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Runestaff of necromancy

(Magic Item Compendium, page 180)

Price (Item Level): 32,000 gp (16th)
Body Slot: — (held)
Caster Level: 12th
Aura: Strong; (DC 21) necromancy
Activation: As spell used
Weight: 4 lb.

Made of ebony and carved with images of bones and skulls, this staff is fitted at each end with a small ivory skull.

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

  • cause fear
  • circle of death
  • enervation
  • ghoul touch
  • halt undead
  • waves of fatigue


  • Prerequisites: Craft Staff, cause fear, circle of death, enervation, ghoul touch, halt undead, waves of fatigue.
    Cost to Create: 16,000 gp, 1280 XP, 32 days.