[KevinJ]

In my home btrw game the mage player asked for clerification on the staff spell and wether he would need the quarterstaff skill to use it. I explained that the damage from the Staff Spell is magical and does not rely on his ST to inflict damage in combat.

He uses a 6ft (2 hex) staff and I give him -1 hex for range in thrown spells and a 1-hex reach for touch spells. I told him that if he wanted to use a 10ft staff he could have 2-hexs of reach, but it would be unwieldy and couldn't be used in doors. He passed. The fact that anything from a twig to a pike length pole can be a staff and does the same amount of magic damage only shows that the intent was for the damage to be magical and not physical.

This seems like the kind of thing that needs more clarification in the new edition.