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The Ovenhart Proving-Pole - AI-generated fantasy Magic Item

The Ovenhart Proving-Pole

This five-foot staff is crafted from polished, fire-hardened mahogany, shaped to resemble a traditional baker's peel. The head of the staff holds a circular slab of enchanted hearthstone that radiates a gentle, constant warmth. Intricate runes representing growth and sustenance are etched into the wood, and no matter how often it is cleaned, a fine dusting of white flour appears in the crevices by the next dawn. It perpetually smells of fresh brioche and toasted cinnamon.

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Rare · Staff · Attunement

The Ovenhart Proving-Pole

This five-foot staff is crafted from polished, fire-hardened mahogany, shaped to resemble a traditional baker's peel.

At a glance

Staff, rare (requires attunement by a spellcaster)

Made by Griselda Ovenhart

Value 2,400 gp

Weight 4 lbs

  • dough
  • halfling
  • cooking
  • golem
  • utility
  • staff

Charges

7of 7

At the table

A quirk

The card

3 properties

Staff, rare (requires attunement by a spellcaster)

Charges7Regains charges daily at dawn as the 'yeast' in the wood rises.
  1. Action
    While holding this staff, you are considered proficient with Cook's Utensils if you aren't already. If you are already proficient, you add double your proficiency bonus to checks made with them. Additionally, you can use the staff to instantly pre-heat or cool any liquid or mass of dough within 5 feet to the perfect temperature for baking.
  2. Always on
    You can touch a mass of dough weighing at least 10 pounds and expend 3 charges to bring it to life as a Dough Golem under your command for 1 hour. The golem is a Medium construct that uses the stats of a Brown Bear, but its creature type is Construct, it is immune to exhaustion and the poisoned condition, and its bite attack is replaced by a Slam attack that deals bludgeoning damage. If the golem takes fire damage, its exterior crust hardens, increasing its AC by 2 for the duration.
  3. Action
    The staff allows the wielder to manifest culinary magic using its stored energy.

Its story

This five-foot staff is crafted from polished, fire-hardened mahogany, shaped to resemble a traditional baker's peel. The head of the staff holds a circular slab of enchanted hearthstone that radiates a gentle, constant warmth. Intricate runes representing growth and sustenance are etched into the wood, and no matter how often it is cleaned, a fine dusting of white flour appears in the crevices by the next dawn. It perpetually smells of fresh brioche and toasted cinnamon.

Lore

The Ovenhart family has long held that a wizard's laboratory is only as good as their kitchen. For six generations, this staff has been passed to the family member who displays the most promise in the art of Doughmancy. It was famously used by Auntie Marla Ovenhart to drive off a pack of hungry wolves by animating a batch of sourdough rolls into a swarm of biting buns.

History

Forged by Great-Grandmother Griselda Ovenhart, a halfling who studied under a transmuter but preferred the warmth of a bakery to the cold stone of a tower. She realized that life and magic were both essentially acts of fermentation and heat.

Quirks

Sheds a small trail of flour wherever it goes.
Rumbles like a stomach when the wielder is hungry.
Makes a 'ding' sound when a spell effect ends.

Details

Made byGriselda Ovenhart
PowerModerate
SystemD&D 5E

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