Does Weapon Bond apply to Innate Attack?

[blacksmith]

Originally Posted by benz72

I'm having trouble seeing how casting a missile spell through a weaopn-bonded staff is any more or less valid than casting deathtouch through the same staff. If we agree that a weapon-bonded knife can be used both in the hand and thrown and that a weapon bonded bow can fire more accurately why are we counting it for clubbing with the deathtouch energized staff but disallowing the missile spells cast through the same staff to benefit from the bond?

Can someone please elaborate?

Melee spells can be cast while striking someone, so you can punch and deathtouch as a basic fact of deathtouch. Staff lets you use your staff to deal melee spells though it. You are whacking them with the staff making a basic attack with it so of course

But it does not really let you cast missile spells through it in the way that lets you really use the staff as a fundamental part of the missle spell. As I said a staff of fireballs would get the bonus from a weapon bond, but not casting the fireball spell through a staff. The staff here is not really a integral part of throwing a fireball at someone, unless the fireball is a property of the staff.

Is it weird that a staff enchanted to shoot fireballs gets the benefit of WB but casting through one does not? Maybe a bit, but WB is about a weapon and missle spells cast by the character are not dependent on a weapon. Melee spells can be, because of the specific abilities of the staff enchantment.