Magus Stats

[ShadowyFox]

So...I've got a black bladed hexcrafter magus, and I don't think that my stats are all set up right. Thanks to some house ruling, my character will be wielding a scorpion whip as his black blade.

Current stats are a bit wonky on my elf, and I'm wanting advice on changing the stats around.

Str 16
Dex 14
Con 13
Int 16
Wis 10
Cha 7

[revaar]

What is your end goal for your build? Since you are using a Scorpion whip, I assume you will be going for Finesse. That said, you should probably switch your Str and Dex around. If you are and elf, that would give you 12 Str and 18 Dex after you are done.

[Rylar]

Actually your stats look good assuming a str based magus. 16/12/15/14/10/7 pre racials.

Option:
S:17 D:8 C:13 I:16 W:10 C:7
This gives you a bit more str and int. Dex becomes 10 after racial. Con hurts in this build. Leveling up 1 goes into con, the rest into str.

option 2:
S:16 D:8 C:14 I:16 W:10 C:7 +a point in wis or dex
This ends up being the same at level 4, but gives you a nearly useless point in a low priority stat.

Option 3:
Trade the above stats con and int. This gives you a lower casting stat, but more health and fort saves.

[Mathius]

Is this a 25 point pre racial spread, a 20 point human spread or something else?

Assuming human, you would get back 3 if you drop int to a 15 and that would allow a wis of 12 and a con of 14.

You could go as a finesse fighter and drop str. As a GM I let dervish dance work for any finesse weapon.

[EsperMagic]

I would focus on Dex and weapon finesse for your to hit. Your damage doesnt come from your strength mod like a fighter but rather from the spell you are using with spellstrike.

[Daenar]

Meh. Static bonus from Str on every hit is better than no bonus cuz weapon finesse doesn't add to damage. Str magus is less feat dependant to be good at fighting.

[ShadowyFox]

This is actually a POST-racials elf.

So I'm very curious to see what people think there.

[ShadowyFox]

Oh! As far as the focus, I do agree that weapon finesse is a good plan.

[Rylar]

If you plan to go finesse drop str. I would go 10/16/14/16/10/10. If a 20 point build drop wisdom to 9 and charisma to 7

After racials you have
s:10 D:18 C:12 I:18 W:? C:?

Alternatively keeping wis and cha you could have post racial stats of:
S:10 D:16 C:12 I:18 W:10 C:10

Or switch Int and Dex

You don't need extra damage on your weapon swing as much as you need to hit. You should have spells added to most of your hits dealing plenty of extra damage. I recommend going Kensai, it's a great archetype for a dex magus.