Best Quarterstaffs?

[grayham]

Nope, not for me, but my friend is working on a Bardish build and wants to use them from levels 9-12 while he awaits other feats.. So, any good Q'staffs in that range in a quest chain?

[brian14]

Ack. There are many named quarterstaffs which act as spell-boosting sticks, but very few before level 12 which are good as weapons. Souleater is awesome for ML 7, but it comes from optional demon's chest in "Into the Deep" -- good luck getting that at level. Other than that... I think your friend is better off looking on AH for a Holy quarterstaff and a few greater banes.

At level 12 he can get Shadow Staff which is pretty good, especially upgraded. But your post implies he will move on to different weapons by then.

[Sarisa]

Souleater is probably the best in that range. It's ML:7, and unbound, comes from Into the Deep (Fens).

Staff of Nat Gann is reasonable if he has high dex, since it uses DEX as both an attack and damage mod. It's a Chronoscope BtA reward, ML:4. Being Silver, it's nice for farming Shadow and Cursed crypts for experience.

Theurgic Staff is not terrible for breaking contruct DR (it's Adamantine) or for killing elementals. It's a Threnal BtA end reward, so it's frustrating to get. ML:6.

Witching Hour is not great, but it is ghost touch and Adamantine. It's an unbound, ML:8, Shadow Crypt drop.

One of the Shadow Staff from Assault on Stormreach would also be good, but they're at the upper end of your friend's level range at ML:12.

[FuzzyDuck81]

I rather like Witching Hour - not the most effective one around admittedly, but a great utility weapon for ghosts & golems.