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Runestaff of the assassin

(Magic Item Compendium, page 177)

Price (Item Level): 10,000 gp (12th)
Body Slot: — (held)
Caster Level: 12th
Aura: Strong; (DC 21) illusion
Activation: As spell used
Weight: 3 lb.

This simple, slim staff is only 4 feet long. It is fastened to a leather strap to make it easy to sling over your shoulder. It bears a small rune of a dagger on one end.

A runestaff of the assassin allows you to cast any of the following spells (each two times per day) by expending a prepared arcane spell or arcane spell slot of the same level or higher.

  • greater invisibility
  • obscuring mist
  • pass without trace
  • poison


Prerequisites: Craft Staff, greater invisibility, obscuring mist, pass without trace, poison.
Cost to Create: 5,000 gp, 400 XP, 10 days.