Price (Item Level): 26,000 gp (16th)
Body Slot: — (held)
Caster Level: 16th
Aura: Strong; (DC 23) evocation
Activation: As spell used
Weight: 3 lb.
This thin, iron staff is forked at one end. A rune depicting a warped musical note is inscribed below the fork.
A runestaff of cacophony 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, greater shout, shout, sound burst, sympathetic vibration.
Cost to Create: 13,000 gp, 1,040 XP, 26 days.
Source: Magic Item Compendium, page 177.