Price (Item Level): 37,000 gp (17th)
Body Slot: — (held)
Caster Level: 12th
Aura: Strong; (DC 21) necromancy
Activation: As spell used
Weight: 5 lb.
This staff is formed from a solid piece of black marble. It is veined with lines of gold and silver.
A runestaff of the undead slayer 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, death ward, detect undead, disrupting weapon, searing light, undeath to death.
Cost to Create: 18,500 gp, 1,480 XP, 37 days.
Source: Magic Item Compendium, page 182.