Pro tip: you can use a quarter staff on a build like that but with some polearm wpf preferably. honestly you will be shocked at how powerful it actually is xD
this was roughly the build I was making
lvl 30
str 36
agi 3
converted 8
ps 9
pt 12
alth 1
wm 1
wpf in polearm and throwing equal
items: quarterstaff and stones and peasant gear
With 9 PS the damage is decent on quarter staff and with 102 speed (more if hierloomed!) you can still counter attack with 3 agility and ~100 wpf. I use it on my crusher char with 0 polearm wpf ;) Since there are few plate users its more viable than before.
But yeah I GTX this char because throwing char with no shield and no move speed = shot to death way too much. throwing is x2 more powerful with a shield.