| PsychoDan |
The feat Tripping Twirl specifically calls out the staff magus archetype:
Special: If you are a magus with the staff magus archetype, you can use spellstrike on any one trip combat maneuver you make with the staff.
This looked like it might be an interesting magus build, so I was disappointed to realize that staff magi can't actually take the feat. Tripping Twirl requires Weapon Specialization(quarterstaff), which in turn requires Fighter 4. I'm guessing the intention was for the magus's Fighter Training class feature to cover that, but unfortunately the staff magus trades that away.
So as it stands, the staff magus, which is specifically mentioned in the feat, needs a 4 level fighter dip just to take it. This can't be how the feat is intended to work, right? Anyone have a suggestion for a replacement in the prereqs? Just dropping a feat seems too generous, but nothing comes to mind as a good alternative.