Currently right now I'm working on a hexcrafter bladbound magus that plans on focusing on illusion magic and agility to defeat his foes.
I'm wondering what are some good traits that I can grab that will make disguise, stealth, bluff, and/or perception a class skill.
Also is there anyway I can use int or dex in place of wis/cha for any of those skills by a feat, trait, or item?
Also what are some ways to further improve his ability to lie and/or stealth?
Thanks in advance!
Skill Focus is by the far the easiest way to pump a skill without wasting attributes on it
Keeper of the Veil will give you a +1 on bluff and disguise and will make one of them a class skill.
I don't know of a trait that will give you multiple class skills
the best would be rogue class archetypes and tricks to get such bonuses, but if you want to avoid multiclassing as Magus, then consider the alternate racial trait which gives you a Skill Focus on level 1 if you are human, and later 2 more. It replaces your bonus "any feat" as human.
Focused Study: All humans are skillful, but some, rather than being generalists, tend to specialize in a handful of skills. At 1st, 8th, and 16th level, such humans gain Skill Focus in a skill of their choice as a bonus feat. This racial trait replaces the bonus feat trait.
You can then get some nice bonuses to the skills you need, also if you are allowed to use Eldritch Heritage feats, you will have the prerequired Skill Focus for atleast one of them this way.
Perception Skill Focus is good as it is needed for Draconic and Giant bloodlines, Diplomacy for Rakshasa bloodline powers. Knowledge (any) focus is needed for Arcane bloodline (although unsure if you can get a familiar this way if you have a black blade), and Abyssal and orcis bloodlines may also be of interest to you
as for traits, there are a lot, and I remember some make those that you ask for class skills, but not which, here take a look: http://www.d20pfsrd.com/traits
If you consider multiclassing into Rogue I would suggest a trait to be taken that gives you Survival as class skill, and take 4 levels of Rogue if you don't mind less spells from Magus, with 4 rogue levels (and various archetypes in rogue) you get a lot of bonuses for the skills you look for, especially if you plan your archetype combo and the choice of the 2 rogue/ninja tricks well
Eldrich Herritage needs at least 13 CHA and from the sound of the OP he was dumping wis and cha
hm, honestly, I would constantly use Cabalist archetype if that is allowed, it also stacks with black blade and hexcrafter
Currently my stats are: from a 20 pb
str 10
int 18
dex 18
con 12
cha 9
wis 10
favored:hp
So I'm currently not really dumping but I'm not boosting them either. Also, I know 12 con is pretty low for someone in melee but I think I'll be fine considering how my DM rolls HP and how high my AC will be.
My feats right now are weapon fin., dervish dancer, extra hex, additional traits.
My two hexes right now are flight and disguise. Also my one magus arcana is arcane accuracy.
As it stands right now I'm mostly concerned about perception and bluff. I might take skill focus instead of extra traits but I feel as if getting a trait that makes it a class skill is more cost effective.
Currently right now I'm working on a hexcrafter bladbound magus that plans on focusing on illusion magic and agility to defeat his foes.
I'm wondering what are some good traits that I can grab that will make disguise, stealth, bluff, and/or perception a class skill.
Also is there anyway I can use int or dex in place of wis/cha for any of those skills by a feat, trait, or item?
Also what are some ways to further improve his ability to lie and/or stealth?
Thanks in advance!
Don't forget that as a Magus you'll get Vanish/Invis/G.Invis, and through Spell Blending you could easily take Charm Person/etc.
I'd imagine, if your goal is to be sneaky and talkative, spending a feat to pick up onto your spell list two of the more versatile/powerful spells that would work towards your goals will probably get you more milage then a meager +3 to a skill for the same feat tax.
Wasn't directly what you asked in your question, and people that play that type of Wizard/Sorc can probably recommend even more/better spells to spell blend over, but just something to consider that would do similiar to what you asked, and would avoid you having to multiclass.
I don't really plan on being extremely talkative, just enough to mislead people into thinking that I'm right. Yeah I don't plan on multiclassing. The actual reason why I picked the magus over the rogue was because they sort of are better at being stealthy.