So I was looking at a site on weapon roundtimes and it seems to say short staffs are grouped with all the heavy weapons. This seems so since I have a 6 second RT with a 41 stone nightstick but a 4/6 RT with a 57 stone mace.
On the other hand, I can use the nightstick in my offhand as a Trader. So it is classified as a small weapon.
So short staff is a heavy to swing, small to use weapon?