
WabbitHuntr |

Despite my wishes I know this will never happen....BUT it makes so much sense
Kensai Archetype description:"A kensai spends his life focusing his training and meditation into a rapturous perfection of the use of a single weapon, which is usually but not always a sword, channeling his arcane might through it in a dizzying and deadly dance beyond the abilities of even the greatest of mundane warriors. "
At 6th level, a myrmidarch gains weapon training, as the fighter ability, adding an additional weapon group every six levels after 6th (to a maximum of three groups at 18th level) and increasing the bonus on attack and damage rolls for weapon groups already chosen by +1.
This ability replaces the magus arcana normally gained at 6th, 12th, and 18th levels.
Suggested Rule: Allow the Kensai to exchange his magus arcana at 6th,12th, & 18th like the Myrmidarch for Weapon Training with his Chosen Weapon. Instead of gaining an additional Weapon Group at 12th and 18th the Kensai would gain.....
Advanced Weapon Training: Beginning at 9th 12th level, instead of selecting an additional fighter weapon group, a fighter can choose an advanced weapon training option (see Advanced Weapon Training below) for one fighter weapon group that he previously selected with the weapon training class feature. Source: PPC:WMH
Sounds like a pretty reasonable request right????

Kazaan |
On the surface, it seems like a thematic idea. But the Kensai is themed around mastering a single weapon, not a group of weapons. Weapon Training is meant to emphasize how a Fighter can train in an entire class of weapons (eg. all heavy blades). A Kensai wouldn't be interested in learning to use all heavy blades; he'd be interested in mastering the Longsword only, for instance. That's why Kensai gets the Fighter's Weapon Mastery feature as their capstone; it's centered around a single weapon rather than a weapon group. You also get to count your Magus lvl -3 as Fighter levels to access Fighter-restricted feats. This is better than the Magus's normal exchange of 1/2 Magus level. So a Magus lvl 7 counts as Fighter 4, meaning he can immediately access Weapon Specialization, whereas a non-Kensai Magus wouldn't be able to get it until at least level 11 (at which point, a Kensai would count as Fighter 8 and get Greater Weapon Focus).