Weave Anchor Staff
Mechanics & Inner Workings
A Weave Anchor Staff functions as a magic item (uncommon, requires attunement by a spellcaster) and has the following properties:
- Thread Resonance Detection (1/day): As an action, the bearer may plant the staff into the ground to detect Arcane Residue Veins within 120 feet for 10 minutes. This functions similarly to Detect Magic, but keyed to ambient Loom saturation and Residue presence.
- Anchoring Pulse (2/long rest): When standing still and wielding the staff, the user may expend a use to stabilize spellcasting. Until the start of their next turn, they may cast one concentration spell without requiring concentration for its first round. The spell continues as normal afterward.
- Arcane Compass (Passive): While attuned, the staff gently pulls or hums toward nearby magical anomalies, active spell effects, or spellcasters, granting advantage on Arcana checks made to locate sources of lingering magic or spellwork within 60 feet.
- Casting Focus: The staff functions as a spellcasting focus for any spellcaster class.
Manufacturing process
The staff is carved and hollowed along a natural spiral, symbolizing the path of the Veil through the world. Once shaped, a Loom-thread or memory-hair is woven through the center of the staff, binding it to the user’s intent. The Arc Gem is then fitted and harmonized through song or focused meditation. A final coating of glowseed resin protects the staff and enhances its responsiveness to ambient magical fields. Completion typically takes 7–10 days of uninterrupted work.
History
The Weave Anchor Staff originated among nomadic Loomshorn wanderers following the Sundering. Isolated from stable Loomfields and lacking formal magical training, these groups needed a tool that could detect residual thread saturation, assist with spiritual grounding, and offer basic magical utility during their migrations. The earliest staves were simple wood-and-thread instruments, but over time, they evolved into sophisticated tools of navigation and resonance.
Significance
To nomadic cultures in Aetheron and parts of Umbrenor, the staff is more than a tool—it is a spiritual tether, allowing users to align mind and soul with the Loomtree’s echoes. Among Loomshorn, it serves as a rite-of-passage item, with each user etching their lineage mark or threadsong along the shaft. Some Threadbearers carry them as symbolic extensions of ancestral duty.
Creation Date
The first documented Weave Anchor Staff was crafted in 24 DV in the shadow of the drifting mountain known as Silkspire, by a Loomshorn named Vessir Greyline. Her journals survive in fragments within the Vault of Quiet Threads.
Rarity
Uncommon (standard version Rare if attuned to specific Arcane Residue types or schools of magic
Weight
4 lbs
Dimensions
6 and 6.5 feet in height, with a 2-inch diameter at its thickest point near the head. The lower haft tapers into a spiraled threadsteel grip designed for comfort during long-distance travel.
Base Price
250 gp for a standard version (500–1,000 gp for resonant or attuned variants)
Raw materials & Components
The core is made from skywood or driftwood harvested from lightning-touched trees native to floating isles. The head contains a socketed shard of Arc Gem attuned to the user's most resonant school of magic. The body is wrapped in resonance-thread cloth, often dyed with Loomfruit pigments and inscribed with ancestral glyphs.
Tools
Crafting a staff requires woodcarver’s tools, weaver’s tools, and access to a resonance lathe for embedding the Arc Gem. Additional glyph etching must be done using aether-moss ink, often applied in ritual by a Loomwright or spiritual thread-guide.
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