The quarterstaff is still a weapon, and follows all the rules of weapons including sheathing/unsheathing it as part of your movement/action. The central part of the Hewards Handy Haversack is definitely big enough to contain it.
Be aware, though, that if the quarterstaff is inside the Hewards Handy Haversack you would need to use your action to bring it out.
Retrieving an item from the haversack requires you to use an action.
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Can you stow/sheath a quarterstaff as a free action on your turn like any other weapon?
No. You can't sheath a 6-8ft wooden staff. You either carry it in one hand or lean it against a wall or drop it on the ground. The same goes for glaives, pikes, and halberds (the weapons defined as polearms by the Polearm Mastery feat).
Any actual rules to support either opinion, that quarterstaffs / polearms must always be carried in hand, and cannot be stowed away? Or is this a "common sense" thing that everyone uses, with no actual rule?
Which also implies a character would never really carry two different staffs or polearms, because you'd always have to drop one to do anything.
Would a longbow have the same issue, since some longbows were 6 ft in length?
Do most DMS support the idea that any staff / polearm must be carried in hand, always, unless you set it down somewhere?
It certainly is possible IRL to carry a pole weapon "stowed". The weapon is strapped to your back. Longbows similarly. This does not allow for a quick combat draw and bestow. It is a longterm carry solution.
The rules state that you can interact with an object for free as part of your turn in combat. That is all the actual rules say. The example box on object interactions gives "draw or sheath a sword". Nothing is said about readying or stowing other types of weapons, and nowhere is it stated that you cannot stow a pole arm.
In play I would rule tat although a pole arm can be carried strapped to your back, it cannot be readied or stowed as a free action in combat. I might allow this to be done with a full Action, but that would be your Action for the turn. This allowance would only because of the heroic rather than realistic nature of D&D. In practice if you have a pole arm and are expecting combat you would carry it in hand. If you wanted to change weapons you would put the pole arm down and draw the other weapon. Dropping and picking up a pole arm I would allow as a free "interaction with an object".
Can you stow/sheath a quarterstaff as a free action on your turn like any other weapon?
Does a quarterstaff fit inside Hewards Handy Haversack?
The answer to both is yes. Bottom line.
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RAW seem to support stowing/sheathing a quarterstaff as a free action like any other weapon. They also seem to allow carrying as many stowed/sheathed polearms as your encumbrance will allow you to carry.
I would alter it in play as I outlined above, as it breaks kafabe for me to sheath and unsheathe a quarterstaff, glaive, etc as a free action every turn. There are other situations that RAW produces that seem silly and unrealistic to me. For example you can walk through a Firestorm spell carrying an open barrel of gunpowder, alcohol, or gasoline and it will not be ignited by the spell, nor would a sheet of paper in your hands.
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2 questions:
Can you stow/sheath a quarterstaff as a free action on your turn like any other weapon?
Does a quarterstaff fit inside Hewards Handy Haversack?
I'd reply to both question with "why not?"
The quarterstaff is still a weapon, and follows all the rules of weapons including sheathing/unsheathing it as part of your movement/action.
The central part of the Hewards Handy Haversack is definitely big enough to contain it.
Be aware, though, that if the quarterstaff is inside the Hewards Handy Haversack you would need to use your action to bring it out.
Retrieving an item from the haversack requires you to use an action.
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No. You can't sheath a 6-8ft wooden staff. You either carry it in one hand or lean it against a wall or drop it on the ground. The same goes for glaives, pikes, and halberds (the weapons defined as polearms by the Polearm Mastery feat).
Any actual rules to support either opinion, that quarterstaffs / polearms must always be carried in hand, and cannot be stowed away? Or is this a "common sense" thing that everyone uses, with no actual rule?
Which also implies a character would never really carry two different staffs or polearms, because you'd always have to drop one to do anything.
Would a longbow have the same issue, since some longbows were 6 ft in length?
Do most DMS support the idea that any staff / polearm must be carried in hand, always, unless you set it down somewhere?
It certainly is possible IRL to carry a pole weapon "stowed". The weapon is strapped to your back. Longbows similarly. This does not allow for a quick combat draw and bestow. It is a longterm carry solution.
The rules state that you can interact with an object for free as part of your turn in combat. That is all the actual rules say. The example box on object interactions gives "draw or sheath a sword". Nothing is said about readying or stowing other types of weapons, and nowhere is it stated that you cannot stow a pole arm.
In play I would rule tat although a pole arm can be carried strapped to your back, it cannot be readied or stowed as a free action in combat. I might allow this to be done with a full Action, but that would be your Action for the turn. This allowance would only because of the heroic rather than realistic nature of D&D. In practice if you have a pole arm and are expecting combat you would carry it in hand. If you wanted to change weapons you would put the pole arm down and draw the other weapon. Dropping and picking up a pole arm I would allow as a free "interaction with an object".
The answer to both is yes. Bottom line.
You don't know what fear is until you've witnessed a drunk bird divebombing you while carrying a screaming Kobold throwing fire anywhere and everywhere.
RAW seem to support stowing/sheathing a quarterstaff as a free action like any other weapon. They also seem to allow carrying as many stowed/sheathed polearms as your encumbrance will allow you to carry.
I would alter it in play as I outlined above, as it breaks kafabe for me to sheath and unsheathe a quarterstaff, glaive, etc as a free action every turn. There are other situations that RAW produces that seem silly and unrealistic to me. For example you can walk through a Firestorm spell carrying an open barrel of gunpowder, alcohol, or gasoline and it will not be ignited by the spell, nor would a sheet of paper in your hands.