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How does the magus perform at high levels?
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<blockquote data-quote="StreamOfTheSky" data-source="post: 5989156" data-attributes="member: 35909"><p>A Magus, just like a wizard, can use a +5 mithral buckler w/o ANY drawback.</p><p></p><p>Monk's the only poor sap that can't use a shield.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>There's nothing about Crane Wing that lends itself to str magus or dex magus only. In fact, since str magus isn't spending 2 feats on finesse and dervish dance, he's better poised to spend those 4 feats for crane wing.</p><p></p><p>Sadly, Paizo hates the idea of the genius bruiser trope, I don't think there's any str/int boosting races, unless you look to 3rd party. Not many races that boost str + something else at all, really... I think even after advanced race guide, the only options are str/wis and str/cha.</p><p></p><p>As for feats, that list sounds good, though I'd drop Combat Casting for the trait that gives +2 on all concentration checks, and add Improved Familiar and Lunge. Magus has a lot of hp, skills, and BAB to share with a familiar, that arcana's a great deal for them. And Lunge can be really pivotal to hit someone you otherwise could not have gotten to w/ your full attack, or to simply use to avoid needing to cast defensively in the first place.</p><p></p><p>Str Magus's list of "core build feats" is probably Power Attack, Intensified Spell, Improved Familiar, and Lunge. And NEVER use power attack on a round you're using spell strike, only rounds where you're using spell combat for a non-offensive spell, like Blur, or when you're not using spell combat / spellstrike at all.</p><p></p><p>(Arcana for keen makes Imp. Crit pointless, otherwise it'd be on the list, too)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="StreamOfTheSky, post: 5989156, member: 35909"] A Magus, just like a wizard, can use a +5 mithral buckler w/o ANY drawback. Monk's the only poor sap that can't use a shield. There's nothing about Crane Wing that lends itself to str magus or dex magus only. In fact, since str magus isn't spending 2 feats on finesse and dervish dance, he's better poised to spend those 4 feats for crane wing. Sadly, Paizo hates the idea of the genius bruiser trope, I don't think there's any str/int boosting races, unless you look to 3rd party. Not many races that boost str + something else at all, really... I think even after advanced race guide, the only options are str/wis and str/cha. As for feats, that list sounds good, though I'd drop Combat Casting for the trait that gives +2 on all concentration checks, and add Improved Familiar and Lunge. Magus has a lot of hp, skills, and BAB to share with a familiar, that arcana's a great deal for them. And Lunge can be really pivotal to hit someone you otherwise could not have gotten to w/ your full attack, or to simply use to avoid needing to cast defensively in the first place. Str Magus's list of "core build feats" is probably Power Attack, Intensified Spell, Improved Familiar, and Lunge. And NEVER use power attack on a round you're using spell strike, only rounds where you're using spell combat for a non-offensive spell, like Blur, or when you're not using spell combat / spellstrike at all. (Arcana for keen makes Imp. Crit pointless, otherwise it'd be on the list, too) [/QUOTE]
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