Reactions to the new staff spells

[JohnPaulB]

The exploding staff was a concern of mine too. What does it mean by against the owner’s will?
Does it mean that he has his attention on it 4 hexes away and an enemy picks it up?
What if he doesn’t have his attention on it because it is behind him and enemy picks it up?
Does it mean that if he has his attention on it 4 hexes away and he feels its OK if the enemy picks it up it won’t blow up?
So I agree with Guy’s reasoning in Entry #12.

However, I bet the Wizard Guild has a huge chest of money for legal fees paying out indemnity to those poor civilians minding their own business and coming upon these land mines. “My kind little Bertie saw Wizard Jones leave his staff in the store, so being a good little boy, he was going to get it for him and BOOOM. Why do they let these wizards loose in this city? (sob)”

Also, I bet some wizards won’t want their staffs to blow up at anytime. Wizard Sam has a staff that has 4 other spells imbedded into it. No one else can use the staff’s magic but him. However, if it blows up, he is out a very powerful item.

Also, if the wizard dies, I assume that his will no longer matters and the staff is a piece of wood now?

I think that the wizard needs to tell the GM what the Wizard's Will Standard Operating Procedure is at creation and then if the wizard wants to deviate from that for a day or two, he informs the GM.

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The rule states
“Regardless of what the staff looks like – rod, wand, quarterstaff, etc. – it is an occult weapon which does one die of damage (adjacent hex only) when the wizard points with it.”

So how about….
a staff that is a crutch?
A long toboco pipe?
an actual wooden spear (with silver blade painted over to look like steel).

Originally Posted by flankspeed

I want to encourage the Dr. Strange, empty-handed sorceror instead of forcing everyone to be Harry Potter or Gandalf.

How about a toothpick staff that can be slipped through a ring. Dr. Strange can now be a seemingly empty-handed sorcerer.

And since “the staff does not even have to touch in order to deliver its flare of magical energy” you don’t even need to make contact with that toothpick.