Price (Item Level): 32,000 gp (16th)
Body Slot: — (held)
Caster Level: 12th
Aura: Strong; (DC 21) abjuration
Activation: As spell used
Weight: 4 lb.
This roughly carved staff is made from the heartwood of an ancient tree.
A runestaff of abjuration 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.
Prerequisites: Craft Staff, dismissal, dispel magic, lesser globe of invulnerability, repulsion, resist energy, shield.
Cost to Create: 16,000 gp, 1,280 XP, 32 days.
Source: Magic Item Compendium, page 176.