Our party recently acquired a staff of defense. Apart from the AC bonus, it also lets you:
With the staff in hand, you can use your action to cast one of the following spells from the staff if the spell is on your class's spell list: mage armor (1 charge) or shield (2 charges).
Now the only primary spellcaster in our party is a warlock, who doesn't have either spell in their spell list. Beyond that, we have a warrior, rogue, ranger, and druid.
How can we gain the entire benefits of the staff?
I've thought of taking the Magic Initiate Feat, but I'm at a loss for how else we could get its full benefits.
Best Answer
The Hexblade patron adds shield to the class list. This is a warlock patron offered in an Unearned Arcana playtest document, so your DM would have to allow playtest material.
If your warlock can somehow change patrons to Hexblade (not normally possible), then shield would be on your warlock's spell list.
Otherwise, if multiclassing is allowed in your campaign, one of the other PCs could take one level of warlock and choose the Hexblade patron to get shield.