The Staff of Ngansa

The staff is a five-six foot long staff, treated in most respects as a quarterstaff. Although it contains a bound spirit, the spirit is dormant and can be ignored for the time being. The staff is made of an unusual wood (terran Oak) and inscribed with runes that are not any recognised, though they undeniably have power. The staff has the following useful powers:

  1. It is unbreakable, at least by ordinary means.
  2. The staff will only cooperate with its owner or nominated others. Since the spirit is dormant, it's difficult to nominate others, and anyone else must roll against their POW to use the staff's abilities.
  3. Has the following spell matrices available (a spell matrix allows the user to cast the spell at 100% certainty provided they are in contact with the weapon. Does not count against "free INT"). The user (or an allied spirit) must provide the magic points:
    1. Bludgeon 4 (+5 attack, +1 damage per point). Blunt weapons only.
    2. Extinguish 2.
    3. Spirit Screen 3.
    4. Darkwall (2).

[Comment: The Name of this Staff derives form an item in a venerable Call of Cthulhu Scenario. The description, though, is very much my own... The item was brought to Glorantha by a dimension hopping English Investigator who had sold his soull to Ithaqua. orlanth recognises the differences, but seems to have accepted them as being "close enough".]