6th Level Bladebound Magus: Method to cast two spells through his weapon simultaneously?

[Makamu]

Dear all,

one of my fellow players is currently preparing a magus to play in our upcoming run through the pyramid moduls. He is a tiefling bladebound magus of level 6. Now he is looking for a way to channel more than one spell (1st level spell to which he applies metamagic and magical lineage) through the weapon simultaneously.

Since I could not think of anything and the forum search did not turn anything up (at least not within the first six pages), I am humbly petitioning the lords and ladies of the advice forum.

General stuff about the campaign I can tell you: 15 point buy, 16.000 starter gold, permitted sources: generally Paizo books (particularly those of the core line that have been published in German so far (CRB - UC). Considering that 3rd party stuff is usually not translated, and I am the one with the best (i.e. passable) English in our group, the GM might look askance at using non-Paizo sources.

If you need any more information (stats, level and feat progression etc.), just holler and I will scramble to get it for you.

Thanks very much in advance,

Makamu (damn, that sounds more like a letter than a forum post :))

[Rynjin]

I don't believe so.

He can use Su powers (like Pool Strike) at the same time as casting a spell, but there's no way to cast two spells at once, so there's really no way to get two spells with Spellstrike.

[Firengineer]

Though not simultaneous, there are a multitude of ways to get multiple spells delivered through your sword in one round of attacking:

Quickened spells can be cast in the same round as another regular spell, allowing you to cast two. Both will be delivered through your sword.

The Critical Strike arcana is made for this, but only at level 12.

Casting a spell the round before allows you to deliver two in the next round. EX: Cast shocking grasp. Next round, Spell combat. Once the first spell is delivered, cast the second shocking grasp, next hit will discharge it.

Spell-Storing weapons work as well.

[Shfish]

Firengineer wrote:

Though not simultaneous, there are a multitude of ways to get multiple spells delivered through your sword in one round of attacking:

Quickened spells can be cast in the same round as another regular spell, allowing you to cast two. Both will be delivered through your sword.

The Critical Strike arcana is made for this, but only at level 12.

Casting a spell the round before allows you to deliver two in the next round. EX: Cast shocking grasp. Next round, Spell combat. Once the first spell is delivered, cast the second shocking grasp, next hit will discharge it.

Spell-Storing weapons work as well.

What he said. Theoretically, you can get 3 spells off in a round when you do spell combat. The key is 1: Your DM has to be cool with reasonable holding of a charge (IE the magus walks behind the fighter as they go down the hall to take on the enemy in the room at the end; NOT I wander through the jungle never touching anything...first is doable second not so much) 2: Your order of operations is KEY. According to spell combat you EITHER cast your spell (attack 1) then get your normal weapon attacks (1 more attack now at level 6) OR Attack with weapon, then cast your spell. If you do weapon first you can try and hit with your regular weapon, and discharge your held spell via spell strike then cast your spell. With either of those if you had a spell storing weapon you can discharge your 3rd spell. The reason you have to do that is if you cast first then your held spell dissipates :-/

[Firengineer]

The fun part is when all four of those techniques are used at once. You can get up to 5 spells off in one round. The magus is excellent at nova for this very reason.

Nova: Burning a lot of resources at once for a lot of damage.

[Makamu]

I thought as much, but thanks for your advice anyway. And our poor GM may still be in for a surprise, since the magus' player is very good at using the action economy effectively :)