Crazy Magus questions and clarification requests!

[Magnus Arcanis]

Greetings rules wizards!

I'm a relatively new player and I've managed to stumped into some really odd stuff so I'm hoping you masters can help me out.

1. Spell combat + 1h-weapon w/ two hands:
In my full round attack can I cast a spell, then use two hands to on my scimitar to gain +.5 str damage? Does this also work if I'm Spell Striking with my spell?

2a. Spell combat + Prehensile Hair + Two-weapon fighting:
Hexcrafter Magus @ level 4 grants me a hex. The hair is limb that is as dexterous as a hand. In theory this lets me use my hair(beard) to cast a spell for spell combat then (in theory) have a weapon in each hand for two-weapon fighting. If this is possible, how to the penalties stack up?

2b. If I have beard, and two weapons going can I cast a spell to spellstrike with my main hand, melee with my main hand, off hand, and beard? Or do I give up the beard attack.

3. Prehensile Hair + 1 level of White Haired Witch:
Hexcrafter Magus 4 and 1 Witch give me two hair-based attacks. I personally believe this grants me two seperate natual attacks, but some others think that they all affect my hair so they abilities merge creating a reach 10, optionally primary or secondary natural attack, with a free grapple check. I'm on the side of them being seperate, but solid clarification here would be awesome.

I may have more later, but these seem to be the most prominant to me right now.

Thank you for your help in advance,
Magnus the Magus.

[LazarX]

In short to answer all your questions, or at least most of them.

The only qualifier on two handed combat for a magus is this.

1. Are you doing spell combat this round?

2. IF the answer to 1 is yes, than you've got to keep that hand FREE for the entire combat round. No if, and, or buts.

[Mathwei ap Niall]

Magnus Arcanis wrote:

Greetings rules wizards!

I'm a relatively new player and I've managed to stumped into some really odd stuff so I'm hoping you masters can help me out.

1. Spell combat + 1h-weapon w/ two hands:
In my full round attack can I cast a spell, then use two hands to on my scimitar to gain +.5 str damage? Does this also work if I'm Spell Striking with my spell?

No you can't, spell combat is a full round action and specifically states you have to have an empty hand while using spell combat.

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2a. Spell combat + Prehensile Hair + Two-weapon fighting:

Hexcrafter Magus @ level 4 grants me a hex. The hair is limb that is as dexterous as a hand. In theory this lets me use my hair(beard) to cast a spell for spell combat then (in theory) have a weapon in each hand for two-weapon fighting. If this is possible, how to the penalties stack up?

Yes it is possible but the penalties are horrible.

The beard will be at -7 (-5 secondary attack + -2 for spell combat)
Each manufactured weapon will be at -4 (-2 for TWF + -2 for spell combat)

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2b. If I have beard, and two weapons going can I cast a spell to spellstrike with my main hand, melee with my main hand, off hand, and beard? Or do I give up the beard attack.

Not really, spellstrike only allows you to deliver a spell through your weapon. So in this case you would use a standard action to cast a spell and use the free action to deliver it through your weapon.

ie; 1 attack that delivers the spell.

[Magnus Arcanis]

Mathwei ap Niall wrote:

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2b. If I have beard, and two weapons going can I cast a spell to spellstrike with my main hand, melee with my main hand, off hand, and beard? Or do I give up the beard attack.

Not really, spellstrike only allows you to deliver a spell through your weapon. So in this case you would use a standard action to cast a spell and use the free action to deliver it through your weapon.

ie; 1 attack that delivers the spell.

Not sure if I understand your answer here. Or maybe my I asked my question wrong.

Let me try again.
It being a good idea aside, with Prehensile Hair and a weapon in each hand can I do this?

1. Cast spell with beard.
2. 5-step in
3. Spellstrie with Scimitar (-2).
4. Melee attack with Scimitar (-4)
5. Melee attack with Handaxe (off hand weapon) (-4)
6. Secondary Natural attack with my beard(-7)?

Or since I used my beard to cast the spell, do I lose step 6?

[Mathwei ap Niall]

Magnus Arcanis wrote:

Mathwei ap Niall wrote:

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2b. If I have beard, and two weapons going can I cast a spell to spellstrike with my main hand, melee with my main hand, off hand, and beard? Or do I give up the beard attack.

Not really, spellstrike only allows you to deliver a spell through your weapon. So in this case you would use a standard action to cast a spell and use the free action to deliver it through your weapon.

ie; 1 attack that delivers the spell.

Not sure if I understand your answer here. Or maybe my I asked my question wrong.

Let me try again.
It being a good idea aside, with Prehensile Hair and a weapon in each hand can I do this?

1. Cast spell with beard.
2. 5-step in
3. Spellstrie with Scimitar (-2).
4. Melee attack with Scimitar (-4)
5. Melee attack with Handaxe (off hand weapon) (-4)
6. Secondary Natural attack with my beard(-7)?

Or since I used my beard to cast the spell, do I lose step 6?

the issue is you said you where just using the spellstrike ability and that only allows you to deliver a single spell through a weapon.

The Spell Combat ability allows you to cast a spell and attack at the same time.
Now if you intend to use Spell Combat AND spellstrike in the same round then that's a different question. If you did want to do that then it's already been answered in question 2a.

[Magnus Arcanis]

Mathwei ap Niall wrote:

the issue is you said you where just using the spellstrike ability and that only allows you to deliver a single spell through a weapon.

The Spell Combat ability allows you to cast a spell and attack at the same time.
Now if you intend to use Spell Combat AND spellstrike in the same round then that's a different question. If you did want to do that then it's already been answered in question 2a.

Very good then. Just leaves us with number 3 (again). I've talked to some gamers around and I have recieved a ton of different veiws, but by far the ones mentioned above are the most dominant.