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I have to admit, I’m confused now. The essence of the Magus has always been triggering a weakness twice. For example, using a cantrip like Ignition and entering Arcane Cascade, then on the next round using Spellstrike with Ignition — this has always triggered a creature’s weakness (like a troll’s) twice.

In Crunch McDabbles’ video, he explains this in a very clear and visually didactic way so people can understand how it works.

It doesn’t seem correct to me for the damages to be merged into a single instance. The spell damage and the weapon’s physical damage should be treated as separate instances of damage.

Speaking of things that were changed and really should be fixed: in the past, the Magus could use Recall Knowledge on the first turn and cast a cantrip, and then on the second round, with their first action, already enter Arcane Cascade. Multiple errata have made this no longer function, which feels like an unnecessary restriction.

At my own tables, I’ll continue playing with weaknesses triggering only once — applying only the highest weakness.

Another thing that bothered me was the examples given. Zombies would have been a much better example, since they’re recurring enemies. The GM needs to know that only a single weakness should be applied if, for example, a cleric uses Infuse Vitality.

Pathfinder feels like it has turned into video game patch notes, but written by game designers who clearly never coordinated with one another.

And if it's a rogue, would they apply sneak attack through the Imaginary Weapon?