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OT: Fantasy Wizards: Wands or Staffs

Anakin SkywalkerAnakin Skywalker
edited January 2012 in Kings Quest Game
Which do you prefer a Wizard use as his tool: A wand, ala KQ and Harry Potter, or a staff ala LOTR? To me a staff speaks more of a more powerful wizard. It seems found in more mature works. For example, in KQ8, the Wizard you encounter has and uses a Staff.

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  • BagginsKQBagginsKQ
    edited January 2012
    Crispen seems to use both.
  • Anakin SkywalkerAnakin Skywalker
    edited January 2012
    BagginsKQ wrote: »
    Crispen seems to use both.

    Right, I forgot about Crispin!
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  • LamboniusLambonius
    edited January 2012
    I don't know about you guys, but my wand became a staff right about the time I hit age 13.
  • Blackthorne519Blackthorne519
    edited January 2012
    Yeah, and Lambo is totally a wizard.


    Bt
  • Chyron8472Chyron8472
    edited January 2012
    BagginsKQ wrote: »
    Crispen seems to use both.
    That's because he's slow as crap to walk across the room.

    He needs a magic walker.
  • ATMachineATMachine
    edited January 2012
    Chyron8472 wrote: »
    That's because he's slow as crap to walk across the room.

    He needs a magic walker.
    Hey! VGA animations were NEW and EXPENSIVE in 1991! The designers wanted players to see Crispin's sprite in all its old-guy-in-a-bland-black-cloak glory -- as he ever ... so ... slowly ... shuffles ... across ... the ... screen. :D
  • BagginsKQBagginsKQ
    edited January 2012
    Lambo probably suffers from a staff infection.
  • MusicallyInspiredMusicallyInspired
    edited January 2012
    Definitely staff. A wand is for sissies. Even Manannan stopped using it!
  • LamboniusLambonius
    edited January 2012
    BagginsKQ wrote: »
    Lambo probably suffers from a staff infection.

    Not me! I always use a sheath on my staff!
  • BagginsKQBagginsKQ
    edited January 2012
    Definitely staff. A wand is for sissies. Even Manannan stopped using it!

    Mordack is said to be the more powerful wizard in his family... He still uses his magic wand, but is capable of casting powerful spells without it!

    Powerful wizards need neither a wand or a staff! They just use their hands! The wand or staff are just extra 'perks'.
  • LamboniusLambonius
    edited January 2012
    I regularly use my hands to perk my staff.
  • BagginsKQBagginsKQ
    edited January 2012
    Seriously, next Lambonius is going to be quoting the bible;
    Lambonius SPEAKS: "Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil...your rod and your staff, they comfort me."-Psalm 23:4
    ...raised his arm and struck the rock twice with his staff. Water gushed out, and the community and their livestock drank.-Numbers 20:11
    They threw down their staffs, which also became serpents! But then Aaron's staff swallowed up their staffs.-Exodus 7:12

    Ok, enough blasphemy for this evening...
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