Staff of Ooze

This staff is constructed of a heavy wood that glistens as though wet or slimy to the touch. Physical contact reveals the wood to be perfectly dry, however. When in use, its head undulates slowly, as though made of a viscous substance slowly rolling downhill, but it always resumes its original appearance.

Casters who prefer indirect methods of combat and can produce a variety of slimelike effects and impediments favor the staff of ooze. It is a spell trigger item, requiring a standard action to activate.

A staff of ooze allows the wielder to produce the following spell effects:

• grease, 1 charge
• incendiary slime, 1 charge
• resinous tar, 1 charge
• caustic mire, 2 charges

Prerequisites: Craft Staff, caustic mire, grease, incendiary slime, resinous tar.

Cost to Create: 13,500 gp, 1,080 XP, 27 days.

Source: Complete Mage, page 131.