Quarterstaff

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Name quarterstaff
Appearance staff
Damage vs. small 1d6
Damage vs. large 1d6
To-hit bonus +0
Weapon skill quarterstaff
Size two-handed
Base price 5 zm
(+10/positive
enchant)
Weight 40
Material wood

A quarterstaff, known as just a staff when unidentified, is a kind of weapon.

Wizards start with a blessed +1 quarterstaff.[1]

Quarterstaff skill

Quarterstaff
Max Role
Basic
Skilled
Expert

Only quarterstaves themselves use the quarterstaff skill, and the Staff of Aesculapius is the only artifact staff.

Encyclopedia entry

So they stood, each in his place, neither moving a finger's
breadth back, for one good hour, and many blows were given
and received by each in that time, till here and there were
sore bones and bumps, yet neither thought of crying "Enough,"
or seemed likely to fall from off the bridge.  Now and then
they stopped to rest, and each thought that he never had seen
in all his life before such a hand at quarterstaff.  At last
Robin gave the stranger a blow upon the ribs that made his
jacket smoke like a damp straw thatch in the sun.  So shrewd
was the stroke that the stranger came within a hair's breadth
of falling off the bridge; but he regained himself right
quickly, and, by a dexterous blow, gave Robin a crack on the
crown that caused the blood to flow.  Then Robin grew mad
with anger, and smote with all his might at the other; but
the stranger warded the blow, and once again thwacked Robin,
and this time so fairly that he fell heels over head into the
water, as the queen pin falls in a game of bowls.
        [ The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, by Howard Pyle ]

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