BTW what do you need the "stoopid staff" for anyway? If it takes you that long to pick it up, why don't you use that time casting a good offensive spell? Then you could always pick it up later when Faldorn is busy with dealing with your spell.
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Melusine, High Queen of Fluffies, Archbabe of the OHF, the LH,
the HADB and the SPAE(Society for the
Prevention of Acronym Extinction) &
Official Entertainer Elf of the BG2 Bar
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