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Guys, thank you all!
It seems there is no effective way to give a samurai a nice magic asset, but I have found this class on the web

http://www.pathfindercommunity.net/classes/multiclass-archetypes/samurai/el dritch-banneret-samurai-magus

Is it something official?

Yeah, VM is hitting the crux of it. The various Archetypes of the Samurai are a great resource to add flavor to that class. Each has a different approach, and I think all but the Sovereign Blade can be stacked with the Ward Speaker. Unfortunately, none have the specific abilities of the Kensai. The Sword Saint has his own Iaijutsu-themed abilities, but they're quite distinct from those of the Magus Archetype.

Another thing to consider is Variant Multiclassing. You give up half your 3rd, 7th, 11th, 15th, and 19th level feats, but in exchange you get certain Monk class features--to include a Ki Pool class at 11th level.

I did not know about this Variant Multiclassing!

Yeah, 2e character creation is vastly different from 1e - don't expect specific 1e ideas like classes with particular archetypes, or even multiclassing as a mechanic, to carry over cleanly (or even at all).

That said, some potential options to represent a samurai with in 2e:

- just a good ol' fighter, be it with a katana or a longbow

- champion, particularly of deities like Shizuru (paladin) or General Susumu (tyrant).

- magus, particularly with hybrid studies like Inexorable Iron (two-handed) or Starlit Span (ranged).

- barbarian, particularly if your GM lets you treat your 'rage' as a 'battle-trance' flavor-wise.

- gunslinger, if the idea of a musket-wielding samurai entices you.

Any one of these might be supplemented by archetypes like cavalier (for a mount, a pledge, and potentially a banner, like a sashimono), monk (for ki stuff), or sentinel (for heavy armor stuff, on classes like magus and barbarian).

There's probably more esoteric options like inventor (steampunk samurai? beats me!) or ranger, and archetypes like eldritch archer and mind smith, but those should at least get you started.

Cool, thanks!

Dear friends,

I am completely new here, and I am also new to Pathfinder, as I have only randomly played D&D years ago. Yet I find Pathfinder much more interesting, especially because there seems to be more about Eastern mythology and characters.

So my question is: I would love to create a Way of the Warrior Samurai, but with some more flavor; my original idea is to multiclass it with a Hungry Ghost Monk, so to give him some ki sources. Do you think that would be a good idea, in terms of playability? I also have the feeling that multi classing to a Magus Archetype (such as Kensai) would feel more natural for the character.

Second question: is there any software for character generation, that allows to include all these very specific alternate classes? So to have a final idea of how the character would turn out :)

Please forgive me for being broadly naive, any answer is well accepted!

Thaaaanks

This sounds like 1e talk - did you mean to post this in the Second Edition forum?

Honestly I have no idea, I thought that Second Edition would be more updated on this kind of topic. Am I wrong? : )

Dear friends,

I am completely new here, and I am also new to Pathfinder, as I have only randomly played D&D years ago. Yet I find Pathfinder much more interesting, especially because there seems to be more about Eastern mythology and characters.

So my question is: I would love to create a Way of the Warrior Samurai, but with some more flavor; my original idea is to multiclass it with a Hungry Ghost Monk, so to give him some ki sources. Do you think that would be a good idea, in terms of playability?

Second question: is there any software for character generation, that allows to include all these very specific alternate classes? So to have a final idea of how the character would turn out :)

Please forgive me for being broadly naive, any answer is well accepted!

Thaaaanks