(I haven't actually played the mod yet, but understand what was in the linked direwolf spotlight. But was looking for mods and came across JJ skills which is a mod that adds abilities etc that can be forged onto weapons and stuff and thought it'd be nice to have that kind of capability in other mods, like say roots, if it can be done in a balanced and believable way.)

Basically rather than making staffs, I'm wondering if you could add the possibility to put spells onto tools and weapons through an infusion. Basically once infused the tool or weapon will take a large hit to durability based on the inherent power of the spell plus size/potency buffs which is reduced somewhat by efficiency in the spell.

Only one spell per item however which makes it somewhat profitable to infuse a spell into say your self repairing living tools for example as they have natural regeneration of durability. Of course the tool/weapon has to not already have a rightclick function to work making bows and ranged/throwable weapons/guns etc right out. But still like a stone sword or iron pickaxe could be fair game after they've been infused with the capacity to carry a spell using the ritual.