Staff using two hands 1 1 / 2 times strength question

[Jeff Clem]

For going using the a staff in the traditional way(TWF), can you swing a staff using two hands and get the 1 1/2 times str. I know everyone is thinking why not just us a great club. It's a marital weapon and a staff is a simple weapon. I don't want to burn a feat or level. What I wanted to do is enchant each end separately so each end could be applied in different situations.

[Thefurmonger]

Yep, that works

[Russ'K]

Yup.

Popular tactics are to use your round to TWF on a full attack, then use it two-handed for AoOs.

My Half-orc Ranger does exactly that with his Double Axe.

[Secret Wizard]

I thought you needed the Quarterstaff Master feat to do this.

[Jeff Merola]

Secret Wizard wrote:

I thought you needed the Quarterstaff Master feat to do this.

Nope. Quarterstaff Master just lets you use it one handed OR two-handed. Normally you either have to wield it two-handed or as a double weapon.

[Gisher]

Secret Wizard wrote:

I thought you needed the Quarterstaff Master feat to do this.

Core Rulebook wrote:

Double Weapons:

Dire flails, dwarven urgroshes, gnome hooked hammers, orc double axes, quarterstaves, and two-bladed swords are double weapons. A character can fight with both ends of a double weapon as if fighting with two weapons, but he incurs all the normal attack penalties associated with two-weapon combat, just as though the character were wielding a one-handed weapon and a light weapon (see page 202).
The character can also choose to use a double weapon two-handed, attacking with only one end of it. A creature wielding a double weapon in one hand can’t use it as a double weapon—only one end of the weapon can be used in any given round.

Quarterstaff Master is only needed to wield a quarterstaff in one hand.

[CountofUndolpho]

Russ'K wrote:

Yup.

Popular tactics are to use your round to TWF on a full attack, then use it two-handed for AoOs.

My Half-orc Ranger does exactly that with his Double Axe.

I used to do the same but recently had this bit pointed out to me

PRD wrote:

...You can choose to wield one end of a double weapon two-handed, but it cannot be used as a double weapon when wielded in this way—only one end of the weapon can be used in any given round.

It's a free action to change your grip on a weapon c.f. the FAQ on using the butt of a Long Spear/Pole Arm as an improvised 5' weapon.

Make of that what you will.