w01fe01 |
well since you are going dervish i would have to say wizard, don't forget the arcana that lets you use your wizard spells for spell combat. ungodly synergy.
that would really be better then say, kensai/sword saint samurai?
my original intention was to give the magus more feats and better BAB/hit die. does wizard really outweigh that?
Soluzar |
I think a Magus/Wizard Eldritch Knight could really work. Put your first 2 levels into Magus, next 5 into Wizard, and the rest into Eldritch Knight. You get Spell Combat and Spell Strike and when you get to the higher levels you get access to 7th, 8th and 9th level spells. If you look at the verbage for Spell Combat it basically says you can use Spell Combat for any spell on the Magus spell list. For a wizard it means that he could use Spell Combat for some but not all of his spells. At this point Broad Study would be a waste as it requires 6th level. One more thing, it also means if you want to use light armor while casting non Magus spells you're gonna need Arcane Armor proficiency.
Navarion |
The gestalt rules specifically forbid eldritch knight, mystic theurge and arcane trickster.
Unless your GM is out to slaughter the party you should do what you are most comfortable with. If you want a swordmaster who can even hold his own in an antimagic field and only want to enhance it with a few flashy spells fighter is for you. If you want to go nuts on the magical side wizard or that sorcerer bloodline that lets you cast with int are best.
Darth Grall |
The gestalt rules specifically forbid eldritch knight, mystic theurge and arcane trickster.
They don't forbid it, they just recommend they shouldn't be allowed for Gestalt classes, but otherwise it's up to dm discretion. Plus, I don't think anyone's ever complained about PrCs in Pathfinder being OP.
As long as you halted your Wizard progression for the EK, continuing Magus & EK, I don't see why it would be an issue.
Dal Selpher |
If you're wanting to steer more pure melee magus with a bit of self-buffing ability, I'd actually recommend gestalting magus with fighter.
By the time a magus can cast in heavy armor, the fighter's Armor Training allows him to move without penalty in heavy armor and also increases his max dex bonus considerably.
Mithral Full plate and a Fighter's Armor training will still allow you to get a good chunk of your Dex bonus into your AC, while also giving you a huge armor bonus to boot.
Alternatively, you could gestalt with Rogue and cackle with glee whenever you land a spell combat-shocking grasp-crit that also gets sneak attack.
mjb235 |
You know, it may not be the best option because of action economy and all of that. But I really enjoyed the Magus/Alchemist I built.
Kensai Bladebound Magus where I focused that spell list for combat. And I used the Alchemist side for utility and bombs. You could also go with vivisectionist for the sneak attack if that appealed to you. And with Dervish dancing Dex based mutagens make you quite a bit better.
As for the prestige class thing that popped up, I always ruled that in order to take a prestige class you needed to qualify on one side only. It did lead to some weird situations where a Eldritch Knight/Cleric could do pretty much everything but I actually never had any players try that *shrug*
w01fe01 |
If you're wanting to steer more pure melee magus with a bit of self-buffing ability, I'd actually recommend gestalting magus with fighter.
By the time a magus can cast in heavy armor, the fighter's Armor Training allows him to move without penalty in heavy armor and also increases his max dex bonus considerably.
Mithral Full plate and a Fighter's Armor training will still allow you to get a good chunk of your Dex bonus into your AC, while also giving you a huge armor bonus to boot.
Alternatively, you could gestalt with Rogue and cackle with glee whenever you land a spell combat-shocking grasp-crit that also gets sneak attack.
i was going fighter first, but a friend brought up sword saint archetype of samurai with a bladebound kensai combination. and im pretty certain im sticking with that.
Trogdar |
anything with statistical synergy is good as long as it avoids too much overlap. I think the kensai/bladebound magus would actually work well with the urban warrior archetype. The uncanny dodge and dexterity rage mechanic will have you hitting very hard without ever loosing all of your armor class. Rage powers also make for some amazing saves and tertiary abilities that are just cooler than most martial classes get without magic help.