Martial Arts: Polearm/Quarterstaff/Weapon Adaptation

[simply Nathan]

Originally Posted by Gollum

Which sounds to mean that it belongs to the skill, not to the weapon.

I would probably just say that polearms with a U parry become polearms with +2U parries when wielded with Staff.

For my own houserules I reduced a lot of skill clutter by just merging Spear and Staff into a single skill and allowing some polearms to be used with Sword or Hafted as appropriate at no penalty, Staff Grip being found on all weapons with sufficiently long handles as an option that improves the Parry score while reducing Reach and Damage.