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I wonder why can paizo that already borrow alot from 4 to take its saves sytstem because current saves system create inherent imabalnce between stats by making dex con and wis inherintly more desirable stats than str cha and int.So from my persecrtive there should option to use them for saves as well:
Str for fort saves
cha for will saves
int for reflex saves
So you dont have to always take same stats just to keep you saves high.It is also open door for a lot of new builds and make medium armor more valuable


Is there any specific reason why magus and wizard have one less starting trained skill than other classes with same chassis i suppose for wizard reason was that he was class with intelligence as main stat but existence of int based Psychic contradict that and i am currently still wonder what is the reason for magus


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So currently spells that rely on spell attack rolls are inherently worse than saves spells in most cases for following reasons:

Those spell work on hit or miss princle which means that you get nothing if you fail to land a hit which leads to worse action economy because you always need to spend one action on true stike to reliably land a hit.
That also mean that you need to spend two spell slots for one spell which on low levels are to costly
And in most cases succeding in your spell attack dont provide you with much better results than enemy that fail his save against your spell so that big setup not worth it in most cases

So what can be done to make them better?

Obvious solution are
Add potency runes for spell attack while making true strike inapplicable to them
Separate spell attack and saves spells proficiency progression so spell attack can have better proficiency progression overall