Aren't a rod and a staff the same thing?
and how do they comfort someone?
And preparing a table before you in the presence of your enemies will just make them more ticked off.
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rod:
staff:
Sooooo ... yeeeah ... 
that makes sence .
...
RODS
Rods are scepter-like devices that have unique magical powers
and do not usually have charges. Anyone can use a rod.
STAVES
A staff is a long shaft that stores several spells. Unlike wands,
which can contain a wide variety of spells, each staff is of a
certain kind and holds specific spells. A staff has 10 charges
when created.
You have to be a Wizard or Sorcerer to use a Staff. Any Joe Schmuck can wield a rod.
You need to get out and study the books some more, there dude...
... a similar but slightly derivative game of sorts...
and you poor soul...
...not to have spent some of your teenage years in a friend's basement casting spells upon dragons
and demons,
to say nothing of orcs and goblins.
...what's that?
Kind of like a graphic novel?
a pamphlet.
...cancelation in one hand if they are apt to pull out their rod of wonder often or at inopportune times.