Staff (skill)
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Staff is the combat skill to wield a Staff, a melee weapon. Ogre, Human and Genie Students may begin the game with basic knowledge of this skill. Player characters of most classes can (eventually) learn it, with the exception of the cunning-oriented fighters.
Description
Staves are blunt two-handed pole weapons effective on both offense and defense. At expert rank skill increases Armour Class. Masters have a chance to stun their opponents and grandmasters gain a bonus to their Attack Damage.
Acquisition
The Staff skill can be acquired at the following guilds:
Expertise
Mastery of the skill influences its effectiveness. The various effects are cumulative.
| Staff | ||||
| mastery | normal | expert | master | grandmaster |
| teachers | (Soronne) Dionnah (Serenity) |
Sheena Sylvester (Circus of the Sun) | Hipshot (Murlank) | |
| class | Student | |||
| Warrior, Acolyte, Scholar, Apprentice | Adventurer | |||
| Knight, Ranger, Cleric, Saint, Druid, Runemaster, Necromancer | Monk, Sorcerer | Bard | ||
| effect | Skill increases Chance to Hit | Skill added to Armour Class | Chance of 1% per skill level to stun opponent | Skill added to Attack Damage |