Magus Revisited

Monday, December 6, 2010

Today begins the third round of the Ultimate Magic playtest, with another look at the new magus base class. This is a class that many of you have already been playing with since the first playtest round a few months ago. We took a great deal of your feedback and heavily revised a number of elements of this class. While it is not yet perfect, it is a huge step in the right direction.

The magus blends the powers of both a fighter and a wizard, and the revised version cleaves a little closer to that theme, focusing on the ability to make melee attacks and cast spells at the same time. The biggest change comes in the addition of an arcane pool that fuels many of the classes iconic abilities. You can find this revised class as a free PDF at this link. Once you have downloaded the class and updated it in your game, check out the messageboards, where you will find a new board dedicated to this round of the playtest.

This playtest cycle will last two weeks, until Monday, December 20th, and this version will be the last version released until the book itself comes out in April.

So update the magus in your game today. I look forward to seeing your comments and ideas concerning these changes. See you on the boards.

Jason Bulmahn
Lead Designer