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Welcome to the Revised Magus Playtest (Sticky) Dec 6, 2010, 09:30 AM by Jason Bulmahn — CDKJudoka, Edward Griswold, Jr., YuenglingDragon and 6 others	10 posts	Last post: Feb 11, 2011, 05:35 PM by Edward Griswold, Jr.

Magus character sheet Feb 1, 2011, 12:55 AM by sadie — sadie, Patryn of Elvenshae, judas 147 and 3 others	27 posts	Last post: May 15, 2011, 03:44 PM by sadie

Magus Customization Dec 12, 2010, 07:27 AM by Dr_Noface — Irulesmost, Dorje Sylas, Abraham spalding and 6 others	17 posts	Last post: May 13, 2011, 01:53 PM by Irulesmost

Optimal weapon for a Magus Feb 22, 2011, 10:26 PM by McBAMF — Fraust, YuenglingDragon, McBAMF and 15 others	58 posts	Last post: May 8, 2011, 11:33 AM by judas 147

Has anyone tried making a Magus / Arcane Archer? May 3, 2011, 01:05 PM by imjohnnyrah — Mcarvin, imjohnnyrah, Gignere and Shaa'ghi	8 posts	Last post: May 4, 2011, 07:59 AM by Mcarvin

Touch spells are confusing me Apr 28, 2011, 08:24 PM by Salubri — MendedWall12, Synapse, Salubri and 4 others	11 posts	Last post: Apr 29, 2011, 07:30 AM by MendedWall12

Magus Archetype Feedback Dec 13, 2010, 11:17 AM by Stephen Radney-MacFarland — Abraham spalding, Epic Meepo, seekerofshadowlight and 86 others	146 posts	Last post: Apr 25, 2011, 10:12 PM by James Watts

Magus over powered? Mar 30, 2011, 12:24 PM by damendred — Quantum Steve, Abraham spalding, damendred and 17 others	49 posts	Last post: Apr 22, 2011, 08:03 PM by Mirrel the Marvelous

Magus Archetypes ousted by the Carrion Crown players guide! Feb 28, 2011, 08:25 PM by Kabump — YuenglingDragon, Kabump, E I and 8 others	15 posts	Last post: Apr 21, 2011, 09:36 PM by Set

Melee Control Magus Apr 12, 2011, 08:44 PM by ShadowcatX — ShadowcatX, Kolokotroni and LazarX	6 posts	Last post: Apr 16, 2011, 09:08 AM by LazarX

Spellstrike, Touch Spells, and Combat Maneuvers Apr 12, 2011, 09:37 AM by FuzzyrabbitMD — Synapse and FuzzyrabbitMD	2 posts	Last post: Apr 12, 2011, 11:47 AM by Synapse

Wands and Spellstrike Apr 5, 2011, 01:46 PM by Patryn of Elvenshae — Synapse and Patryn of Elvenshae	2 posts	Last post: Apr 6, 2011, 07:36 AM by Synapse

Is Magus second or fourth declension? Mar 3, 2011, 07:29 AM by uriel222 — Ravingdork, uriel222, Mairkurion {tm} and 21 others	31 posts	Last post: Apr 3, 2011, 03:51 PM by Dove de Domo Phoenix

Magus spellstrike spell crits Mar 4, 2011, 04:58 PM by Ninjaofthesea — Patryn of Elvenshae, Scottbert, Quantum Steve and Ninjaofthesea	4 posts	Last post: Mar 31, 2011, 08:33 AM by Patryn of Elvenshae

Shielded Magus Mar 23, 2011, 03:17 PM by Mynameisjake — Mynameisjake, YuenglingDragon and Carbon D. Metric	6 posts	Last post: Mar 23, 2011, 09:02 PM by Mynameisjake

Spontaneous casting Magus Mar 4, 2011, 05:29 PM by ElyasRavenwood — ElyasRavenwood, Uninvited Ghost, YuenglingDragon and 2 others	6 posts	Last post: Mar 23, 2011, 08:42 PM by Uninvited Ghost

Magus / Duelist Mar 21, 2011, 02:41 PM by Phasics — Abraham spalding, YuenglingDragon, Mynameisjake and 10 others	30 posts	Last post: Mar 23, 2011, 03:00 PM by YuenglingDragon

Optimal magus Tactics Dec 10, 2010, 03:40 AM by Ardenup — YuenglingDragon, Ardenup, Xum and 19 others	48 posts	Last post: Mar 23, 2011, 02:03 AM by amorangias

Multiple Rays & Close Range? Mar 22, 2011, 01:54 PM by Draznar — YuenglingDragon, Abraham spalding and Draznar	3 posts	Last post: Mar 22, 2011, 10:18 PM by YuenglingDragon

Magus and long lasting spells Mar 20, 2011, 04:27 PM by ShadowDax — ShadowDax, Abraham spalding, Lyrax and 3 others	18 posts	Last post: Mar 22, 2011, 03:40 PM by Mynameisjake

Magus and Spellstrike Mar 21, 2011, 10:50 AM by Kalrik — Synapse, Name Violation, Phasics and 2 others	5 posts	Last post: Mar 22, 2011, 05:45 AM by Synapse

Spell Perfection? Feb 24, 2011, 07:06 AM by jeuce — Phasics, YuenglingDragon, bendersalt and jeuce	4 posts	Last post: Mar 21, 2011, 03:00 PM by Phasics

The Merciful Magus Mar 16, 2011, 01:33 PM by Mynameisjake — Mynameisjake, Phasics, YuenglingDragon and Quantum Steve	5 posts	Last post: Mar 21, 2011, 02:48 PM by Phasics

My idea for making a Staff of Parthalan Mar 9, 2011, 09:47 AM by theveggiejerk — Lewdburrito, theveggiejerk, Patryn of Elvenshae and 3 others	14 posts	Last post: Mar 14, 2011, 01:32 PM by Lewdburrito

Pool Strike: Odd Rules Language and a Question Mar 11, 2011, 02:11 PM by Patryn of Elvenshae — Fraust, Davor and Patryn of Elvenshae	4 posts	Last post: Mar 12, 2011, 09:51 AM by Fraust

Trying to make a Dragon Age 2 Magus and have questions Mar 10, 2011, 05:54 PM by theveggiejerk — theveggiejerk	2 posts	Last post: Mar 10, 2011, 06:01 PM by theveggiejerk

Just noticed this- noob question Mar 7, 2011, 05:45 AM by theveggiejerk — theveggiejerk, KaeYoss, BobChuck and 3 others	7 posts	Last post: Mar 7, 2011, 07:22 AM by KaeYoss

Suggestions on Magus build Mar 3, 2011, 01:30 PM by synnisterswaggles — YuenglingDragon, Shoga and synnisterswaggles	3 posts	Last post: Mar 3, 2011, 08:35 PM by YuenglingDragon

Magus / Monk question Mar 2, 2011, 07:57 AM by DSRMT — Davick, Davor, Synapse and 5 others	17 posts	Last post: Mar 3, 2011, 06:02 PM by Davor

Magus Build Thread Dec 6, 2010, 05:15 PM by ciretose — ProfPotts, Thalin, Lyrax and 18 others	56 posts	Last post: Feb 28, 2011, 11:29 PM by Animefunkmaster

Close Range as an Arcana is Biff Feb 24, 2011, 06:31 PM by Pendagast — Synapse, Patryn of Elvenshae, Pendagast and JRutterbush	9 posts	Last post: Feb 26, 2011, 12:42 PM by Synapse

Anyone had fun playing a Magus? Dec 15, 2010, 12:52 PM by Mordo — PaulH, Mirrel the Marvelous, Kelban Alenark and 13 others	16 posts	Last post: Feb 24, 2011, 06:10 PM by PaulH

An Arguement For A Spontaneous Spellcaster Option! Feb 23, 2011, 05:56 AM by Fnipernackle — Fnipernackle, Pendagast and BobChuck	4 posts	Last post: Feb 23, 2011, 09:56 AM by Pendagast

Greater pool spell question Feb 18, 2011, 09:40 AM by theveggiejerk — Patryn of Elvenshae, Synapse, Xum and 3 others	7 posts	Last post: Feb 23, 2011, 03:56 AM by Synapse

Oh magus, how I love thee Feb 22, 2011, 09:57 AM by theveggiejerk — BobChuck and theveggiejerk	6 posts	Last post: Feb 22, 2011, 10:46 AM by BobChuck

Wand Wielder + Spell Combat + Use Magic Device = GM Hates me? Dec 20, 2010, 04:36 PM by Justin Bourque — Synapse, LazarX, BobChuck and 4 others	15 posts	Last post: Feb 20, 2011, 04:34 AM by Synapse

Shield Magus: could it work? Feb 13, 2011, 05:30 PM by OmegaZ — Kierato, Synapse, KaeYoss and 3 others	11 posts	Last post: Feb 17, 2011, 07:48 PM by Kierato

Magus vs. F / W / Eldritch Knight Feb 10, 2011, 11:39 AM by Jarazix — Cold Napalm, Steelfiredragon, Mahorfeus and 4 others	9 posts	Last post: Feb 13, 2011, 10:51 PM by Cold Napalm

We've seen them all now but... Feb 10, 2011, 10:07 PM by Steelfiredragon — Fraust and Steelfiredragon	6 posts	Last post: Feb 11, 2011, 11:10 PM by Fraust

Spell Combat + multiple natural attack? Jan 3, 2011, 01:12 PM by Charberus — Charberus, YuenglingDragon, Synapse and 5 others	12 posts	Last post: Feb 11, 2011, 10:58 AM by Synapse

Spellstrike + Close Range Magus Arcana Feb 1, 2011, 07:02 PM by Martiln — Synapse, Patryn of Elvenshae, Martiln and 2 others	12 posts	Last post: Feb 7, 2011, 11:09 AM by Martiln

Playtesting the magus (lvl 1 to 19) Feb 2, 2011, 10:20 PM by lodiir — lodiir, Evil Space Mantis, Patryn of Elvenshae and 3 others	11 posts	Last post: Feb 5, 2011, 11:41 PM by Vardaen

Trying to build a lvl 1 magus, frustrated with lack of.... Jan 23, 2011, 01:23 PM by Talonz51 — Talonz51, Pendagast, Matthew Morris and 18 others	54 posts	Last post: Feb 4, 2011, 08:40 PM by Craigory Primodious

Spellstrike and 2H weapons Feb 4, 2011, 09:06 AM by Craigory Primodious — Abraham spalding, Craigory Primodious and Synapse	5 posts	Last post: Feb 4, 2011, 10:41 AM by Synapse

High Level Campaigns with Magus 20+, Power gamers delight Jan 29, 2011, 11:18 PM by Gebby — Gebby, Patryn of Elvenshae, Synapse and Kabump	7 posts	Last post: Feb 2, 2011, 07:42 AM by Synapse

My thoughts on the revised Magus Dec 6, 2010, 06:29 PM by Razz — Ardenup, LazarX, YuenglingDragon and 15 others	61 posts	Last post: Jan 31, 2011, 05:12 PM by Abraham spalding

My Magus Experience Jan 29, 2011, 03:10 PM by Ardenup — DungeonmasterCal and Ardenup	4 posts	Last post: Jan 31, 2011, 10:10 AM by DungeonmasterCal

What Spells Should (Probably) be on the Magus Spell List? Dec 12, 2010, 10:07 PM by Mynameisjake — Mynameisjake, LazarX, NotHF and 19 others	25 posts	Last post: Jan 29, 2011, 11:24 PM by NotHF

Touch spells and movement Jan 28, 2011, 07:22 AM by Scottbert — Synapse and Scottbert	2 posts	Last post: Jan 28, 2011, 08:32 AM by Synapse

Suggestion: Something a Bit More Interesting During Latter Levels Dec 9, 2010, 11:19 PM by YuenglingDragon — YuenglingDragon, Synapse, Mirrel the Marvelous and 6 others	10 posts	Last post: Jan 28, 2011, 03:04 AM by Synapse

Spell Combat with Every Possible Spell and a Question. Jan 25, 2011, 09:57 PM by Mynameisjake — Kierato, Mynameisjake and Synapse	9 posts	Last post: Jan 26, 2011, 01:39 PM by Synapse

Strength Magus, Dexterity Magus Jan 23, 2011, 03:11 PM by Exle — Exle, Pendagast, Patryn of Elvenshae and 5 others	19 posts	Last post: Jan 25, 2011, 03:04 PM by Exle

Close Range question Jan 24, 2011, 10:02 PM by Gerrard Dixon — Talonz51 and Gerrard Dixon	2 posts	Last post: Jan 25, 2011, 11:22 AM by Talonz51

Where are the protection spells Dec 6, 2010, 09:23 PM by Simon Legrande — Simon Legrande, Synapse, Talonz51 and 6 others	13 posts	Last post: Jan 24, 2011, 01:45 PM by Synapse

The Arcane Armor Thing Jan 17, 2011, 09:35 PM by Mathias Litchfield — LazarX, Name Violation, Synapse and 7 others	13 posts	Last post: Jan 24, 2011, 10:00 AM by LazarX

That's telekinesis, Kyle! (Suggestion for must-have magus arcana) Dec 29, 2010, 06:02 AM by KaeYoss — karlbadmanners, YuenglingDragon, KaeYoss and 5 others	12 posts	Last post: Jan 23, 2011, 10:47 AM by brent norton

Can a Magus double up on his Arcane Pool? Dec 9, 2010, 04:42 PM by Ravingdork — Ravingdork, LazarX, Synapse and 3 others	10 posts	Last post: Jan 21, 2011, 07:47 PM by HalfOrcHeavyMetal

Awsome Magus Video Jan 8, 2011, 08:48 AM by Bhrymm — YuenglingDragon, nighttree, Detect Magic and 8 others	12 posts	Last post: Jan 21, 2011, 07:26 AM by nighttree

Custom Spells and expanded list Jan 18, 2011, 05:14 PM by Daedrin — YuenglingDragon, Daedrin and Kalyth	5 posts	Last post: Jan 20, 2011, 08:11 AM by YuenglingDragon

Yet another Broad Study question... Jan 18, 2011, 08:10 PM by Mynameisjake — Mynameisjake and Abraham spalding	5 posts	Last post: Jan 19, 2011, 08:02 PM by Mynameisjake

Magus enhancement on weapons Jan 14, 2011, 03:17 AM by cryosphinx — Name Violation, LazarX, Patryn of Elvenshae and 3 others	9 posts	Last post: Jan 19, 2011, 01:27 PM by Name Violation

Please Eliminate The Arcane Pool Dec 10, 2010, 06:43 PM by Chris Ballard — Pendagast, YuenglingDragon, Chris Ballard and 34 others	131 posts	Last post: Jan 17, 2011, 01:58 AM by Gorvin Direkin

Wand of True Strike + Spell combat Dec 17, 2010, 02:56 PM by Yrtalien — Synapse, Ravingdork, Purple Dragon Knight and 15 others	49 posts	Last post: Jan 9, 2011, 10:50 PM by Ravingdork

Magus + Arcane trickster Jan 7, 2011, 07:13 AM by Grand Stone — Abraham spalding, Grand Stone, karlbadmanners and 4 others	12 posts	Last post: Jan 9, 2011, 09:56 PM by karlbadmanners

Magus Spell Combat question Jan 6, 2011, 08:21 PM by ElyasRavenwood — ElyasRavenwood, Abraham spalding and Troubleshooter	4 posts	Last post: Jan 7, 2011, 11:22 AM by Abraham spalding

What makes my hand "free" for the purposes of Spell Combat? Dec 10, 2010, 11:56 PM by Ravingdork — Synapse, LazarX, Ravingdork and 22 others	87 posts	Last post: Jan 7, 2011, 10:04 AM by Ross Byers

Is Seltyiel getting a rewrite? Dec 23, 2010, 02:39 PM by Ardenup — Pendagast, LazarX, Ardenup and 18 others	65 posts	Last post: Jan 6, 2011, 02:14 PM by Lyrax

Greater Pool Spell Questions Jan 2, 2011, 11:33 PM by Mynameisjake — Mynameisjake, YuenglingDragon, JRutterbush and xAverusx	6 posts	Last post: Jan 3, 2011, 06:24 PM by Mynameisjake

Concerning interactions with Prestige Classes Dec 30, 2010, 01:11 PM by Davick — Davick, james maissen, Kolokotroni and 5 others	11 posts	Last post: Dec 31, 2010, 10:42 AM by Mnemaxa

Magus with a Familiar - kosher? Dec 28, 2010, 09:03 PM by Pendagast — Pendagast, LazarX, YuenglingDragon and 2 others	9 posts	Last post: Dec 31, 2010, 07:13 AM by Abraham spalding

Link to Magus Round 1 PDF? Dec 30, 2010, 03:44 PM by encorus — Ross Byers, Davick and encorus	3 posts	Last post: Dec 30, 2010, 03:58 PM by Ross Byers

Arch-magus prestige Dec 27, 2010, 12:04 PM by Pendagast — Pendagast, Kthulhu, Matthew Morris and 3 others	10 posts	Last post: Dec 30, 2010, 08:24 AM by Pendagast

Magus Double-Double and Triple-Double Dec 28, 2010, 10:22 PM by Mynameisjake — YuenglingDragon, Mynameisjake, Lythe Featherblade and 2 others	9 posts	Last post: Dec 30, 2010, 08:01 AM by YuenglingDragon

Jason a request Dec 25, 2010, 10:12 AM by The Forgotten — wraithstrike, Quandary, IkeDoe and 4 others	9 posts	Last post: Dec 26, 2010, 05:05 PM by wraithstrike

Is Words of Power realy needed? (Moved to Round 2 - Words of Power: Discussion) Dec 25, 2010, 05:27 PM by ultimate_illusionist —	2 posts	Last post: Dec 26, 2010, 04:34 PM by wraithstrike

Ray Spells and Attacks of Opportunity question (Moved to Rules Questions) Dec 24, 2010, 10:39 PM by Dorje Sylas —	30 posts	Last post: Dec 27, 2010, 03:42 AM by Stynkk

Guesses on Magus specific Feats? Dec 9, 2010, 04:03 PM by ProfPotts — LazarX, Ravingdork, Synapse and 7 others	20 posts	Last post: Dec 24, 2010, 10:29 PM by Dorje Sylas

Spell Combat Dec 7, 2010, 03:40 PM by Quandary — Purple Dragon Knight, Quandary, Synapse and 2 others	7 posts	Last post: Dec 23, 2010, 09:52 PM by Purple Dragon Knight

Spell Combat + Haste / Hasted Assault = Not compatible? Dec 22, 2010, 08:05 AM by Ravingdork — Ravingdork, Synapse, Kryzbyn and 4 others	14 posts	Last post: Dec 23, 2010, 01:50 PM by Banpai

Concentrate Arcane Dec 7, 2010, 04:06 PM by Quandary — Quandary, YuenglingDragon, Dorje Sylas and 2 others	6 posts	Last post: Dec 23, 2010, 12:44 PM by YuenglingDragon

Magus vs. Magus / Eldritch Knight Comparisons Dec 13, 2010, 06:20 PM by Ravingdork — Ravingdork, Purple Dragon Knight, Mynameisjake and 8 others	16 posts	Last post: Dec 22, 2010, 09:33 PM by Purple Dragon Knight

Magus Spell Progression Dec 22, 2010, 06:34 AM by voska66 — LazarX and voska66	2 posts	Last post: Dec 22, 2010, 06:38 AM by LazarX

Spellstrike and Spell Combat Niches, and more. Dec 19, 2010, 06:02 PM by Kibeth — Kibeth, Quantum Steve and Synapse	10 posts	Last post: Dec 21, 2010, 10:08 AM by Quantum Steve

Corner Case: Shocking Grasp w / Spell Combat Dec 13, 2010, 07:23 PM by Mynameisjake — Banpai, Mynameisjake, YuenglingDragon and 13 others	58 posts	Last post: Dec 21, 2010, 02:07 AM by Synapse

Playtest: Magus [Council of Thieves][limited spoilers] (Moved to Round 2 - Words of Power: Playtest) Dec 20, 2010, 08:34 PM by Fizzlebolt —	2 posts	Last post: Dec 24, 2010, 07:56 AM by Banpai

Magus / Spell Synthesis Dec 20, 2010, 10:26 AM by Kevin-Éric Bouchard — Banpai, Synapse, Quantum Steve and Kevin-Éric Bouchard	5 posts	Last post: Dec 20, 2010, 03:33 PM by Banpai

Cold Iron weapons interacting with Arcane Pool Dec 19, 2010, 08:22 PM by t3hd0n — YuenglingDragon and t3hd0n	2 posts	Last post: Dec 19, 2010, 09:58 PM by YuenglingDragon

Pool Spell = Free metamagic? Dec 10, 2010, 05:21 AM by Ravingdork — Banpai, Ardenup, Starglim and 4 others	8 posts	Last post: Dec 19, 2010, 08:18 PM by Ardenup

Spellstrike - Concentration Dec 19, 2010, 02:30 PM by Shar Tahl — Synapse and Shar Tahl	2 posts	Last post: Dec 19, 2010, 02:38 PM by Synapse

Spellstrike + Close Range arcana + Arcane Blast feat = possible ? Dec 16, 2010, 09:29 AM by JiCi — JiCi, Banpai and LazarX	6 posts	Last post: Dec 18, 2010, 10:19 AM by Banpai

Intensified Spell + Shocking Grasp Dec 16, 2010, 01:19 PM by The Forgotten — Dire Mongoose, Gallard Stormeye, Synapse and 8 others	32 posts	Last post: Dec 17, 2010, 08:34 PM by Gallard Stormeye

Spellstrike and critical hits Dec 6, 2010, 02:16 PM by Banpai — Banpai, Russ Taylor, Quantum Steve and 5 others	14 posts	Last post: Dec 17, 2010, 05:16 PM by Russ Taylor

Arcane Strike feat and the Arcane Pool ablity Question Dec 10, 2010, 11:46 AM by ShadowDax — ShadowDax, ProfPotts and Banpai	7 posts	Last post: Dec 17, 2010, 12:05 PM by ShadowDax

Stupid pool spell questions Dec 15, 2010, 08:57 PM by theveggiejerk — Sevus and theveggiejerk	2 posts	Last post: Dec 17, 2010, 12:05 AM by Sevus

Knowledge Pool - Dangerous! Dec 6, 2010, 03:16 PM by 'Rixx — 'Rixx, ProfPotts, Ravingdork and 20 others	44 posts	Last post: Dec 16, 2010, 09:52 PM by Anburaid

Spell Combat + Spellstrike: clarification please Dec 9, 2010, 10:11 PM by xAverusx — Ravingdork, YuenglingDragon, Synapse and 8 others	36 posts	Last post: Dec 16, 2010, 02:46 PM by Kryzbyn

Limit Spell Strike to standard castings Dec 16, 2010, 07:57 AM by Caineach — Ravingdork, Caineach and Charender	5 posts	Last post: Dec 16, 2010, 09:21 AM by Ravingdork

Spring attack Dec 14, 2010, 11:40 PM by The Forgotten — Synapse, Quantum Steve, Ravingdork and 4 others	17 posts	Last post: Dec 16, 2010, 07:59 AM by Caineach

Knowledge pool to get spells to write in spellbook... Dec 6, 2010, 12:42 PM by doctor_wu — mdt, AvalonXQ, Synapse and 48 others	125 posts	Last post: Dec 15, 2010, 09:33 PM by theveggiejerk

Just Noticed Something About Pool Strike Dec 15, 2010, 12:19 AM by Mynameisjake — The Forgotten, xXxTheBeastxXx, Betatrack and 3 others	6 posts	Last post: Dec 15, 2010, 06:59 PM by The Forgotten