Magic staves.

[AlexZ]

+3 for first one, +5 for second e.t.c.
To make some sense of their price difference.
There is no reason to raise 2h and bonk with them since alternative to your MAGIC spells is MAGIC damage.
Or you could make them ranged with limited ammo (recover by sleep or ore powder).

[ikk_pl]

Not having to spend mana points on trash mobs is good.

[AlexZ]

Originally posted by ikk_pl:

Not having to spend mana points on trash mobs is good.

Do you really spend points for 2h just to kill trash mobs instead of increasing mana pool and one-shotting them with 3 mana lesser lightning?

[Sverr]

Melee damage is a natural thing for a giant stick :D Whether you use it as a stick or not is up to you.

I'm sure many vanilla Gothic veterans will use it on trash mobs even without investing in 2h weapons simply to save points and mana.

Considering the game gives you a ton of points, learning 2h up to 60 while having a pool of regenerating mana is perfectly viable. I might try it one day.

And having a stave helps you with a task on the notice board where you are supposed to kill a golem that is totally immune to any magic. I spent several minutes hitting it with my stave :) [spoiler/]

[AlexZ]

Originally posted by Sverr:

immune to any magic.

Staves do MAGIC damage. Faster to kill it with summons and starter crossbow then.

[Sverr]

yeah, my mistake. I mean immune to spell damage. Spell damage and magic damage are different on Archolos.

[X4vv]

Originally posted by Sverr:

yeah, my mistake. I mean immune to spell damage. Spell damage and magic damage are different on Archolos.

No, magic damage works exactly the same as in the original games.