Frankly its a bit slow and heavy, you would lose stamina very quickly with
this weapon. As far as it being a novelty, well look at it.
-----Original Message-----
From: John Robertson [mailto:
johnr@...]
Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 1999 11:02 AM
To:
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Subject: Re: [eqbards] Bard Weapons
From: John Robertson <
johnr@...>
> The
> Writhing staff is interesting, but like the various crystal staffs sort of
a
> novelty weapon.
>
Interesting that you'd say this... ratio wise, I believe the writhing staff
(9/33) is the same as an ashenwood short spear, silvery war axe or silvery
scimitar (all 6/22) -- and it procs a 48 damage effect, which none of the
others
do. It is also purely better than the claws (5/21) from a ratio
perspective.
Now, I know that there are slow ratios and there are fast ratios... and that
a
9/33 will actually do less damage than a 6/22 over most fights, but when you
add
in the damage from the effect, I'd say they're all pretty much even.
Just wondered why it's considered a novelty.
Jyzan
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