However, because you are a spontaneousĬaster, casting metamagic spells (like Intensified Shocking Grasp) takes aįull round action, which means that you can’t use them with Spellīloodline: Bloodrager bloodlines provide a Will depend primarily on a small subset of the Magus spell list (Shocking Magus is less of a utility caster than a Wizard, this may be a good tradeīecause it allows the Magus to output more spell damage per day, and most Magi Versatility, but make up for it with additional spells per day. Because spontaneous casters increase the spellcasting time when using metamagic, Eldritch Scions are considerably worse at Spell Combat and Spellstrike, and the introduction of the Eldritch Pool hugely handicaps the Eldritch Scion because it adds another limitation on how much the Magus can do in a given day.ĭaily spell list as easily as a normal Magus, you lose quite a bit of Instead of depending on Intelligence, the Eldritch Scion depends on Charisma and casts spells spontaneously. The Eldritch Scion is to the Magus what the Sorcerer is to the Wizard. You can use this to cast a theoretically infinite number of spells in aĬompatible Archetypes: Any Eldritch Scion Your arcane pool on an ongoing basis! If you haven’t traded in Spell Recall, Life Drinker (Su): Finally a way to charge At this level, many spellcasters will have Spell Very small, and spellcasters of your level will have to roll at most a 5 toīypass your SR. Spell Defense (Sp): The spell resistance is Keep in mind that the blade will never have an arcane Uses for arcane pool points than you Black Blade, so sometimes it’s nice to Teleport Blade (Sp): Situational, but nice Force damageĬompletely removes the need for Ghost Touch when fighting incorporeal I’m not sure whyĪcid damage is omitted, but you have plenty of options. Instead of weapon damage is a fantastic way to bypass DR. I imagine that these conversations will be hilarious.Įnergy Attunement (Su): Using energy damage Hyper-intelligent piece of metal that probably finds you to be a ridiculous At high levels you are constantly communicating with a Telepathy (Su): Until you reach about levelġ0, you are constantly communicating with a stupid, socially inept piece of Nice at high level when the bonus is better than +1 and you get multipleĪttacks, but at low levels its going to be pitiful and expensive. Great, though you probably don’t have spectacular wisdom, and Perception isn’t SimilarĪbilities which provide items (Arcane Bond) explicitly state that you canĪlertness (Ex): Bonuses to Perception are The text does not specify that you can, I would assume that you can’t. In addition, the blade gets an enhancement bonus for free whichĪbout wether or not you can permanently enhance the Black Blade, but because The blade’s abilities, or the Magus can drain points from the blade’s pool toįill his own. While it cuts your arcane pool from 1/2 level to 1/3 level, theīlade gradually develops its own arcane pool which the Magus can use to fuel And, again, it doesn’t cost anything but the option to have a familiar.īlack Blade (Ex): The Black Blade is very It provides a large number of useful abilities which are frequently more useful for the Magus than what a familiar could offer. Other than giving up the possibility of a familiar, the Bladebound archetype is free. The blade can be very useful, and the free enhancement bonus will save you a lot of money. You get a magical, sentient blade with some weird unknown purpose, and you’re stuck with it for life. The Black Blade is a really cool concept. Blue: Fantastic options, often essential.Red: Bad, useless options, or options whichĪre extremely situational.Also note that many colored items are also links to the Paizo SRD. RPGBOT uses the color coding scheme which has become common among Pathfinder build handbooks. If you would like help with Pathfinder options not covered here, please email me and I may be able to provide additional assistance. We support a limited subset of Pathfinder’s rules content. Magus archetypes change the feel and play style of Magi, but don’t change their role in the party. The Magus depends on intelligence and gets all knowledge skills, so a Magus can serve as the party’s librarian. Spellstrike and Spell Combat allow the magus to deliver touch attach spells alongside normal attacks, which can make for some very impressive damage output. The Magus is an arcane Striker, and primarily functions in melee combat.
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