Three Firestaff ?

[Sphenx]

Apparently if you look the item name list, you see that there is 3 times "the firestaff". When you check the 32*items graphics associated to it (should be the entry 042), there are 2 slots used by the firestaff, and the 3rd is empty. Question (Paul, or Rain?): what says the code about that item?

[rain]

There is no code, that i can see with CSBwin source (although the firestaff was not IN CSB, so we may not even be able to tell), that explains the 3 instances of "THE FIRESTAFF" nor the 3 instances of "STAFF OF CLAWS".

The 3rd instance of each, as far as i have researched, have no meaning nor implementation in CSB.

The reason certain objects have more then 1 NAME associated with them is because their is more then 1 graphic. The torch and compass are the only ones with 4 (each with their own reason), and any OBJECT that has charges associated with it (usually) has an alternate graphic for when it is out of charges. The staff of claws has 3 images and names, but it is one of the 6 staves that have alternate graphics for running out of charges.

So in a nutshell, the 3rd instance of both "THE FIRESTAFF" and "STAFF OF CLAWS" have no meaning what-so-ever in the released version of CSB, and no evidence shows for what meaning they may have had (if they had any) during development.

[beowuuf]

Odd that the staff of claws had a graphic for the third option and the firestaff didn't
Maybe they planned to have the 'invoke' opion on the firestaff use up charges, and after it was used there would be a different graphic for the firestaff, but then decided it's supposed to be so powerful it shouldn't be used up?