Utility and self defense for the lamed wizard in need.
The Coward's Stave (Rego Herbam 10 enchantment)
This traveler's staff bears an enchantment causes it to make aggressive and violent movements when commanded. If the power's activated with its command, the staff will follow the activator's command to lunge, bound, stab, or swing at the user's direction. To give an order requires touching the staff, to which it will follow at its best ability - using Perception + Finesse for any complex actions or attacks. The active staff has no ability for judgement, so the commands must be direct - 'Dance in this space for 15 seconds' is fine, 'dance until they viewers applause' will not work; 'beat upon that man for 18 seconds' will be accepted (with a Finesse attack), but 'beat all those people until they stop moving' will fail. After any command is completed, the staff will bound back to the initial user and wait for more commands. Andovar uses this for defense - "deflect anything incoming", since if he sends it to attack someone it will take a bit of time for the staff to return to him.
(Base 3, +1 Diameter, +1 complexity for return; +5L 24/day)
Design Notes
This is an attempt at a controlled staff or weapon, limited low level self-defense enchantment. I judged that accepting any commands does require being touched by the item's user, so if it's sent to attack or act at range, it will take a round to return to him. The goal was for him to use Finesse as a defense, since he's a bit of a cripple, being crippled.
Looking forwards to seeing what people think.