Tristan it is possible that the warding staff and the staff of stars are the same weapon with two different names. They could also be two different weapons that where confused over time as the same weapon. I think the story line is vague and fuzzy because the game developers, came up with two slightly different story lines for Kingdom of Ehb and Legends of Aranna. So the lore books had to either modified or destroyed before the release of DS1. I understand the storys for KoE and LoA where developed in tandem, one by Mad Doc and the other by Gas Powered Games after being given a concept and flow chart of the basic elements by Micro Soft Games. I would almost bet they did not compare notes so the ehb map could be completed first even though the LoA was to be first.
Tristan it is possible that the warding staff and the staff of stars are the same weapon with two different names. They could also be two different weapons that where confused over time as the same weapon. I think the story line is vague and fuzzy because the game developers, came up with two slightly different story lines for Kingdom of Ehb and Legends of Aranna. So the lore books had to either modified or destroyed before the release of DS1. I understand the storys for KoE and LoA where developed in tandem, one by Mad Doc and the other by Gas Powered Games after being given a concept and flow chart of the basic elements by Micro Soft Games. I would almost bet they did not compare notes so the ehb map could be completed first even though the LoA was to be first.