Can our lvl 9 Sorceress charge a Wand of Fire?

[divby0]

The fireballs in the staff are empty.

Our Sorceress only has fireball on her spell list not burning hands or wall of fire.

How does it work? Can the sorceress still use those two remaining spells in the staff?

And how can she charge the staff?

Herself or as at a service only somewhere, and how much would that cost and how long would it take?

Sorry for all those questions

markus

[Bart Vervaet]

from the PRD

Staves hold a maximum of 10 charges. Each spell cast from a staff consumes one or more charges. When a staff runs out of charges, it cannot be used until it is recharged. Each morning, when a spellcaster prepares spells or regains spell slots, he can also imbue one staff with a portion of his power so long as one or more of the spells cast by the staff is on his spell list and he is capable of casting at least one of the spells. Imbuing a staff with this power restores one charge to the staff, but the caster must forgo one prepared spell or spell slot of a level equal to the highest-level spell cast by the staff. For example, a 9th-level wizard with a staff of fire could imbue the staff with one charge per day by using up one of his 4th-level spells. A staff cannot gain more than one charge per day and a caster cannot imbue more than one staff per day.

Since your sorceress is lvl 9 she has 4th level spell slots. she also has at least on of the spells available to her (fireball).

The example is the PRD uses the staff of fire (convenient coincidence)
so the way I read it she can recharge 1 charge per day by expendind 1 4th lvl spell slot

[Diego Rossi]

Your title is a bit misleading as a wand can't be recharged.
Your post make it clear that you are speaking of a staff of fire.

So:
- to cast a spell present in a staff you need to have the spell in your spell list, not to know the spell. A sorcerer that only know fireball can still use the burning hands and the wall of fire powers without the need to use Use Magic Device;
- to recharge a staff you only need have at least one of the spell in it in your spell list, so again a sorcerer can recharge a staff of fire without problems.