----Always up----
DEX to AC
INT to AC
Amulet of Natural Armor
Ring of Protection
Spell Blending -> Mage Armor + Resist Energy
DEX Belt
Int Headband
Dusty Rose Prism Ioun Stone
Tiefling -> Armor of the Pit
Dodge
High level -> +5 silken armor / Bracers of armor
----As required----
Acrobatics (3) -> fight defensively
1st level Reduce Person
4th levelAlter Self -> goblin
13th level Elemental Body II -> air elemental
Shield
Mirror Image
Blur
Displacement
----Feat Intensive/Multiclass----
Unhindering Shield + Mithral Buckler
Crane Style
Combat Expertise + Flamboyant Arcana/swashbuckler + Swordplay Style
Monk -> WIS/CHA to AC
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I know this isn't the point of the thread, but based on the archetype stacking FAQ, Blade Bound and Kensai do not technically stack legally.
I know this isn't the point of the thread, but based on the archetype stacking FAQ, Blade Bound and Kensai do not technically stack legally.
They do stack.
Neither change the class feature (Arcana), but instead replace a specific option at a specific level.This ability changes the Arcane Pool class feature and replaces the magus arcana gained at 3rd level.
Note: Bladebound specifically states which class feature is changed, Arcane Pool.
This ability replaces the magus arcana normally gained at 9th level.
Kensai uses the same wording.
This works much like the Qinggong Monk, which stacks with all other monk archetypes.
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However, if something alters the way the parent class feature works, such as a mime archetype that makes all bardic performances completely silent, with only visual components instead of auditory, you can’t take that archetype with an archetype that alters or replaces any of the sub-features. This even applies for something as small as adding 1 extra round of bardic performance each day, adding an additional bonus feat to the list of bonus feats you can select, or adding an additional class skill to the class.
A magus with this class feature cannot take the familiar magus arcana, and cannot have a familiar of any kind, even from another class.
This ability replaces the magus arcana normally gained at 9th level.
See this thread for more information about it.
However, if something alters the way the parent class feature works, such as a mime archetype that makes all bardic performances completely silent, with only visual components instead of auditory, you can’t take that archetype with an archetype that alters or replaces any of the sub-features. This even applies for something as small as adding 1 extra round of bardic performance each day, adding an additional bonus feat to the list of bonus feats you can select, or adding an additional class skill to the class.A magus with this class feature cannot take the familiar magus arcana, and cannot have a familiar of any kind, even from another class.This ability replaces the magus arcana normally gained at 9th level.See this thread for more information about it.
Bladebound places a character-wide restriction on familiars, unless you are arguing a magus archetype is modifying class features from other classes, should the magus multiclass.
Again, specific > general. Bladebound specifies which class feature is modified, and it is not Arcana.
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That was my own argument in the thread I linked, however, as has been stated many times in many threads, and stated by Paizo directly, the "alters/replaces" line on archetypes is unreliable and not an official exhaustive list.
In fact, the thread I linked above even includes links to quotes from Paizo staff saying as much.
In any case, that's not the topic of this thread, but I think you should post about it in that other thread I linked, as it would be great for that thread to get a little more traction.
As for the actual topic of this thread, Ring of Force Shield is a great option for Magi, since you can deactivate it at the beginning of your attack routine then reactivate it at the end of your turn, so that you always have the extra AC while it's not your turn or while moving.
Alternatively, you can accomplish the same thing with a Quickdraw Shield and the Quick Draw feat.
That was my own argument in the thread I linked, however, as has been stated many times in many threads, and stated by Paizo directly, the "alters/replaces" line on archetypes is unreliable and not an official exhaustive list.
In fact, the thread I linked above even includes links to quotes from Paizo staff saying as much.
In any case, that's not the topic of this thread, but I think you should post about it in that other thread I linked, as it would be great for that thread to get a little more traction.
As for the actual topic of this thread, Ring of Force Shield is a great option for Magi, since you can deactivate it at the beginning of your attack routine then reactivate it at the end of your turn, so that you always have the extra AC while it's not your turn or while moving.
Alternatively, you can accomplish the same thing with a Quickdraw Shield and the Quick Draw feat.
The relevant parts of the FAQ are the first two sentences.
In general, if a class feature grants multiple subfeatures, it’s OK to take two archetypes that only change two separate subfeatures. This includes two bard archetypes that alter or replace different bardic performances (even though bardic performance is technically a single class feature) or two fighter archetypes that replace the weapon training gained at different levels (sometimes referred to as “weapon training I, II, III, or IV”) even though those all fall under the class feature weapon training.
Neither Bladebound nor Kensai change the Arcana class feature. Both change separate subfeatures, i.e. the 3rd level arcana choice and the 9th level arcana choice.
This aligns with the examples given as legal. I.e., replacing specific arcana for the magus is equivalent to the provided example of bard archetypes replacing specific performances.