RPGaDay: Weapon

My favourite D&D/Pathfinder weapon is the staff.  Sure, there are more exciting weapons out there, but it's hard to beat the good old long stick.

First of all, it's cheap.  A PF2 staff will cost you absolutely nothing, while the D&D5e quarterstaff will only set you back 2sp.

It's also easy to use.  As a simple melee weapon, pretty much anyone can use it.  It can be used one or two handed, and does a respectable d8 damage in its medium two handed form.

Both of these make it a solid choice for many starting characters, but best of all, you can have a lot of thematic fun with it.  Where did you get it?  What kind of wood is it made from?  Is it wood at all?  Characters from different areas could have staves made of mushroom, seaweed or cactus.

Particularly in Pathfinder where it has no cost, there's nothing to stop you finding interesting staves all over the place.  In one of our Pathfinder games, we killed a giant spider, and my halfling sorcerer immediately switched out her wooden staff for one of the spider's legs.  It was just the right size, and by pulling on the tendons, she could make the end twitch disturbingly.  That spider leg stayed with her for the entire campaign, and when she reached a level of fame where her likeness was carved as a statue, it depicted her with spider leg in hand.