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<blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 4381285" data-attributes="member: 2011">I did not phrase that clearly. I meant that there is a slight advantage for not having to own two magical items in the case of using a single magical Staff instead of using a magical Orb and a magical Sword.It is more party resources to supply the Wizard with two magical items (a weapon and an implement) instead of just one (an implement that can also be used as a weapon).Like Anthony said: &quot;This is not an enormously potent benefit, but it's non-zero&quot;.It does have an associated cost for the Wizard to have a separate magical weapon and magical implement, and that cost is that the Wizard might not have a second magical implement (or some other helpful magical item) because he has a magical Sword instead (for little gain because Wizards rarely engage in combat except for a few special builds anyway).With a staff, he gets two uses (implement and weapon) for the price of one magical item. That's an advantage. Not a huge one, but an advantage nonetheless.Btw, my staff Wizard (up to level two) has twice hit on an OA because some NPC thought it was relatively safe or advantageous to move away from him. At higher level, this will happen less often, but it will still happen sometimes (i.e. a slight advantage).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="KarinsDad, post: 4381285, member: 2011"] I did not phrase that clearly. I meant that there is a slight advantage for not having to own two magical items in the case of using a single magical Staff instead of using a magical Orb and a magical Sword. It is more party resources to supply the Wizard with two magical items (a weapon and an implement) instead of just one (an implement that can also be used as a weapon). Like Anthony said: "This is not an enormously potent benefit, but it's non-zero". It does have an associated cost for the Wizard to have a separate magical weapon and magical implement, and that cost is that the Wizard might not have a second magical implement (or some other helpful magical item) because he has a magical Sword instead (for little gain because Wizards rarely engage in combat except for a few special builds anyway). With a staff, he gets two uses (implement and weapon) for the price of one magical item. That's an advantage. Not a huge one, but an advantage nonetheless. Btw, my staff Wizard (up to level two) has twice hit on an OA because some NPC thought it was relatively safe or advantageous to move away from him. At higher level, this will happen less often, but it will still happen sometimes (i.e. a slight advantage). [/QUOTE]

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