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My buddy would like to make an Esoteric Magus in a module running to sixth level. He really likes the flavor of an unarmed melee caster with the ability to add elemental properties to unarmed attacks.

He was looking into making a Dex based build on a 15 point buy.

Now, he's a bit concerned about his perception and his Wis stat in general, since the only build he could find for an Esoteric Magus was a 20 point buy build seen here.

Now with this in mind, I suggested he just take a trait to make this a class skill, then just invest in Perception so that his negative mod in Wis doesn't hurt his checks too bad.

Any ideas or suggestions for a build like this? Suggested buys? Any and all input would be appreciated, but no third party materials, please.

Brand-spanking new player to Pathfinder, with only three sessions under my belt. I've played two sessions as a Magus and one as a Wizard, a couple of my favorite type of classes. Now in this next module my DM is designing, I wanted to make a fresh character far away from magic dependent classes, a Dex-based TWF Unchained Rogue.

I wanted him to be very acrobatic, able to debuff enemies in the same round as he attacks, and switch from melee to ranged as the situation demands, while maintaining his usefulness outside of combat, which is what a Rogue's place should be!

More than likely this will be accomplished with daggers, but after looking over the Knife Master archetype, I'm not sure I want to give up my trap sense and ability to use my SA with other weapons. Even though the upgrade to d8 for daggers and other similar light weapons is pretty sweet, I don't know if it's worth giving up a couple core skill of my class.

This is my build so far:
Human- Unchained Rogue: Level 1
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Str: 11
Int: 13
Dex: 17+2(19)
Wis: 17
Con: 14
Cha: 16
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HP: 10
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10 Skill Points total at start.
Skills invested in are:
Acrobatics
Bluff
Diplomacy
Disable Device
Knowledge (Dungeoneering)
Knowledge (Local)
Perception
Sense Motive
Sleight of Hand
Stealth

My favored class bonus has gone to the 1/6 towards a new Rogue talent.

Traits: Reactionary, Opportunistic (To be synergized with Combat Reflexes), (Human) Skilled

Feats: (Class bonus feat) Weapon Finesse, TWF, and Weapon Focus: Dagger [Human Bonus- (URT)Weapon Training]

I was thinking of going into the TW Improved Feint Line, so I can debuff my enemies in the same round as I attack, but I don't quite get it as I've yet to play any kind of stealth character in PF. What other feats should be taken to compliment this play style? Am I trying to do too much at once?

Help would be greatly appreciated! As this is my first time posting here, any constructive criticism is also welcome if I'm lacking in my description of how I want to run this character!