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Monk Weapons: Staff

Gun, Bou, or a thousand other things

In China, the staff is known as the “Grandfather of Weapons.” Not only is it, prehistorically, one of the first things humans must have used to fight with, but it is even for modern martial artists the beginning of their weapons training: the staff’s training translates to swords, polearms, or flexible weapons. Because the staff is so easy to make in all but the most resource-poor environments, and its use as a walking stick makes it an option in all but the most restrictive environment, it is a weapon and tool one will see in virtually every setting. Staves made of waxwood, oak or ash are good, but bamboo, rattan, or even metals can exist depending on the user’s needs for flexibility and weight.

Staff users are incredibly common in media - among other things, they do not connote a particular country or culture the way the sanjiegun or kama do. A European or African themed character is just as comfortable with them as an Asian one. One of the most famous staff users is the Monkey King Sun Wukong, whose Ruyi Jingu Bang changes size and length freely. Other staff users are very common, even excluding mages.

In combat, the staff is another incredibly flexible weapon, figuratively speaking. They may be “simple weapons” but the low skill floor doesn’t mean a low skill ceiling. Unlike a blade, it can be held directly under any part the user wishes to strike with, or as far on the end as one can grip. It can shift its length in the middle of a technique, and attack from both ends or its center. Fighting against a skilled staff user means having to react to more possible angles than against a swordsman, at times. However, all but the heaviest iron staves will have less killing force than a mace or sword. Though, with enough power to break bones and crack skulls in skilled hands, they are not harmless. Staves have another element besides their fighting potential. They are very symbolic weapons - as walking sticks, they represent experience; a staff carrying person is well traveled, wise, or perhaps just elderly. A decorated or capped staff confers some authority and is appropriate for spellcasters, religious leaders, or people holding ceremonial office. Mages who fight with their staves are uncommon, but do exist. Because they are common and inexpensive, staves represent humility - a staff user is making less of a display of wealth than a man with a custom forged greatsword. Consider that a character who carries a staff instead of a spear, halberd or sword is probably deliberately trying not to look as warlike, powerful, and deadly with their “commoner’s” weapon.

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