[CR 5] staves you make from branches are not random, but have a set pattern:

-earth staff gets +1 lucky and 10% chance for knockdown on hit
-water staff gets +1 intelligence and 10% chance for frozen on hit (clear winner)
-fire staff gets +1 maximum action points (situationally handy) and 10% chance for burning on hit

there apparently (after 40 attempts) is no air staff. Be cool if there was, and how about combining two brooms to make a witch staff? modding possibility...

make a broom with a branch + wheat say.