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{{item
|itemtype=Magical staves
|name=staff of death
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|weight=13
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{{flavour|A staff that increases the power of necromantic spells cast by its wielder, and protects them from negative energy. If the wielder is skilled in Evocations and Necromancy, they can inflict great pain on those living souls they strike, dealing negative energy damage which bypasses armour.}}

A '''staff of death''' is a [[magical staff]]. It gives a [[spell enhancer]] to [[Necromancy]], and gives the wielder one rank in [[negative energy resistance]].

The staff can also be used in combat, functioning as a +0 [[staff]] that may deal additional negative energy damage.

{{crawlquote|'''Negative Energy Damage''': 0 to 1.575×(Evocations/2 + Necromancy)<br>'''Chance to Activate on a Hit:''' (Evocations + Necromancy/2)×6.66% per hit}}

In addition, the [[Staves]] and [[Fighting]] skills will increase the damage done by the staff itself.

==History==
*Prior to [[0.34]], this item was named the '''staff of death''', as the [[death (ego)|death ego]] did not exist yet.
*Prior to [[0.32]], the maximum negative energy damage in melee was <code>1.25×(Evocations/2 + Necromancy)</code>, and it was not reduced by AC.
*Prior to [[0.19]], a single rank of negative energy resistance (rN+) would prevent all additional negative energy damage from this staff.
*Prior to [[0.8]], the chance of a staff of death auto-identifying when wielded depended on the Necromancy skill of the wielder.

Staff of necromancy - Revision history

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