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|summary=Magical weapon that allows spontaneous casting of divine spells with arcane slots.
|act=[[SRD:Spell|Spell]] trigger
|wght=5 lb.
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Since using a baculus requires you to channel energy and then cast a spell through it using that energy, casting spells with a baculus requires a [[SRD:Full-Round Action|full-round action]]. Spells that already take a [[SRD:Full-Round Action|full-round action]] or longer to cast don't change in casting time.
If in addition to your arcane spellcasting class levels, you already have levels in a divine spellcasting class as well, you can use a baculus to cast any divine spell thathat you can spontaneously cast. For example, a [[SRD:Druid|druid]] with arcane spellcasting levels can use a baculus to cast ''[[SRD:Summon Nature's Ally I|summon nature's ally]]'' spells with their arcane spell slots. Spells cast through the baculus use your arcane [[SRD:Caster Level|caster level]] plus your divine [[SRD:Caster Level|caster level]], to a maximum of your full [[SRD:Hit Dice|HD]]. '''Using a Baculus:''' Baculuses are created as divine tools in the name of a particular deity. In order to be able to use a baculus, you must have that deity as a patron deity. In the hands of anyone that does not worship its deity, the baculus is just an ordinary ''+1/+1 [[SRD:Quarterstaff|quarterstaff]]''. Fealty to a deity cannot be emulated with the [[SRD:Use Magic Device Skill|Use Magic Device]] skill. Baculuses are all fashioned by hand in a secret ritual of creation. It is said that the gods themselves have instructed their most faithful in how to create them. As such, each and every one of them is unique, and learning how to use a baculus requires a special touch. Attuning to a baculus requires 30 days of training and practice. Even when you and your baculus are attuned, every casting requires a [[SRD:Concentration Skill|Concentration]] check of a DC of 15 + the level of the arcane spell slot expended. This check may be replaced with a [[SRD:Use Magic Device Skill|Use Magic Device]] check of similar DC, if the caster has ranks in the skill. No two people may be attuned to any one baculus at the same time. Using a baculus does not run the risk of [[SRD:Arcane Spell Failure Chance|arcane spell failure]]. '''Prereqs:''' [[SRD:Craft Wondrous Item|Craft Wondrous Item]], must have a particular deity as your patron deity. [[SRD:Caster Level|Caster level]] 8th.<br/>'''Value:''' 10,000 gp.<br/> ----{{3.5e Equipment Breadcrumb}} → [[3.5e Magical Wondrous Items|Wondrous Items]][[Category:3.5e]][[Category:User]] [[Category:Equipment]][[Category:Magic]][[Category:Weapon]][[Category:Wondrous Item]]
