Well, are those staves Monk only or MNK/DSC ? In case of the latter, there's your answer. It's easier.
99.9% of all our dropped/quested weapons are Mnk/Dsc..most leaning toward the Dsc side for stats..(vit, energy, etc)
We should at least have 2 sets of weapon choices with quests that reward them, one with str/dex/con/hp etc.for Monks,and one with wis/vit/energy etc. for Dsc's (they can even label the 2 types of weapons Mnk/Dsc if it makes em happy). Thing is, Dsc's can use any stat that's on a weapon, Monks can't.