Magus and an arcane bond?

[Von Marshal]

Can a magus use the Familiar Arcana to gain a bonded object or just a familiar?

[Jiggy]

Quoting the text would be helpful for providing an answer.

[Drejk]

Quote:

Familiar (Ex): The magus gains a familiar, using his magus level as his effective wizard level. This familiar follows the rules for familiars presented in the arcane bond wizard class feature.

By RAW nope. It does not give arcane bond feature (which allows selecting bonded item or familiar). It specifically gives familiar.

[Von Marshal]

That's what I thought, thanks.

[Cortharyn]

Is there a way to get a boded item as a magus?

[kestral287]

Eldritch Heritage: Arcane or Variant Multiclass Sorcerer for the Arcane bloodline.

[LazarX]

Cortheryn wrote:

Is there a way to get a boded item as a magus?

Bladebound offers a blade a way to gain a bonded magus.

[LoboStele]

1 level dip for Wizard would give you Arcane Bond, but it's likely sub-optimal unless you want some other option that comes with the Wizard level.