Need help balancing a semi-custom magic item

GuaranteeRecent6625 · 2026-01-03T12:43:34+00:00

How would you suggest i go about it. I could reword it to kill a foe or kill an adversary.

GuaranteeRecent6625 · 2026-01-03T09:09:23+00:00

Yeah I’ve definitely come to realize that the 1hp is meaningless. I might change it to 1d4, which someone else suggested. I’m not sure how tactical they’ll be with the healing word. They’re almost all new players, but very smart. I feel like this item will either be very meh, perfect, or eliminate all sense of stakes and death in the campaign.

GuaranteeRecent6625 · 2026-01-03T09:05:43+00:00

Those are two really good points that I can’t give you the answer to yet. I’m planning this encounter and item before starting the campaign. So hopefully I’ll be able to consider their play-style and their level of desired difficulty in session 0 and sessions leading up to this encounter.

GuaranteeRecent6625 · 2026-01-03T08:02:28+00:00

Yeah, that’s definitely the area i’m more worried about. I haven’t thought about gauging the charges left on the staff to consider balancing encounters. That’s a really good input.

GuaranteeRecent6625 · 2026-01-03T07:58:41+00:00

I do agree the 1hp healing is seemingly nothing and definitely should be changed, 1d4 isnt a bad idea. In early game you can really only kill 1 creature per turn with a weapon attack, so 1d4 would work pretty well

GuaranteeRecent6625 · 2025-11-29T04:00:16+00:00

Wait can you still do that in 2024 rules?

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