One of the largest problems most groups seem to have with staves is
figuring out how to build them, and
how to fit them into the rules. First I will address construction:

After much debate, Talinor decided to build two staves to try out. Peice
of 3/4" Sch 80 pvc pipe was used
as the core, cut to be 1 ft shorter than the desired length. First the
ends were capped in the traditional duct
tape. Second, the entire length was covered in 1/2" thick peice of camping
pad, with two spots left open
for the hands (3 peices, the two ends and the middle). Third: the camping
pad was wrapped with 2" thick
open cell foam. The open cell foam is then covered with another layer of
camping pad foam (so now you
have three sections, all a sandwich of camping, open cell, camping).
Lastly, the ends were capped with a
stabbing tip. 

Now for fitting the staff into the rules... First of all, the ends
obviously count as green. The middle peice
between the hands DOES NOT COUNT! It is padded for the protection of the
weilder and their
opponents! Second, the ends of the staff DO NOT COUNT AS RED!! THEY COUNT
AS BLUE!! The
reasons for this should be obvious with a little consideration. First of
all RED shots are designed to break
items. Lets consider this. So you are a medieval warrior walking around
with an iron banded wooden
sheild. You meet a fearsome warrior weilding a two inch oak staff. This
mighty warrior builds a mighty
swing and hits your sheild. Then he does it again. Consider this: your
sheild would not be broken, instead of
looking down at your shattered, broken sheild, you look at this warrior
and laugh your a** off as you beat
the tar out of him with your sword/flail etc. Consider the same with
armor. For this, a staff would prove far
more effective than against a sheild. However, for simplicities sake, the
Talinor council has ruled that
staffs shall be considered a blue/green weapon. 

We at Talinor value realism, and the staff is a valid and usefull weapon,
and should be allowed in dagorhir.
However, just because you have two hands on your weapon, doesn't make it a
powerful one

If you have any questions at all on this, please take the time to email, I
would be glad to help

Bortas