Price (Item Level): 67,575 gp (19th)
Body Slot: — (held)
Caster Level: 17th
Aura: Strong; (DC 23) enchantment and necromancy
Activation: As spell used
Weight: 5 lb.
The staff is constructed of dark wood, with a quartet of screaming faces carved around the perimeter of the top end. When the staff is used, the faces seem to open their mouths farther still, as through letting out silent shrieks of agony and hatred.
A staff of malediction allows you to create all manner of havoc with your voice. It is a spell trigger item, requiring a standard action to activate.
A staff of malediction allows the wielder to produce the following spell effects:
Prerequisites: Craft Staff, death’s call, malevolent whisper, suggestion, wail of the banshee.
Cost to Create: 33,787 gp and 5 sp, 2,703 XP, 68 days.
Source: Complete Mage, page 131.