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How does the staff magus' staff weapon work.
staff weapon:
At 10th level, a staff magus treats any magical staff he is wielding as a magical quarterstaff with an enhancement bonus to attack and damage equal to the staff’s caster level divided by 4 (minimum +1). The staff must have at least 1 charge for the magus to use this ability. A staff magus can restore 1 charge to a staff by expending a number of points from his arcane pool equal to the level of the highest-level spell cast in the staff, as long as at least one spell in the staff is on the magus spell list. The magus cannot restore charges to more than one staff per day.
At 10th level, a staff magus treats any magical staff he is wielding as a magical quarterstaff with an enhancement bonus to attack and damage equal to the staff’s caster level divided by 4 (minimum +1). The staff must have at least 1 charge for the magus to use this ability. A staff magus can restore 1 charge to a staff by expending a number of points from his arcane pool equal to the level of the highest-level spell cast in the staff, as long as at least one spell in the staff is on the magus spell list. The magus cannot restore charges to more than one staff per day.
Its my understanding that a staff uses the wielder's caster level if it is higher.
using staffs:
Staves use the wielder’s ability score and relevant feats to set the DC for saves against their spells. Unlike with other sorts of magic items, the wielder can use his caster level when activating the power of the staff if it’s higher than the caster level of the staff. This means that staves are far more potent in the hands of a powerful spellcaster. Because they use the wielder’s ability score to set the save DC for the spells, spells from a staff are often harder to resist than those from other magic items, which use the minimum ability score required to cast the spell. Not only are aspects of the spell dependent on caster level (range, duration, and so on) potentially higher, but spells from a staff are also harder to dispel and have a better chance of overcoming spell resistance.
Based on this, would a staff magus have at lvl 10 an enhancement bonus on his staff's attack and damage rolls equal to the caster level if higher or his magus level/4?
Also does the enhancement bonus on attack and damage effect spells which require an attack roll?
No it uses the staff's caster level. The magus level is only used when casting the spell from it. And it doesn't effect the spells.
Good question. Doted for interest.
OK. If you had a let's say +3/+3 quarterstaff and Craft Staff, could I turn the quarterstaff into a staff and if so how would that effect the CL?
Yes. You would set the caster level (minimum 8th) and then use whichever provided a higher enhancement.