Spire of Conflux

Spire of Conflux
Official art of the Spire of Conflux, by Jessica Nguyen from Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting Reborn, p. 209.
General Information
Type	Staff
Rarity	Legendary
Attunement	Yes, by a spellcaster
Properties	When a spell that deals fire, cold, or lightning damage is cast, can reroll 1's on damage dice (must use new roll) +1 bonus to spell attack rolls and spell save DC Spells (8 to 20 charges) Burning Hands (1 charge) Fireball (3 charges) Ice Storm (4 charges) Conjure Elemental (5 charges) Chain Lightning (6 charges) Fire Storm (7 charges)
Historical Information
Created by	Melora
Owners	Joran the Sea-Speaker (formerly) Keyleth Ophera

The Spire of Conflux, an ancient staff made by Melora's breath, allows the wielder to cast powerful spells. It is one of the legendary artifacts known as Vestiges of the Divergence.

Description

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“Records kept by the Birthheart temple in Vasselheim say that the Spire of Conflux was created when the Wildmother breathed on a young beech tree. The sapling transformed into a curving staff and the Wildmother's breath crystallized into the glowing jewel that hovers in its center. The bearer of this mythic staff can command the elements as if they were one with the enduring, yet ever-changing, landscape of Exandria itself...”
— High Curator Jorum Irrelios, circa 547 P.D.

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from the Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting Reborn

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The crook at the top of the staff is formed of thorny vines. Within the crook a gem hovers, and it was a yellow-green color when it was first retrieved by Vox Machina from the guts of a demon. A short time later, the crystal had settled to a dull blue-green or greenish blue, but when used to cast Fireball the gem glowed a bright red.

Features

Staff, legendary (requires attunement by a spellcaster)

A powerful relic passed down from generation to generation of Ashari leaders.

Dormant State

• The staff has 8 charges and regains 1d4 + 2 expended charges daily at dawn.
• While holding the staff, the wielder can expend some of its charges to cast one of the following spells from it, using their spell save DC and spellcasting ability:
  • Burning Hands (1 charge)
  • Fireball (3 charges)

Awakened State

• The staff’s charges increase to a maximum of 12, and it regains 1d6+2 charges at dawn daily.
• The following spells to the list of spells the staff may be used to cast are added:
  • Ice Storm (4 charges)
  • Conjure Elemental (5 charges)
• Whenever a spell that deals fire, cold, or lightning damage is cast and the wielder rolls a 1 on a damage die, they can reroll the die and must use the new result.

Exalted State

• The staff’s charges increase to a maximum of 20, and it regains 1d6+4 charges at dawn daily.
• The following spells to the list of spells the staff may be used to cast are added:
  • Chain Lightning (6 charges)
  • Fire Storm (7 charges)
• While holding this staff, the wielder gains a +1 bonus to spell attack rolls, and their spell save DC increases by 1.

History

Background

Fan art of the Spire of Conflux, by David Rodrigues.

The staff was born from Melora's breath during the Calamity. It was lost approximately in the 400s PD when Joran the Sea-Speaker, a respected leader of the Water Ashari, was devoured by a goristro named Yenk of the Abyss.

Campaign One: Vox Machina

"Vorugal" (1x71)

Scanlan used a Gate spell scroll to pull Yenk from the Abyss, using him as bait for Vorugal in the hopes that one of them would kill the other. The two giant creatures managed to do significant damage to each other. Vox Machina, with the aid of Lady Kima and Raishan, managed to finish them off. Once the battle ended, the Spire of Conflux was retrieved from Yenk's eviscerated belly and given to Keyleth.

"The Deceiver's Stand" (1x83)

When Keyleth jammed the Spire into a wound on Raishan's dead body, the black disease in Raishan's body suddenly accelerated, turned the entire body black, and withered the corpse to a husk.

"Loose Ends" (1x84)

Keyleth promised to return the Spire of Conflux to the followers of Melora at the The Abundant Terrace when she finds its power is no longer necessary.

"The Chapter Closes" (1x115)

Keyleth, still possessing the Spire of Conflux, takes her place as Headmaster of the Air Ashari in Zephrah.

Campaign Three: Bells Hells

"The Cradle's Convocation" (3x104)

It's revealed that Keyleth returned the staff to the High Hierophant of the Temple of the Wildmother, but she now has it on loan again because of the Ruby Vanguard's looming threat to release the God Eater.

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