Telekineticist gets to throw random objects (cards work) that deal like 8d6+14 at level 7, that probably gets you the feel you need.
But neither that, nor the other obvious choice of the card caster magus get a lot out of having a quarterstaff- the kineticist is a dex>str class, and the magus wants a hand free.
There's a feat called Deadly Dealer. It lets you throw cards as though they were darts. But it requires the Arcane Strike feat as a pre-req. And that requires being able to cast arcane spells.
I agree with Possibe cabbage, i think the best bet is a kineticist, aether variety. They dont really use quarterstaves, but rhey can throw anything and charge it up as a blast. And if you wanted, you could do the kinetic blade option, and just ask your gm to flavor it as a staff instead?
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Staff magus and card caster or eldritch archer are technically compatible, though not being able to augment a staff would kind of suck for a staff magus.
There's a cartomancer witch, tho' they would have no particular skill with a quarterstaff. Add the invoker archetype too and they'd merely be poor rather than terrible I suppose.
Staff magus/card caster magus is probably the closest, and a magus is a good enough class that the relative weakness still leaves them playable.
Yeah, the Telekineticist technically just empowers whatever it's holding, so a baton or stick would work, and you will be able to use weapon finesse with it as a kinetic blade is technically a light weapon (however heavy the staff was to begin with, empowering it with your impressive telekinesis makes it lighter, I guess).
So a level 7 build I might do something like:
Human
Feats: Weapon Finesse,Point Blank Shot, Precise Shot, Weapon Focus (Kinetic Blast), Iron Will.
Infusions: Kinetic Blade, Extended Range, Pushing Infusion
Utility Talents: TK Finesse,TK Haul,TK Invisible (though there's a case to be made here Skilled Kineticist since that gives you Level/2 to your sleight of hand checks, which is thematically appropriate.)
For a point buy it's up to how comfortable you feel dumping stats. You want your dex and con as high as possible, you shouldn't neglect wis, but Int/Cha/Str do very little for you.
Could do an overwhelming soul telekineticist build, it's a straight power downgrade but it lets you do Dex and Cha as your main stats.
Try an Overwhelming Soul Telekineticist VMC rogue? The Kineticist doesn't multiclass traditionally well at all.
Stats are Dex>Cha>Con/Wis>>Str/Int
Human
1) Weapon Finesse,Deceitful, Kinetic Blade
2) Skilled Kineticist(Sleght of Hand)
3) Trapfinding, Pushing Infusion
4) Greater Skilled Kineticist (Bluff)
5) Conceal Spell, Bowling Infusion
6) Telekinetic Invisibility (expand into aether again)
7) Sneak Attack, Foe Throw.
You're a high dex, high cha character who adds half your level to bluff, sleight of hand, and disable device (get this as a class skill with a trait). You can walk around while invisible and you can use your SLAs subtly and you have a minor sneak attack.
If you're looking to do Dex/Cha for Gambit (and you probably should), Card Caster, Staff Magus, and Eldritch Scion (Cha instead of Int) seem to be compatible. Card Caster modifies Arcane Pool, but Eldritch Scion says that anything that modifies Arcane Pool also modifies Eldritch Pool. So I'm pretty positive all three of these are compatible.
You could go MagusX, or Magus4/Rogue1/ArcaneTricksterX with Accomplished SnA feat at lvl 5, and either will be pretty Gambit-y. If you go AT, adding SnA to your Harrowed Spellstrikes would be thematically accurate.
Ask your GM if your Bloodrage can make your eyes glow like Gambit.
Wow, second post today that reminds me of my ninja. He was meant as my Batman build...
Ki Charge (Su)Benefit: A ninja with this trick can invest a portion of her ki into a single thrown weapon, such as a shuriken, and throw it as a standard action. The thrown weapon explodes on impact in a 5-foot burst, dealing 1d6 points of fire damage plus 1d6 points of fire damage for every four levels of the ninja above 2nd, to a maximum 4d6 at 18th level. Creatures caught in the blast receive a Reflex save to halve the damage. The DC of this save is 10 + 1/2 the ninja’s level + the ninja’s Charisma modifier. If the thrown weapon hits a creature, that creature takes a –2 penalty on the saving throw. If the thrown weapon misses, treat it as a thrown splash weapon. Using this ability expends 1 ki point from her ki pool.
Probably not what you want, as this is only one shuriken throw a turn. But I always thought this was a nice Gambit like trick :)