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Old 05-19-2010, 01:12 PM   #8
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Default Re: [MA] What's the virtue of using spears with Staff skill?

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Originally Posted by thulben View Post
I learned how to do it with a long staff as part of an attack. That is, with the weapon readied at reach 1 (hands at the trisecting points of an ~6' staff), release one hand and swing it wide, re-gripping it on the end. Change of reach accomplished.
Yep. It's one of the features of the Quarterstaff too. It seems to be an unwritten feature of the Staff skill (in that it's consistently applied to weapon stat lines when used with the Staff skill)
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