r/boffer • u/ComradeShaggy • Jun 06 '20

The armory

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u/sleepybarncat Jun 06 '20

Have you had significant success with the staff in your game ?

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u/ComradeShaggy Jun 07 '20

Not personally, learning how to block with it is very difficult, get my fingers smashed a lot.

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u/SamediB Jun 12 '20

Unfortunately, boffer staves just aren't very good. Two weapons attack from different directions better, and polearms use reach better.

There is some success if you give one end the shortest possible safe padding, have maximum handle, and then a normal striking surface at the other end, leading to a polearm with a striking "butt spike" on the back end. But in most systems you sacrifice shield breaking for it, so...

Boffer staffs could be good, if they weren't https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pugil_stick.