User:
John Maniak-Griffiths
DCI:
2318695012
Character:
Tony The Boy
Name:
Staff of the Python (Story)
Rarity:
uncommon
Location:
Tomb of Annihilation - From the crypt of Moa the Jaculi
Table:
Result:
Included in Count?:
true
Source:
Notes:
Staff of the Python
DMG
p204
Staff, weapon, uncommon (requires attunement by a cleric, druid, or warlock)
Major tier
Simple weapon, melee weapon
4 lb. 1d6 bludgeoning - versatile (1d8)
You can use an action to speak this staff's command word and throw the staff on the ground within 10 feet of you. The staff becomes a giant constrictor snake under your control and acts on its own initiative count. By using a bonus action to speak the command word again, you return the staff to its normal form in a space formerly occupied by the snake.
On your turn, you can mentally command the snake if it is within 60 feet of you and you aren't incapacitated. You decide what action the snake takes and where it moves during its next turn, or you can issue it a general command, such as to attack your enemies or guard a location.
If the snake is reduced to 0 hit points, it dies and reverts to its staff form. The staff then shatters and is destroyed. If the snake reverts to staff form before losing all its hit points, it regains all of them.
Versatile. This weapon can be used with one or two hands. A damage value in parentheses appears with the property—the damage when the weapon is used with two hands to make a melee attack.