So I understand that until you get your first magical staff. you make do with the makeshift one you created.

Questions:

  • Do you have to have to expend a spell slot in order to cast cantrips from the makeshift staff? The linked rule says you don’t have to expend any charges, which seems to imply that the staff must have a charge in order to cast any cantrips.
  • I assume that once you add the cantrip and 1st-level spell to the staff they can never be changed. The text on page 142 of the APG doesn’t say that you can, but I’m new so don’t know if there’s some other text elsewhere that allows this.
  • If true, and considering that these spells can never be changed, I’m thinking of Shield and Mage Armor as my spells. However reading through spells True Strike also seems to be a good option. Although not sure how good that would be for my Illusionist specialist (with Enchantment as other spells I’m focusing on). Thoughts?

Thanks in advance for any guidance you may have!

  • @[email protected]English
    2•1 year ago

    I’m not incredibly experienced, but for the first question, AoN cites Core Rulebook pg. 592 as:

    If a staff contains a cantrip, you can cast that cantrip using the staff without expending any charges. The cantrip’s level is heightened to the same level as cantrips you cast. So I don’t believe a cantrip requires charges to cast, even from a Staff Nexus staff.

    And I’m also not seeing any contrary guidance on the unchangeability of the Staff Nexus spells, which quite frankly is a little odd to me, given the rest of the system’s more flexible approach.