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Custom Staffs

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dragonladytoo

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How do I create custom staffs?
It is not a listing under magic (such as custom wands or scrolls) and when you goto Custom Weapon under weapons, it does not allow you to customize the list of spells that can be added to the weapon.

Am I missing or not seeing an option on one of the menus?

Thanks.
 
There's no facility to customise a staff "on the fly" but you can create them fairly easily in the editor. If you copy an existing staff, you'll see that the spells in the staff are simply attached via the "Bootstrap" button.
 
I'm sorry, yours is the first request I remember for a custom staff option. I'll put it on my to-do list, but I'm afraid there are many other things already on my to-do list that have been requested more.

Note that the custom staff option won't be able to handle staves with abilities other than spells, and I'm not sure at this point if I'll be able to allow users to set up weapon stats along with the spells.

In terms of creating a staff in the editor, I'll be adding the APG's staves in the near future, and I have some ideas on how to improve the creation process, so unless you need this staff soon for a game, I'd recommend holding off a little while, and then copying an APG staff, rather than one of the old ones.
 
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Sooo.... no joke on the long to do list. 2 and a half years and this still isn't implimented. Add one to the request. Doesn't anybody take craft staff?
 
donovanpoe said:
Sooo.... no joke on the long to do list. 2 and a half years and this still isn't implimented. Add one to the request. Doesn't anybody take craft staff?
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Yes but their are allot pre-crafted staffs to choose from and making a staff in the Editor if is not that bad really. Simply start by doing a New (Copy) of an existing one and its pretty easy to change out the list of spells and the number of charges.

No scripting required at all. Just a bunch of drop down selection windows for choosing the stuff. :)
 
The hadrest part of maing a staff in the editor is computing the price of the staff the rest is very easy.
 
I'd like to cast my vote for a custom staff option. Mostly for use with the staff magus archetype, which adding a way to link the staff to the weapon page would be awesome if it's at all possible.
 
Count me in too! Was considering having a character with Craft Staff, but without the ability to use hero lab to make custom staves, I had to do way too much calculations by hand to bother with.

The cost of staves are pretty hard to calculate, with the way each additional spell gets a discount.
 
Would also appreciate the ability to add custom staffs in hero lab: both from a player perspective to create your own, and for designing custom loot as a DM.
 
I had not considered using the editor... but have played around there a couple of times, more looking than changing anything.

My approach had been to calculate a staff on paper, and then to create it as a piece of custom gear, with a name, weight and gold piece value.
And to then include it on the 'Personal' tab, so it would be part of a character sheet print out.

Staff/Stave functionality would rock.

In the meantime, the editor is definitely worth checking out.
Thanks for the topic, and for bumping it into my view, and for the great replies.
 
Another vote on that.

Standard staves are universally seen as bad, but crafting a 1-spell staff can be good to let you spam enervation while having necromancy as an opposition school

I remember there were rules on making custom staves, but I don't want to go into the editor to make em
 
The Iron Golem has added sphere staves, to the Spheres of Power package.

Not exactly the same thing.
More following the procedure of a magical weapon, than a staff.
But it's also a different system.

Still it is a magical staff.
 
stimtheone said:
Another vote on that.

Standard staves are universally seen as bad, but crafting a 1-spell staff can be good to let you spam enervation while having necromancy as an opposition school

I remember there were rules on making custom staves, but I don't want to go into the editor to make em
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Standard staves are seen as bad in Magic Mart campaigns where you can obtain magic to order. or if they are seen as purchase. As found items, they're fantastic... especially for spontaneous casters like sorcererers.
 
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