I was reading some of the abilities, and I understand that spell combat does not work with a 2H weapon. But there is no such restriction listed for spell strike. Does this mean that you may, in fact, use spell strike with a 2H weapon? Thank you in advance.
You can totally "hold" the 2HW in one hand cast the spell then re-grip it to a "wield" with both hands when you attack
from how i interpreted it, yes you can, but you will only get one attack that round, as performing a spellstrike takes up your standard action
so when your BAB gets to +6 and beyond you will lose out on extra attacks, before then its superior to using a one handed weapon
Well at level 2 you can get two attacks with spell combat, so I guess only at level 1 is this a good idea?
you can use spellstrike with a 2 handed weapon, but you can't spell combat without a free hand. So can cast a touch spell in the first round and hold the charge, then in a later round swing with your spell charged 2H weapon. An easier way to do it is just wield a one-handed weapon and use two hands on it whenever you're not casting (via spell combat or otherwise).
I want to use a reach weapon though. Cuts down on some of the squishiness.
then you might want to take 2 levels of alchemist for vestigal arm, or a level of synthesist summoner
Cast Enlarge on yourself. :-)
I think every reach weapon requires 2hands to wield. So if using a reach weapon you can't spell combat. Which is the bread and butter of the magus class.
Whip. One hand. Reach.
Need a feat (or a level of bard) for the proficiency? Sure.
Damage? Nothing on pretty much all two-handed martial weapons.
I guess you have to decide how much you want the one-handed reach weapon?
Or you could be a hobgoblin - gets Whip prof for free...
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A lot of people get this confused.
All Spell Strike allows you to do is deliver touch spells with a weapon. That's it.
If you want to attack and cast a spell all in the same round you have to use spell combat.
this is actually wrong, the description of "touch spells" says you may "touch" the target as a free action.
spell strike says "At 2nd level, whenever a magus casts a spell with a range of “touch” from the magus spell list, he can deliver the spell through any weapon he is wielding as part of a melee attack. Instead of the free melee touch attack normally allowed to deliver the spell, a magus can make one free melee attack with his weapon (at his highest base attack bonus) as part of casting this spell"
so a magus may ...
* cast a spell
* move up to the target
* use spell strike to get a free attack with the weapon
* if the attack fails the spell is not wasted
this allows for a very unique barbarian type of character. i loved playing my 2 handed magus, although 10d6 + 1.5 strength + power attack at level 5 didnt make my gm very happy.
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yes you can. if you read the touch spell section of the CRB, all those rules still apply the only thing that spell strike does is " allows you to make a free attack with the weapon instead"
i bolded the important section, if you choose not to believe me then that your choice.
oh actually here is a link for you that squashes this disagreement.
http://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/base-classes/magus
Or you could be a hobgoblin - gets Whip prof for free...
Yeah... but then you have to play a hobgoblin, and take all that entails.
I'm not knocking the whip option. Basically it subs in for a cheap Reach Metamagic feat, only you can start using it at level one. Opens up the possibility of tons of Whip feats (mastery, disarm, trip), but that'll end up being a heavy feat tax on poor feat-starved Magus. You'll probably want those slots for things like Combat Casting, Spell Focus, Toughness, etc.
But, if your thing is a high-dex finesse Magus, the whip might help keep your enemies at arm's length until the armor goodies start to kick in.
So I can use spell strike, just not spell combat?
HAs an official faq come out on the 2h matter? because i personally still hold to the fact that specifying that you must cast before or after your attack sequence has no purpose other than letting you fight while 2hing. In addition, one of the magus archetype uses spell combat with a bow, witch is widely known as being a 2h weapon.
can you realy cast a spell with a 2handed weapon in one hand? if so it would be nice up to lvl 6 because when you get your second attack spellcombat just becomes to powerfull.
what some forget is that is you use spellstrike with you free touch atack from your spell is that you can still miss! if so your next attack can stil deliver the spell. and at lvl 6 thats 2 attacks. Losing 2 atacks to just use a 2hander is absurd!