Coda

Marks a musical instrument that functions as a bard's spellcasting staff—only a bard can prepare spells into it.

commonCoda

Instruments with the coda trait work mostly like staves and have the staff trait. There are two differences: Coda instruments are in the form of musical instruments, and they can be prepared only by bards.

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