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 Staff, very rare (requires attunement)

This staff was found in the regurgitated remains of a mighty tarrasque’s meal and is covered in a strange, magical mucus. You have resistance to acid damage while you hold this staff. The staff can be used as a magic quarterstaff and deals an extra 1d4 acid damage to any target it hits.

In addition, you can use an action to touch a Medium or smaller willing creature with the staff to cast the enlarge/reduce spell from it without requiring concentration, targeting the creature with the spell’s Enlarge option. While a creature is enlarged in this way, it deals double damage to objects and structures and gains 1d6 + 4 temporary hit points at the start of each of its turns, in addition to the spell’s normal effects. The effect ends early if the enlarged creature falls to 0 hit points. When the effect ends, the creature gains 1 level of exhaustion. Once this property of the staff has been used, it can’t be used again until the next dawn.

The glands pulsed and oozed, leaving behind a sickly, violet slime to coat itself with. Whatever it was, and whatever it did, was gruesome. What did it originally belong to? Disturbing the organ's remains only seemed to agitate it: was it still alive?

Whether by magic or by nature, some things are better off left unanswered.