short staves are one-handed weapons, and as such can only be off-handed by reavers and krogs.
daggers/mindstars/whips(/steamsaws/steamguns) are the only weapons that can be used in offhand by everyone.
and there is the exception of telos bottom half which is a special staff that can be off-handed.
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