==== Banrhialorg ====

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//Note: This magic item was created by Bruce R. Cordell and Ari Marmell
and appears in the module
[[http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=products/dndacc/107977400|
"The Sinister Spire"]], as published by [[http://www.wizards.com/|
Wizards of the Coast LLC]].//

Banrhialorg is one of the legacy items used by King Theron ("The Forgotten 
King") and his entourage in the early days of the third age.  It was found by 
[[V2]] in the year 1111, along with the sword [[Merthúvial]], the armor 
[[Nanietharil]], and the shield [[Aegis Inviolable]].

//Banrhialorg// (Celestial for "Queen's Staff") is a finely tapered staff of ash 
wood shod with unblemished gold on its foot and a golden draconic head with 
sapphire eyes and a ruby tongue on its top. Close examination reveals that the 
faint lines and veins in the wood form a sequence of arcane runes that repeat 
down the staff's length.

**Nonlegacy Game Statistics**: Masterwork quarterstaff that also functions as a 
//Lesser metamagic rod of "Extend Spell"//; Cost 3,600 gp.

**Omen**: When an arcane spellcaster grasps the staff the golden head's sapphire 
eyes flash with lightning and its tongue burns with fire, shedding light like a 
candle. The wielder can suppress this display as a free action, bur it returns 
when the wielder picks up the staff anew.

== Wielder Requirements ==

  * Ability to cast arcane spells.
  * Knowledge (arcana) 5 ranks.
  * One metamagic feat.

== Penalties and Abilities ==

Columns are //NOT// cumulative.  For example, a 13th level wielder
takes a -1 penalty on skill checks and saves, a -2 penalty to
caster level, and gives up a 4th-level spell slot.

^  Wielder\\ Level  ^  Skill\\ Check\\ Penalty  ^  Saving\\ Throw\\ Penalty  ^  Caster\\ Level\\ Penalty  ^  Spell\\ Slot\\ Loss  ^ Abilities  ^
|   5th  |  --  |  --  |  --  |  --  | Arcane cipher |
|   6th  |  --  |  --  |  --  |  1st  | Arcane alacrity |
|   7th  |  --  |  -1  |  -1  |  --  | -- |
|   8th  |  -1  |  --  |  --  |  2nd  | -- |
|   9th  |  --  |  --  |  --  |  --  | -- |
|  10th  |  --  |  --  |  --  |  3rd  | Arcane resistance |
|  11th  |  --  |  --  |  --  |  --  | -- |
|  12th  |  --  |  --  |  --  |  4th  | -- |
|  13th  |  --  |  --  |  -2  |  --  | Arcane persistence |
|  14th  |  --  |  --  |  --  |  5th  | Arcane repulsion |
|  15th  |  -2  |  --  |  --  |  --  | -- |
|  16th  |  --  |  --  |  --  |  6th  | Arcane reserve |
|  17th  |  --  |  --  |  --  |  --  | Arcane acumen |
|  18th  |  --  |  --  |  --  |  7th  | -- |
|  19th  |  --  |  --  |  --  |  --  | -- |
|  20th  |  --  |  --  |  --  |  8th  | Arcane empowerment |

== Legacy Item Abilities ==

**Arcane Cipher (Sp)**: At 5th level, you can use detect magic
read magic, and arcane mark at will as the spells, using a different
command word for each effect.. Caster level 5th.

**Arcane Alacrity (Su)**: At 6th level, your ability to prepare
or manipulate arcane magic improves. If you prepare
arcane spells, you require 20 minutes to prepare your daily
allotment of spells rather than the standard hour. Preparing
a smaller portion of your daily allotment of spells takes a
proportionally smaller amount of time, but always at least
5 minutes. If you spontaneously cast arcane spells, adding
a metamagic feat to an arcane spell does not increase that
spell's casting time.

**Arcane Resistance (Su)**: At 10th level, you gain a +3
resistance bonus on saving throws.

**Arcane Persistence (Su)**: At 13th level, you can apply
the Extend Spell feat to up to three spells per day of up to
9th level that you can cast. Using this legacy ability doesn't
increase the spell slot of the altered spell.

**Arcane Repulsion (Su)**: At 14th level, you gain damage
reduction 10/magic against ranged weapons, as if affected
by a protection from arrows spell. The effect has no limit to
the amount of damage it can absorb. Caster level 10th.

**Arcane Reserve (Su)**: At 16th level, you can store up to
three levels of spells in Banrhialorg, as if the staff were a ring
of minor spell storing.

**Arcane Acumen**: At 17th level, you gain a +6 enhancement
bonus to your primary arcane spellcasting ability
score, either Intelligence or Charisma. If you have more than
one arcane spellcasting class, you can choose Intelligence
or Charisma to benefit from this legacy ability. Once you've
chosen, the application of this bonus cannot be changed.

**Arcane Empowerment (Su)**: At 20th level, you can
apply the Empower Spell feat to up to three spells per day
of up to 9th level that you can cast. Using this legacy ability
doesn't increase the spell slot of the altered spell.

== History ==

//currently unknown//

== Legacy Rituals ==

Three rituals are required to unlock all the abilities of Banrhialorg.

**Past Wrongs**: //details unknown//

**Behind the Throne**: //details unknown//

**Two Become One**: //details unknown//