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if this character is for pfs....depending on the archtypes allowed just go kensai....they get exotic weapon prof and weapon focus for free at 1st lvl. by the time you get into 7th lvl or so you should have a 20+ ac with no shield and deal medium dmg.....then take light armor prof. Idk if mithral is availible in the society, but at 7th lvl or sooner grab elven chainmail and it stacks with the kensai armor ability. Let the death begin!!!!!
Mithral, along with all other materials (except dragonscale I think) are allowed in PFS. But if you take the kensai archetype and want to use armor, you will have to deal with arcane spell failure. You could use something like a haramaki, its a 1 ac light armor without any penalty or chance of spell failure.
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if this character is for pfs....depending on the archtypes allowed just go kensai....they get exotic weapon prof and weapon focus for free at 1st lvl. by the time you get into 7th lvl or so you should have a 20+ ac with no shield and deal medium dmg.....then take light armor prof. Idk if mithral is availible in the society, but at 7th lvl or sooner grab elven chainmail and it stacks with the kensai armor ability. Let the death begin!!!!!
Kensai loses the Magus ability to ignore spell failure in armor, even light armor, so that route probably doesn't make sense.
If you ARE going Kensai (t doesn't sound like that really fits your plan, but you didn't tell us much about your build goals/intentions), you should take a serious look at going with a DEX build, but the feat requirements suck!
To be honest, I don't see much value in multiclassing as a Magus: you give up way too much by getting your already-delayed-spell progression even later than a normal Magus.
The problem I've had with building a Magus for PFS (and maybe in general) is getting your concentration checks high enough that you aren't going to fail half of your defensive-casting rolls during the first half of your PFS career.
Most of the Magus advice that I have seen says NOT to take Combat Casting, since you are so feat starved, but if you don't take it you will end up failing the roll to cast defensively half the time. Magus STR builds typically focus on STR with CON/INT as secondary stats, but your INT is likely to be 14 or (maybe) 16 -- which means you will need to take combat casting to make those rolls.
DEX-based Kensai builds that are focused on high DEX/INT have it a little bit easier, but have a hard time affording the feat for Combat Casting -- and they are probably going to need to take Toughness, due to general lack of CON, especially if you are going Elf for the INT/DEX racial synergy.
What's the goal of your build? What's the purpose of the dip into Samurai? What do you envision your Magus being able to do?
The problem I've had with building a Magus for PFS (and maybe in general) is getting your concentration checks high enough that you aren't going to fail half of your defensive-casting rolls during the first half of your PFS career.
Most of the Magus advice that I have seen says NOT to take Combat Casting, since you are so feat starved, but if you don't take it you will end up failing the roll to cast defensively half the time. Magus STR builds typically focus on STR with CON/INT as secondary stats, but your INT is likely to be 14 or (maybe) 16 -- which means you will need to take combat casting to make those rolls.
For PFS, Combat Casting is probably a better idea than for other types of play.
The reason most guides suggest against Combat Casting, is it starts to lose effectiveness after level 7 or 8, and by level 10 to 12, you're auto making most checks due to retarded spell progression.
Retiring at level 12, PFS characters won't see most of the levels where Combat Casting is a bad choice.
The Magus is rather feat starved, though, so a better strategy may be to avoid casting higher level spells defensively until you can more reliably make the check. Between liberal use of the 5-foot step, and spells like Mirror Image, a Magus can avoid casting defensively in most situations.
