Every Deity has a favored Weapon and of course for several characters (mostly clerics, some paladins) they are a good choice while for many more characters they are at least flavorwise a good choice.
The Problem is - often new Weapons pop up which might be even better for some deities then their assigned Weapon.
Or some deities get a specific favoured Weapon and later theres a new weapon that is very similar style wise and fits for your character so much better.
Examples:
-Hei Feng, Tengu God, has the Nine rings Broadsword, by now we got a Tengu Gale Blade
-Nethys, Isis and some other Gods have a Staff as Weapon, would a Bo Staff be okay? what about a Khakkara?
-Shizuru uses a Katana, should their Priests be allowed to wield a Wakizashi instead (or should they maybe even dual wield them?)
-Sarenrae has the Scimitar, a Cutlass might show up in Guns and Gears.
How do you handle things like that?
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Every character will have their own reason to wield something. Not every priest(ess) wields their deity's favored weapon. I could certainly see a homegame GM changing favored weapons around however they wish, but each weapon otherwise has its own specific entry, and that should be the one used for the default favored weapon.
As far as staff vs bo staff, I'd disallow that unless it was some sort of monk-themed deity. Staff (one-hand, one bulk) is distinct from bo staff (two-hand, two bulk, reach). It would be neat to let more use it but that's apparently not how they roll.