Staff of Violet Fire

Staff of Violet Fire is a 4th-level evocation available to Cleric, Wizard.

You create a quarterstaff of pure necrotic energy that blazes with intense purple light; it appears in your chosen hand. If you let it go, it disappears, though you can evoke it again as a bonus action if you have maintained concentration on the spell. This staff is an extremely unstable and impermanent magic item; it has 10 charges and does not require attunement. The wielder can use one of three effects: * By using your action to make a melee attack and expending 1 charge, you can attack with it. On a hit, the target takes 5d10 necrotic damage. * By expending 2 charges, you can release bolts of necrotic fire against up to 3 targets as ranged attacks for 1d8+4 necrotic damage each. The staff disappears and the spell ends when all the staff's charges have been expended or if you stop concentrating on the spell.

Mechanics

level:
4
range:
Self
ritual:
false
school:
evocation
classes:
Cleric, Wizard
duration:
Special
casting time:
1 bonus action
concentration:
true

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Sources

  • Deep Magic 5e·OGL-1.0a·© Deep Magic 5e. OGL-1.0a. Via Open5e (open5e.com).
Last updated 6/19/2026·Tags: spell, evocation, cleric, wizard, concentration