Magus feats

[Riddlyn]

With distracting spellstrike do you have to roll for feint or do you automatically get the feint basic effect?

[HumbleGamer]

You roll the feint check before rolling the spellstrike attack.

[Riddlyn]

Not as good then. As the adds an extra stat.

[Kalaam]

Well, you can be a charismatic magus if you want.
Just like a ranger, rogue, fighter or barbarian can use feint actions.

[HumbleGamer]

Riddlyn wrote:

Not as good then. As the adds an extra stat.

Indeed.

It's not good as having it for free.

But it helps with action management if you can't afford the flat footed condition.

For example, you are 1v1 with an enemy.

As a lvl 4 feat, I'd consider it if I were to make a magus with deception and an average amount of charisma.

Pretty solid choice to me, but mostly depends on the way you fight ( if you flank or go alone on enemies).

[Shisumo]

The addition of the thicket of knives spell to the book also seems designed to aid feinting magi.

[CaffeinatedNinja]

Shisumo wrote:

The addition of the thicket of knives spell to the book also seems designed to aid feinting magi.

Maybe, but it isn't a long lasting buff. Magi are super action restrained, not sure you want to spend your first 2 actions casting that, not to mention they don't have a ton of free spell slots.