| hackman |
Malthule wrote: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)
ToughnessIs 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)
Katana:0.85(1d8+X)+0.15(2d8+2X)
Falcata:0.90(1d8+X)+0.10(3d8+3X)
X being bonus damage.
Katana comes out to 13.225
Falcata 13.8Keen:
Katana:0.7(1d8+X)+0.3(2d8+2X)
Falcata:0.8(1d8+X)+0.2(3d8+3X)
Katana:14.95
Falcata:16.1If you're concerned about higher levels please consult the formula given. Note this isn't that accurate considering different ac values and confirmation rolls.
Normal hit %(Die value+bonus damage)+crit hit %[crit multiplier(die value+bonus damage)]
Damage potential for a magus depends on frequency of criticals landed with spell combat not in how much damage the weapon does. 50% more criticals with a katana far supersedes the Falcata's 3x critical WEAPON damage.
15d6 criticalling at a 50% higher clip kind of makes 14.95 to 16.1 kind of silly.