Literature
"Throwing down your staff may sound like a sign of surrender, but in Egyptian magic, it's bad news. It usually means, 'Hey, I'm going to summon a big nasty thing to kill you while I stand safely inside my circle and laugh'."
— Carter, The Kane Chronicles
"Aaaaaaaeeeee .... wizaaardsah staaafff has a knobontheend, knobontheend, knobontheend..."
— Gytha Ogg, Lords and Ladies
A wizard without a staff
May still be a wizard
A staff without a wizard
is a void
Waiting to be filled
—The Staff in the Stone, by Garth Nix
STAFFS. The magical implement of nearly all WIZARDS. Staffs are about five or six feet long and often twisted or carven (OMT) with some kind of head or face at the top end. Bad Wizards tend to have Staffs that are black and made of no easily recognizable substance. The face at the top will be nasty and may bite or give electric shocks. GOOD Wizards have Staffs made from real, honest wood. Both kinds can ignite with blue MAGELIGHT when necessary. Depending on the Rules for MAGIC on this particular Tour, a Staff can contain all a Wizard's SPELLS, leaving him helpless without it; or be simply a convenient conduit for Magic; or have a life of its own.
Video Games
A long rod with a bit of magic, it's said to have been wielded by an ancient magician who awoke the latent power of gems.
—Compendium entry on the Magic Staff, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
