| Pureshadow |
I really cant believe there is this much insane arguements going on for something that really is only useful for the first few levels of play. Personally if after level 4 or so if my magus is resorting to cantrips then the day has aparently gone on way to long or something is truly fubar. with normal spell slots(which actually deal damage) plus spell recal starting to kick in, you've got 9-10 shocking grasp spells prepared or useable again with spell recall, plus whatever you have prepared in your second level spell slots. If that isn't enough to get you thru a day worth of combats then maybe you should look into playing something more mundane like a fighter.
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An extra attack is nice at low levels.
The thing is " An arcane mark spell enables you to etch the rune upon any substance without harm to the material upon which it is placed." So i assume if material takes 0 damage, so would a person. So it's just a magic symbol and not really cutting into someones skin.