Here are two more rulings from DF Felltower I'd like to have in writing to refer back to.
Staff types are specific to caster type.
Clerical, Druidic, and Wizardly "staff" enchantments are available. They only work for the specific type. Multi-type staves (for those wizards with a cleric lens, or druids with a wizard lens, etc.) do not exist.
Restrictions on these items are very strict - I won't go into them all now, but suffice to say that most multi-purpose versions - "staff" on axe-handles, "staff" on bows, etc. are not allowed.
Power Items Are Not Shareable
Not a ruling, just a reiteration of a rule. You cannot borrow a power item, nor from the church's apparantly multi-user cathedral power item. Power items are not magical items, nor power reservoirs, for anyone other than the owner (DFRPG Adventurers, p. 115, makes this clear at the bottom of the box.)
Regarding multi-purpose staves, could the argument be made that it would only apply to all wooden weapons like staves themselves, wooden swords, clubs, knobbed clubs, tonfas, batons, etc.?
ReplyDeleteI'm possibly going to restrict it just to staves and staff-like weapons, not everything wholly wood, to avoid this issue. We'll see. For now, "staff" items are available in pre-set forms just to avoid this. I'd like to avoid everyone getting their wooden swords enchanted "just in case" someone else needs to use it as a staff, for example. So maybe it's possible to do other things, but it's just not a done thing.
DeleteThat makes sense, though a knight with a wizard lens and a wooden sword with the staff spell could make for some very deadly deathtouch spells. On a related note, does having Magery 0 (due to being an elf or half-elf or drow) allow someone who is not a wizard to utilize a staff with the staff spell?
DeleteNo Drow in Felltower, so that's not an issue.
DeleteMagery 0 allows you to cast spells, and a wizardrly staff would work for you.
An knight-wizard or wizard-knight could do that with a staff, and not need a wooden sword to go and muck up the situation with inferior reach and more cost. It's a slow and expensive (in FP) way to fight, and prioritizing the weakest of damage types, as well.
Ah, you must have used the Mind-Reading spell (DFRPG Spells, p. 25), because Ulf was thinking about getting a knobbed club-type rod of sorts with the staff spell. I guess he’ll have to get a wand (baton) and won’t be able to melee or defend with it terribly effectively (DX-5 = skill 7 for most clerics). Shoulda picked smallsword instead of axe/mace at character creation (although that’s technically off-template).
DeleteSo Elven Bow Staffs are no longer legit?
ReplyDeleteProbably not.
DeleteWe've had zero of those, anyway, so it's not a consistency issue.
Ah, you posted about them earlier so I assumed somebody actually used one
DeleteI think Rolan may have had one, but I don't know that I'd allow another. I might, but it would probably need to be a pricey custom job or something you start with as signature gear. And almost certainly Elven. Who else would really need it?
DeleteIt's a low-utility option, unless you expect to cast a spell at a distance in combat . . . which is low-utility for anyone but a dedicated combatant.