Staff of Epic Necromancy

Price (Item Level): 1,505,312 gp (91st)

Body Slot: — (held)

Caster Level: 27th

Aura: Overwhelming; (DC 28) necromancy

Activation: As spell used

Weight: 5 lb.

This staff seems to be a series of finger bones fused together.

This staff allows use of the following spells.

Circle of death (intensified, 2 charges, DC 29)
Create greater undead (1 charge)
Finger of death (improved heightened to 16th, 2 charges, DC 34)
Soul bind (improved heightened to 16th, 2 charges, DC 34). The soul trapped through the use of the soul bind spell is trapped in the staff rather than a gem. Only by breaking the staff can the souls be freed.

Prerequisites: Craft Staff, Craft Epic Staff, Intensify Spell, Heighten Spell, Improved Heighten Spell, circle of death, create greater undead, finger of death, soul bind.

Cost to Create: 1,290,156 gp, 14,303 XP, 1,506 days.

Source: Standard Reference Document under Open Game License v1.0a, which updated this item originally published in the Epic Level Handbook, page 143. Renamed from staff of necromancy to staff of epic necromancy to avoid confusion with the staff of necromancy in the Dungeon Master’s Guide (version 3.5), page 244.