I've barely played casters since getting a couple of ultras on them years ago, but it strikes me that while staffs are the traditional wizard weapon they are largely inferior to spear/nonnak & shield.

Do people agree, and if so, any thoughts on a way to make staff use more common on wizards? Here are a couple of musings:

Staff skill granting a willpower bonus?

A new shield spell that gives +pv/dv based on your staff skill level, when you have a staff equipped?

A chance of spell failure if you don't have an open hand or a staff equipped?