Thinking of dipping a level of warlord

[Veldrin Shadowbane]

With my current level 1 Bladebound Kensai Magus...

A little backstory. We are a new group and have had two play sessions so far and this game is freakin awesome! I'm a little upset that I haven't been playing this since forever ago. However, during both sessions I'm starting to wish I had perception and acrobatics as class skills, stealth too, but not as much as the other 2.

Anywho, what do you guys think? Does it hurt my already lowered spellcasting too much? Or are those skills valuable enough to take 1 level of another class for?

The warlord abilities at level 1 seem really cool too, and kinda fit the theme of the character.

Or should I just rank up the aforementioned skills at the cost of 2 points per rank?

What do you guys think?

[Detect Magic]

What is a warlord? Also, assuming you're playing Pathfinder--there is no "cross-class" skill penalty. Every skill point invested in a skill grants 1 rank; class skills merely receive a +3 class bonus.

[Veldrin Shadowbane]

It is a 3rd party class.

Go to Link.

I had no idea about cross class skills, thanks for the info! Not even sure how I didn't realize that reading the skills page lol.

[Detect Magic]

Taking the warlord level would delay your spellcasting progression and decrease your arcane pool (which would also delay the level at which you may add additional properties to your weapons). Coupled with the kensai's already lower-than-average spells per day, I wouldn't recommend it.

I would, however, suggest your GM implement traits (if your group is not already doing so). With traits you'll be able to pick up a couple extra class skills, which will help flesh out your concept.