Staff of the Sun

Olympia: The Age of Gods PBEM (Oct 4 2000)

## F.35: Staff of the Sun

The Staff of the Sun is a mythical artifact of great power. Broken into eight pieces in a long-forgotten time, it has the power in the hands of priest to utterly destroy all magicians, and in the hands of a magician the power to utterly destroy all priests. Consequently both priests and magicians are actively seeking to rebuild the Staff of the Sun.

If a priest holds all eight pieces of the Staff of the Sun at the end of a month, then the power of the staff will destroy all magicians. Likewise, if a magician holds all eight pieces of the Staff of the Sun at the end of a month, then the staff will destroy all priests. Once it destroys all priests or magicians, the Staff of the Sun destroys itself, although legend holds that it can never be completely destroyed.

The pieces of the Staff of the Sun also grant piety bonuses to priests, help mages regenerate aura, and can be used to discover other pieces of the Staff.

Each month the Times prints a summary of the pieces of the Staff of the Sun:

        Staff of the Sun Summary
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        * Five pieces of the Staff of the Sun are held by monsters.
          * One piece is held somewhere on Mandoria.
          * One piece is held somewhere on Catarack Island.
          * One piece is held somewhere on Imperia.
          * One piece is held somewhere on Imperia.
          * One piece is held somewhere on Mandoria.
        * One piece of the Staff of the Sun is held by priests.
          * One piece is held somewhere on Imperia.
        * One piece of the Staff of the Sun is held by magicians.
          * One piece is held somewhere on Mandoria.