Recharging or preserving staff charges..

[Nameless Void]

Does anyone know of a way to either

a) recharge charges in a staff efficiently?

or

b) preserve charges in a staff in a manner similar to the Master Staff feat but pre-Epic level?

[ariasderros]

A) Efficiently? no. There is a variant in Unearthed Arcana to recharge staffs.

B) Heroic Spirit (feat) to get action points > Unfettered Heroism (spell) to have lots of action points, at a rate of one per round > Wand Surge (Feat) to use an action point instead of a charge off of a charged magic item, such as a wand or staff.

[sirpercival]

Dragon #338 has a Staff Familiar that you can recharge with a feat.

[ariasderros]

I knew I had asked this before, myself.

Here you go.

[Nameless Void]

Thanks guys.

Back to the drawing board

[widow]

A) Only thing I know is the epic destiny web enhancement that came out pre-4th and was later removed.  Very high level (21) and can still be found here.  Lets you restore one charge a day.

http://www.guildportal.com/Guild.aspx?GuildID=47452&TabID=416925&ForumID=267629&TopicID=6868475

b) The Channel Charge feat can be found in Lost Empires of Faerun on page 7.  Personally I think this feat is better than the epic feat.  Downside is you have to use a spell slot one level higher than the level of the spell you are powering in the staff.  Upside is it's prereq's are UMD 5 and the ability to cast 4th level spells.  Furthermore, this one feat works for any charged item unlike Master Staff which only works with staves or Master Wand for wands.  I would take this over the master staff chain any day.

[Maat Mons]

Taking improved power (Dragon 342, p21) and selecting the magic domain allows you to activate a charged item without expending a charge a few times per day.  They did remember to disallow using the ability for things that duplicate spells that have xp costs or costly material components.  Still, it seems pretty cool.