Staffs and magic

[Cunning]

Why do you have to have a staff to cast magic? Switching weapons is cumbersome to combat, as well there are many more complications with the new "mage-killer" hitting harder when people have staffs equipped. If you train elemental magic to a certain point it should start to decrease your strength or stamina max and label you as a mage regardless of whether or not you have a staff equipped. I just think if staffs were taken out of the game it would make balancing things easier. I know it would be extremely difficult to rewrite code at this stage, but this IS the suggestions thread...

[screw loose]

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[Cunning]

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Very concise. I like it. Not much for brevity but definitely vehemence in action!

[XsevenBeta]

Anoter lame thread by you.
Toggle to another staffs need personal skill. Need know then use heavy staff or light staff. I use from 2 to 3 staff in combat. Combat in DF have very many trick with equip staff/melee weapon.

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[Azraine]

i dont like casting with staffs mainly because it looks gay, why cant i just shoot lightning out of my hand? I do like that suggestion that training magic should lower your str and vit. So all those people with a 100 int suddenly drop to low str and vit. Obviously thatll get flamed to poop, and never be implemented. But i liked the thought.