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Does anyone out there play a house rule minimum heal amount to "cure" spells? I'd love to hear if any other groups out there have a variant or house rule to heals, like re-roll "1's or 2's" etc ...

Usually not a huge deal, but man it sucks as a healer when you cast one of your spells and roll a "1" to heal somebody in a pinch and they just look at you like ... "seriously?"

Just lookin for a bit of constructive input on a question I have.

With the serious diminished spellcasting ability that a Bladebound - Kensai archetype will get through his entire career, and given the fact that I will begin playing in a pretty high stat campaign group and focusing on a strength build with power attack, rather than a dex build Magus, I am assuming I should focus more on my damage output with a blade and let my spells (aka Shocking Grasp) serve as supplemental damage ... is this wise?

1st level Magus (Kensai - Bladebound archetype)

Strength 18 (+4)
Intelligence 20 (+5)
Dexterity 18 (+4)

Power Attack (-1+2)
Toughness

Is giving up the extra weapon threat range that a 18-20 (x2) Katana provides, to land those nasty 19-20 (x3) from a Falcata worth it to a Magus - Bladebound Kensai build?

(Remember that the Kensai is able to start increasing his damage multiplier with a confirmed crit, starting at level 4 by spending 2 arcane points. With that in mind, A falcata can deal x4 damage very early on ... which is very appealing to me. Eventually with a keen quality on the blade I will criting on a 17-20 for x4 damage. Not bad for also being able to land an occasional x2 shocking grasp with my off-hand as well)

Is anyone able to post the Magus Kensei archetype bonuses vs. what they give up AND and what level each of these abilities take effect?

I am trying to put together a build for a Kensei-Bladebound Magus but I know I will be giving up quite a bit of "goodness" to make that happen. I want to balance whether I think it is worth it for what I will be losing. Thanks!