| TheDisgaean |
I'm working on a magus project in hops of updating the class like how paizo's Pathfinder Unchained and Legendary Games' Legendary classes line. Thought I'd start small by streamlining and fine-tuning a few archetypes and work from there. And what better place to start than perhaps one of, if not the most mechanically wonky of the bunch: the shieldbearing skirnir.
- Remove Diminished Spellcasting and Arcane Bond.
- Arcane Pool, Spellstrike, Shield Pool, Spellshield, and Greater Spellshield remain the same.
Sorcerous Shield (Ex): At 1st level, skirnirs are proficient with bucklers and light shields and do not suffer do not suffer an arcane spell failure chance when casting magus while wielding a shield. They treat their magus levels as fighter levels for the purpose of qualifying for shield-related feats. At 7th level, skirnir gain proficiency with heavy shields, and at 13th level gain proficiency with tower shields.
Shielded Spell Combat (Ex): At 1st level, a skinir may use his spell combat ability while wielding any shield he is proficient with. A skirnir may use his shield hand to perform somatic components for magus spells, forfeiting the shield's bonus to AC until the beginning of his next turn; if wielding a buckler, he retains his bonus to AC.
This replaces and alters spell combat.
Improved Shielded Spell Combat (Ex): At 8th level, the skirnir retains his bonus to AC while wielding light shields.
This replaces improved spell combat.
Greater Shielded Spell Combat (Ex): At 14th level, a skirnir gains the benefits of improved spell combat and may retain his shield bonus while wielding heavy shields.
This replaces greater spell combat.
Superior Shielded Spell Combat (Ex): At 19th level, a skirnir may retain his shield bonus while wielding tower shields.
This replaces greater spell access.
Other Magus fixes
- The magus gains Fighter Training at 2nd level.
- Bonus feats are merged with arcana, and arcana are now gained at 3rd level and every other level after.
It's not a huge change, but a second opinion would help.