Staves (Skill)

Staves! They stave off all kinds of things.

Level	Icon	Bonuses	Effect
1	Trainee Stick Wrangler Just don't let go of the staff and you'll be fine. Basic training with the staff lets you block incoming attacks better.	1 2 1
2	Spirit Conduit This ability channels an especially powerful attack that takes place partly in the aetherial realm. Gives a chance to hit with this special power, and the additional training enhances your damage while using staves.	1 2 1 1	20% chance to activate Spirit Conduit on melee hit.
3	Staff Discipline You believe in staff-control: You use both hands! Grants a chance to perform a spectacularly unpleasant bone-crushing attack.	1 1 1	8% chance to inflict Crushed Bones on melee hit.
4	Ki Cascade Strike Extending your reach by mysterious, secret methods developed by a cheesemonger-turned-gladiator, this maneuver strikes at an entire swath of enemies. Allows you to perform an area-attack.	1 1 1 2	Ability: Ki Cascade Strike
5	Staff Secrets Deep questioning into the fathomless depths of the staff have lead to startling epiphanies about their use: You now have a chace of executing exceptionally grievous attacks in combat while using staves.	1 1	6% chance to inflict Bleeding Out on melee hit. 10% chance to inflict Crippling Wound on melee hit.
6	Staff Sage Common wisdom has it that the use of staves in wizardly combat has some kind of phallic symbolism. If so, it is a combat you have mastered - and with it, you have mastered yourself. Grants many combat and magical bonuses.	2 2 3 4 5 12 5

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Realm of the Diggle Gods Skills
You Have To Name The Expansion Pack Skills
Conquest of the Wizardlands Skills
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Notes:

• Staves are one handed, so you can equip one with a shield or dual wield them.
• The staff skill is not necessary to be able to equip staves (or any weapon) for their secondary bonuses such as magical power. The same is true of the dual wield skill, when dual wielding staves.