Talk:Aumry's staff of the night

Merger
Here's a potential three-way merger. D:

"Aumry's staff of the night" (Shadowdale: The Scouring of the Land page 150–151) is also called "Aumry's staff of the hulk" (Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 2nd edition (revised): Shadowdale page 7). So, it seems clear that Aumry's staff of the night and Aumry's staff of the hulk should be merged.

However, this is just one specific example of a staff of night (The Ruins of Myth Drannor: Campaign Guide page 111–112; Magic of Faerûn page 150). They have identical powers in both 2e and 3e. Aumry's staff and the generic staff have different (but not contradictory) descriptions. Aumry's staff has a distinct history and plot relevance of being stolen from his tomb, lost, and finally returned in Shadowdale: The Scouring of the Land.

So, should I also merge the generic and specific examples into one single article, or should I keep them separate, with Aumry's staff as a notable example of a staff of night? Personally, I'm in favour of keeping the specific and generic examples separate to emphasise the importance of Aumry's staff and to clarify it's one of several, not a unique item as the first two sources suggest. However, Regis' ruby pendant and the generic ruby pendant were merged two years ago, despite the former being an important item in its own right. — BadCatMan (talk) 02:07, August 29, 2017 (UTC)


 * And Magic Item Compendium page 181 further muddies the issue by introducing a runestaff of night for the core setting, with different functionality but similar powers, and an expanded description based on the Magic of Faerûn staff of night. — BadCatMan (talk) 02:46, August 29, 2017 (UTC)


 * Okay, I've gone ahead and completed the merger of the two Aumry's staffs and developed them as a complete article. I've elected to keep it separate from staff of night as it turned out to have a very different appearance and a significant discrepancy in power, as well as an important history of its own. — BadCatMan (talk) 03:55, August 30, 2017 (UTC)