Thanks everyone!
I ended up just blasting him, getting dissapointed when his 'remains' didn't contain the 'clover' (but ya gotta love that staff!), and moved on... (Found the clover later, got mad when it was taken away!)
...I like the glitch that keeps giving my guys 5000 exp. points though!
I have a real love/hate relationship with this game now... (See my post on the latest Glitch... TOTAL lockup of my computer, EVERY time!
...But then, I sort of hate to end the game, so maybe it's my wishful thinking...?