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I think we can all agree on that. A tip of the hat to you, sir.

CaptainPrizes wrote:

I'm looking to build a halfway decent Dex-based Kensai Magus (probably Bladebound too) without having to resort to tired, kitschy Dervish Dance tactics. Anything else is pretty much a go, but Dervish Dance is out of the question.

I'm curious, why?

I never quite understood how the mechanics of a character effected the enjoyment of a character so much.

There seems to be this pathological need for mechanical builds to be different rather than character personalities.

It's always confused me,

James

It effects the enjoyment of the character in that I've played a Dervish Dance Magus before and I don't really care to again. I prefer the idea of a spell-slinging duelist type. I don't tend to play in games that are roleplaying 100% of the time. Combat happens and I don't want to be locked into a tired, played out style when it does.

That being said, I find blackbloodtroll's Kobold-y suggestion to be very fun and flavorful, though I think it's incredibly presumptuous and offensive to directly insult another's imagination, while simultaneously praising your own ideas.

I asked for advice because I wanted advice, not argument and derisiveness.

A level in the Swordlord prestige class is interesting. Though the Dazzling Display prereq hurts a little, it saves me the trouble of taking Quick Draw to get Aldori Dueling Mastery, not to mention taking ADM itself. So that's a net gain of one, assuming that I was going to take ADM anyway. Plus it's a boost to BAB, which a Magus is lacking. Dazzling Display is kind of fun and flavorful, when you think about it...

The loss of a caster level wouldn't hurt too much, seeing as I'd be using mostly low level, no-save spells anyway and if I was an Elf or Tiefling I would likely have 18 or 20 Int for things that DO require saves.

I'm looking to build a halfway decent Dex-based Kensai Magus (probably Bladebound too) without having to resort to tired, kitschy Dervish Dance tactics. Anything else is pretty much a go, but Dervish Dance is out of the question.

Stats are pretty good (rolled). A 29 point buy, by my calculations:
18
16
14
13
8
7

Elf or human is probably the ideal race, but a tiefling has all of the right bonuses and I have a pretty solid backstory for one.