The sword staff thing is unfortunately just silly. He has 3 less skill in it, and it has 1 more reach. +3 to hit and +3 to melee defense is just better than +1 to hit or -1 to be hit. He also paid 12 points to suck at it. Influence group at 3 rather than 4 makes Baby Dunkelzahn cry, I would remove the Exotic Weapon and buy another point of Influence.
STR/2 damage rounds up, not down, so you want odd Strength.