Lokiron |
Hi all,
I'm building a character that's inferior in a few ways due to RP reasons. I would like to optimize from these inferior initial conditions in order to make it acceptably effective for Pathfinder Society.
He's basically a dex magus dipping into rogue to get a heap of skills making his background as smith/merchant more valid and to make his acrobatics/diplomacy/stealth/appraise not suck. He is a curious fellow, thus the wide area of interest (and lack of dedication to one thing).
Here goes:
Race
Half-elf
Dual-Minded alternate racial trait
Abilities
20 pt. buy.
STR 13
DEX 18 (16+2)
CON 12
INT 14
WIS 8
CHA 12 (Bad choice #1. I don't like playing mentally inferior characters. The low wisdom is enough...)
Traits
Magical Knack, I know the awesomeness of Magical Lineage. I think this is better for my build. I welcome advice on this choice.
Elven Reflexes, my guess for a good second trait. Advice is welcomed.
Level Progression
1 Rogue
Skills: ACRO, APPR, 2xCRFT, DPLO, DSBL, KNW(dun), KNW(loc), PRCP, PROF(merchnt), STLH)
Feat: Weapon Finesse
2 Magus
Skills: Catching up on spellcraft, arcana, UMD, and 1 more in a craft.
3 Rogue - This second rogue level is not certain. I think this is a good level as I can get evasion and weapon focus.
Skills: Keeping SPCR, ARCA, UMD maxed. Buffing ACRO, STLH, DSBL, and utilizing class skill in CLMB, SWIM.
Feat: Dervish Dance and Weapon Focus(Scimitar) from Rogue Talent.
4 Magus - Magus from here on.
5 Magus
Feat: Arcane Strike (which I believe works with Magical Knack)
6 Magus
7 Magus
Feat: Extra Arcana or Extra Arcane Pool
Bonus feat: Intensify Spell
... And so on
Magus Arcana considerations (not sure here)
Spell Blending for a damage cantrip (Avoiding discussions on Arcane Mark validity...)
Wand Wielder looks good if I can get some wands and it doesn't drain my low arcane pool
Arcane Accuracy is apparently good. I admit, I think it looks expensive.
Familiar would be cute, but I can't see the effectiveness of this.
That's about all of it. I hope someone will find the challenge of making this not suck, interesting, because I really like the flair of this jack-of-all-trades.
Pre-emptive to the "pick a Bard instead" I would like to say, present me a bard who is as offensive as the magus, and doesn't dump intelligence (I'm picky with my way of roleplaying).