Chaging number of posts per page in widget (VMag theme)

Hi,
I am using the VMag theme on my WordPress blog. This theme requires you to create a static front page to place widgets with the newest posts displayed. There is no option to place widgets without having the static front page.

My widget displays all posts. However, I want it to show only 10 and have an option to show a second page. This can’t be done threw the WordPress reading settings as I am not changing the number of posts on the posts page but in the widget on the static page and WordPress doesn’t recognize it as the posts section. ALso, I would have to set the front page and the posts page to the same one which is impossible. Is there any code that would let me change the number of posts displayed in the widget?