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[LOTR] How important is a Wizard's staff?

If something broke Gandalf's staff could he make/acquire a new one (without dying that is)? Is he significantly less powerful without it? He can still do some magic right?

If a non-wizard with some magic got a hold of it, like Galadriel or even Aragorn could they use it to become more powerful?

Saruman accuses Gandalf of greedily wanting the staffs of the five wizards, would Gandalf actually be stronger while duel wielding staffs? Could he use five at once?
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A Wizard's staff is as important as a king's crown. It has no intrinsic power to speak of, but it has great symbolic significance. We see that the Wizards can get by fine without staffs when necessary - Gandalf breaks his in Moria and is still able to fight the Balrog afterwards - but they are very reluctant to part with them. Gandalf casts Saruman out of the order by breaking his staff, for example. Some like Wormtongue evidently believe that the staffs have inherent power, but Wormtongue also thought that the palantir was a worthless rock and threw it out a window, so his opinions on magic cannot necessarily be trusted.