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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FalcWP" data-source="post: 2843129" data-attributes="member: 16858">Probably true.  So, the only people who are going to be targeting a wizard's staff are...1)  People who have the specific knowledge to know that doing so can cripple the wizard - and are confident that the wizard's most powerful counter won't take them out.  Likely a small minority of the general population, and a slightly larger minority among a wizard's foes.2)  Warriors who have made sundering their primary tactic, and see the wizard as enough of a melee threat to make sundering his weapon worth the effort.  Again, a reasonably small minority.3)  Thugs who have been ordered to break the staff or have heard enough to know that breaking the staff will hurt the wizard... and have the balls to deliberately risk the wizard's wrath.  Because, lets face it... with as much as he has invested in that staff, a wizard is going to really hammer anyone who tries to break it.  Yet again, probably a small minority - the most loyal, crazy, fearless, or best paid thugs might do this for their leader, but beyond that...Plus, some thugs who have an idea that breaking a staff is a good thing might not do so.  They might not believe what they've heard, or at least may be unwilling to test it in combat.  And then there are going to be the people who hear that this staff is so very powerful... and don't want to destroy it.  After all, if a wizard is willing to unleash his most powerful magic to protect his staff (or punish anyone who damages it), it has to be worth some serious coin, right?So, yes.  There are several legitimate reasons where an enemy may attempt to sunder a staff.  The majority of combatants won't have a reason to do so; lack of knowledge, or unwillingness to risk whatever a wizard might do to them in retaliation, greed, or the plain fact that it might be quicker to just kill the wizard.  Is it a risk?  Yes.  But it should be, too.</blockquote>

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