yet does not exist, for no one knows if it is an illusion so powerful if the staff is real or not. Some say Weeble is still alive, and that he has just misplaced his staff, others have not seen him in a long time, even more think he never existed and is just an illusion of an even more powerful, yet cunning mage.”

Item type

Unique Artifact