Strolen\s Citadel content. 
Items
Wand/Staff/ Arcane
Sentient

3

2 Votes

7xp

ID:1152
Hits:5607
Comments: 5
Ideas: 0
Rating:3
Condition: Normal

Submitted:
October 26, 2005, 3:21 pm
Updated:
August 21, 2007, 3:00 am





Grand Staff of the Black Dragon Magi
By: MoonHunter

This Legendary Item, originally called The Staff of the Elderly Magi, was created by Corvus. It has gone by many names since the voop. For the last few centuries it has been known as The Grand Staff of the Black Dragon Magi, a device that once nearly destroyed the world.

Full Item Description
It is a staff of smooth dark wood. It’s head and foot has an intricate dragon motiff. The head of the staff is a 2 cm (1") blue globe.

History
Originally called the Staff of the Elderly Magi, Corvus, Corvus created this item towards the latter part of his natural lifetime. It was what extended his life to the thing of legends.

As the Grand Staff of the Black Dragon Magi. The Grand Staff was a powerful artifact from ages gone by. It had gone by a number of names until that the time it was used by the Dragon Magi and his dark cult to conquer a good portion of this land, four hundred years ago. They were a blight upon the land, nearly destroying civilization in these parts. The Sagas have it that the Staff was destroyed in the final conflict between the man that they would eventually appoint king (and his heroic Company) and the Black Dragon Magi and his minions.

The blue stone, mounted on a powerful standard magikal staff, had immense powers. It could amplify the skills and abilities of anyone wielding it. The Black Dragon Magi created a small talisman (a Galron Stones variation), that every member of the Black Dragon cult wore a copy of, that shared that ability. They were nearly unstoppable. They nearly destroyed civilization as it was known. Yet at the end, the Heroes managed to foil the Black Dragon Magi… reversing his powers. The Black Dragon Magi and his horde was easily defeated by the Heroes. When someone foolishly broke the Staff of the Magi the explosion dispersed the parts (and the hapless adventurer) across the land.

Now this is the legendary item, See the real story in the links below.

Magic/Cursed Properties
It is said to have the ability to increase the abilities of its wielder. It was able to gift this ability to anyone, beyond the wielder.

It is also said that the staff will eventually corrupt its wielder, as they will seek more and more power/ skills/ abilities.



User Submitted Ideas (0)

Please register to add an idea. It only takes a moment.


Suggested Submissions
Charlie's Lucky Marble By: MoonHunter
Items » Other » Sentient

It is a simple child’s toy, that has granted its owner good fortune.  Unfortunately things are never quite what they seem, especially when Corvus is involved.

Galron Stones By: MoonHunter
System » Mystical » General

Galron has found lasting fame for simply being the first one who mentioned the stones in the record.  This ancient parchments, translated into so many languages, is a hodge podge of various techniques that can be done, processes to do many of them, and vague hints about what can be done what the older magics.

Comments ( 5 )
Commenters gain extra XP from Author votes.
Extra bonuses go to those that spend all votes in between refreshes.

Voted Cheka Man

2005-11-06 07:19 PM
Link: [1152#6478|text]
0xp
OK,but very Lord of the Ringsish.
 
MoonHunter

2006-03-10 12:22 PM
0xp
Actually, this is just the historical piece. Those who would be "world conquerors" would be chasing down this item. Those that would stop them would be chasing down this item. This is the legend (and fact) about the staff.

You need to read Charlie's Lucky Marble 1152 to see the current write up.
 MoonHunter

2006-01-28 03:37 PM
Link: [1152#11546|text]
0xp
Updated: updated punctuation.
 MoonHunter

2006-05-13 02:35 PM
Link: [1152#15360|text]
0xp
Updated for Galron Stones.
Voted valadaar

2007-01-19 04:03 PM
Link: [1152#24387|text]
0xp
Strikes me as a specific 'instance' of the standard AD&D Staff of the magii, a bit up-gunned and given a good backstory.

Join Now!!

Please register to vote or leave a comment

A certain culture believes that evil can live beyond the grave. They also believe that the destruction of the dead body can keep that one from coming back. Destroying the newly deceased body can destroy the soul if done properly. They first burn the body for 24 hours, smash the remains as well as possible, then burn the what is left for another 24 hours.
By: Strolen | UpVote