I think someone on the dev team was really, really into the whole "martial artist fighting with a staff" thing and they went overboard itemizing Monk 2HBs in Kunark. Note that Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace (which featured Darth Maul and his iconic double-bladed lightsaber) was released approximately a year before Kunark, and the impressive martial arts techniques demonstrated by Ray Park in the film likely inspired one or more of the devs.
The Tranquil Staff is absolutely a bonkers item though, to the extent that if you just threw some stats and HP on it, no one would have complained if it was the Monk Epic. At the very least, you'd expect it to be VP loot or drop off Trakanon. But the fact that that such a ridiculously powerful item drops off an XP mob in KC is totally bizarre and inexplicable, just one of the many oddities of classic EQ.
|