Well I think they should make the Monks into more subclasses. The Shao-Lin monks can fight with most things and other never touch a weapon at all.
The staff is a weapon most characters should be able to use from staff IMHO. It is a tool as much as a weapon and used for walking etc, sheepherders use it, wandrers, fighters that has to walk likes them too. Wizards of course...
Then the most obvious question regardin this would be how they fight with it. A monk that specialixes in it should get an extra attack since the techniques of fighting with a staff is really quick and dangerous in the hands of a profesional..
Well my 2 cents.
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