Ilmendur - Heirs to the Elven Sword

# Herald's Staff

The **Herald's Staff** is a magic staff.

## Base Data

| Entry       | Data        |

|-------------+-------------|

| Space Use   | 3           |

| German Name | Heroldsstab |

| Usably By   | Both        |

| Hand use    | 1 hand      |

## Appearance

It is a short, golden staff ending in a circle surmounted by two little snakes facing one another. Right below the circle are two small wings situated. The staff's lower end ends in a small sphere. That is, it's a combination from two depictions of Hermes' Caduceus: [this picture](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lekythos_of_Hermes.jpg) for the base form and [this picture](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pompeii_-_Casa_dei_Vettii_-_Ixion.jpg) for the look of the snakes and the wings.

Typical modern depictions have the snakes winding around the staff's shaft, but that doesn't look authentic. It would not be possible to carry the staff properly.

## Where to find

Yet to be determined.

## Use

Its operation consumes magic. The staff has multiple uses: touching a sleeping creature with it will awaken it no matter what. This is useful for instance in periods where the protagonists need to hold on for a time longer than normally possible without sleep. By touching the other protagonist with the Herald's Staff (and consuming magic) it will restore him immediately. Conversely, touching a waken creature will send it to sleep (though that does not work with all monsters for practical reasons -- we can't have sleep animations for all the monsters and it would probably be problematic to allow this everywhere). Again, this can be used on the protagonists themselves, even by accident.

It's possible to use the herald's staff as a simple weapon as well. Simply hitting a monster with it will deal a little damage and not consume magic.

Other uses yet to be determined.

## Miscellanea

The staff is modelled after [Hermes' Caduceus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caduceus).