Staff of Arcane Blessing

Staff of Arcane Blessing is an uncommon Quarterstaff which grants the wielder the ability to cast Bless. In addition, all Bless spells cast by the wielder grant an additional +1d4 to spell attack rolls.

Though dust has settled into every nook and cranny of this staff, it still emanates a soothing aura. Its previous owner cast it aside - forgotten because there was nobody to bless.

Properties

One-handed damage

1d6 (1~6) + Strength modifier ⁠Bludgeoning

Two-handed damage

1d8 (1~8) + Strength modifier ⁠Bludgeoning

Details

 Quarterstaves

 Rarity: Uncommon

Enchantment: None

 Versatile

 Dippable

Consumable by  Gale

 Melee: 1.5 m / 5 ft

 Weight: 1.8 kg / 3.6 lb

 Price: 100 gp

UID

UNI_UND_Tower_StaffBlessMystra

UUID

da0ba39a-366d-456b-8dbd-1c5790ca40bf

Stats

UND_Tower_StaffBlessMystra

Special

The holder of this item gains:

 Bless ()

Cast as a level 1 spell ( Recharge: Long rest.)

Mystra's Blessing

Creatures you  Bless also gain Mystra's Blessing for an additional 1d4 bonus to spell attack rolls.^{[See: Bugs]}

Weapon actions

If you have proficiency, equip in main hand to gain:

 Topple ()

Swipe at a creature to knock it Prone. ( Recharge: Short rest.)

Where to find

• Arcane Tower X: 164 Y: 432: Leaning against a table in the basement

Notes

• To reach the basement, the player must either convince  Bernard on the top floor to leave  Guiding Light on a table, or defeat Bernard and take it. The ring can be used to activate a secret button on the tower's teleporter pad to reach the basement.
• Another way to reach the basement of the Arcane Tower is to go up the stairs behind the generator, use  Feather Fall, and jump down to the gap between the wall and the wooden staircase.
• If the party has a character capable of casting  Mage Hand, they can also cast it under the stairs through the same gap, and direct it to operate the switch which will open a hidden door in the wall.

Bugs

Regarding Mystra's Blessing:

• The in-game description of this passive feature is not entirely correct, and reads as follows:

Bless grants an additional 1d4 to Saving Throws and Weapon Attack Rolls, and an additional 2d4 to Spell Attack Rolls.

• Instead, creatures Blessed with the  Staff of Arcane Blessing gain two separate conditions:
  • The regular Bless condition, which grants a 1d4 bonus to all saving throws and attack rolls.
  • The special Mystra's Blessing condition, which grants another 1d4 bonus, but only to spell attack rolls.

• Specifically, it is possible to lose the regular Bless condition (due to the caster losing concentration) while retaining the Mystra's Blessing condition. In this case, the creature is left with a 1d4 bonus to spell attack rolls, but loses the other 1d4 bonuses, despite the tooltip of the condition claiming otherwise.

• Mystra's Blessing is only applied when Bless is cast using a level 1 or level 2 spell slot, in addition to the once-per-day version granted by the staff itself.

External links

• ⁠Staff of Arcane Blessing