Umbra Staff

Originally crafted by an order called the Umbra Wizards, this umbrella-shaped wand contains the power of all schools of magic. The umbra staff was found by the trio in Wave Echo Cave following their confrontation with Magic Brian. The staff was found in the arms of a red-robed skeleton. When Merle touched the handle of the staff, it engaged him in a battle of intellect. Merle lost, and the staff rejected him, throwing him across the room. Undeterred by Merle's failure, Taako takes the staff. He conquers it, and when he pulls the it from the skeleton's graps, the skeleton looks up at him and then disintegrates into ash. Taako has wielded the staff ever since.

The umbra staff has the unique ability to absorb the power of wands belong to wizards it defeats. However, this power possibly resets with each adventurer who masters it, as any abilities the crimson-robed skeleton might have collected did not transfer to Taako. In addition, the staff occasionally acts of its own accord, sometimes lending additional power to the spells of its wielder.