Only fools threaten a disarmed wizard with a silver weapon

[hcobb]

Because by ITL 140, the Staff spell is -1 DX per hex of range.

[Axly Suregrip]

And no one has replied to this gem of a good point.

Any non-iron weapon or object in the hands your foe is a 3 die bomb. Haha.

[larsdangly]

Can an object be turned into a staff as a normal 1-turn spell casting? Somehow I thought it was a specialized form of enchantment that would take longer.

Also, don't staffs explode only if they are taken against the wishes of the controlling wizard? That would seem to rule out killing someone by handing it to them or creating it in their grasp.

[Axly Suregrip]

I don't think this is a playable hole in the rules. I would expect most GM's to say Staff spell must be for a stick in your hands. Just amusing.

[hcobb]

"You look up and see five hobgoblins in the giant redwood tree."

"I cast Staff!"

"Your entire party dies in the shower of splinters."