Magus Question

[Schuyler Atkinson]

This question may already exist somewhere in the long lost annuls of this forum and if someone could like it that would be great.

If a Magus uses Still spell or the Still spell Arcana or another method for removing the somatic component of a spell can they than use a two handed weapon and still have full access to the breath of their spell combat/spell strike abilities?

Again a straight answer or link to the answer would be greatly appreciated.

[MeanMutton]

Pathfinder DRD wrote:

Spell Combat (Ex)

At 1st level, a magus learns to cast spells and wield his weapons at the same time. This functions much like two-weapon fighting, but the off-hand weapon is a spell that is being cast. To use this ability, the magus must have one hand free (even if the spell being cast does not have somatic components), while wielding a light or one-handed melee weapon in the other hand. As a full-round action, he can make all of his attacks with his melee weapon at a –2 penalty and can also cast any spell from the magus spell list with a casting time of 1 standard action (any attack roll made as part of this spell also takes this penalty). If he casts this spell defensively, he can decide to take an additional penalty on his attack rolls, up to his Intelligence bonus, and add the same amount as a circumstance bonus on his concentration check. If the check fails, the spell is wasted, but the attacks still take the penalty. A magus can choose to cast the spell first or make the weapon attacks first, but if he has more than one attack, he cannot cast the spell between weapon attacks.

You need to have one hand free and the other hand must use a light or one-handed weapon. You can not use a two-handed weapon (unless there's a feat or something floating around). Somatic components are irrelevant.

[James Risner]

No for two reasons:

• "To use this ability, the magus must have one hand free" - You wouldn't have one hand free
  
• Using Two Weapon Fighting with a Two Handed weapon isn't allowed because you are already using your offhand to use the Two Handed weapon.

[Genuine]

I do think you could spell strike with it - there is no language in the spellstrike ability that requires a free hand. Of course, letting go of a weapon with one hand and placing the hand back on is a free action, so it is up to the GM whether you could do both and cast a spell despite holding a two-handed weapon. It shouldn't be too unreasonable - it's not any worse than casting a spell, moving and then hitting something with your sword. Still spell would remove the need to worry about numbers and reasonableness of free actions and irritable GMs.

You could not spell combat with it regardless.

[claudekennilol]

Genuine is right. I wish I'd read the question more carefully. You can do spellstrike because it doesn't have the stipulation of the off hand being empty.

But you can even spellstrike without still spell with a 2h weapon for that same reason.

[LazarX]

Schuyler Atkinson wrote:

This question may already exist somewhere in the long lost annuls of this forum and if someone could like it that would be great.

If a Magus uses Still spell or the Still spell Arcana or another method for removing the somatic component of a spell can they than use a two handed weapon and still have full access to the breath of their spell combat/spell strike abilities?

Again a straight answer or link to the answer would be greatly appreciated.

There is no rules mechanic other than archetype that removes the "one hand free" rquirement for spell combat. There is no extant mechanic that allows spell combat with a two handed weapon for any creature with less than three arms.

[DHAnubis]

If you don't mind using 3rd Party stuffs, Super Genius Games has an Arcana out, Enrune Great Weapon.

"Benefit: The magus may expend two points from his arcane pool to scribe a rune of power on a 2-handed weapon with which the magus is proficient. While the rune is in place, when the magus is holding that weapon with two hands, he can use one of the two hands holding the weapon to complete somatic components of magus spells he casts, and it is considered to have one hand free for purposes of spell combat. The rune lasts 10 minutes per level."

It's even on the d20pfsrd site in the Magus Arcana list, if that matters or not.