There are a few questions that I've wondered about the bladebound Magus from the first time I saw it.
First of all, what is the nature of the relationship with the blackblade? Does it communicate silently, expressing its desires through nonverbal methods? Is it a voice in it's wielder's head, or can it actually speak plainly?
Also, what is the blaebound Magus like before he gets his black blade at level three? Is he just some regular guy that later finds a really cool weapon that he just clicks with? Does he already have it, and it just hasn't let him in on the joke yet? Beyond all of that, at level one does he start hearing a voice in his head that he was chosen to wield a blade of legend, and thus the blade is with him (in spirit, at least) from the very beginning?
Since these are all role playing questions, I realize that there will not be a hard and fast answer to any of them. That said, I'm interested in hearing what the common opinions are.
I don't think many of these points have been "nailed down" to allow flexability....at least I hope that's the case.
I always encourage the player of a black blade (and yes....we have already had several.....popular class) to fill in those specifics themselves.
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As nighttree said, most of those questions are left unanswered to allow you to tailor your character as you see fit.
About how it speak:
a black blade start with telepathy and one language but it never get speech. As in Pathfinder the two abilities can be gained separately by intelligent items it will be incapable to speak.
Telepathy (Su): While a magus is wielding or carrying his black blade, he can communicate telepathically with the blade in a language that the magus and the black blade share.