| Shouryuu |
Well Valkyrie, Sorcadin is a sorcerer & paladin multiclass. Anyway if you don't mind divine magic, there is a build I have in mind that you could also consider. Like Badbird's it's an oracle.
Warsighted Oracle of Flame
Human (+2CHA): 18STR, 12DEX, 16CON, 14INT, 13WIS, 16/18CHA
Traits: Magical lineage, Wayang Spellhunter
Curse: Tongues
Feats
1: Noble Scion (war), Spell Focus (Evocation)
3: Spell Specialization
5: Intensify Spell
7: Spontaneous Metafocus
9: Empower Spell
11: Divine Interference
13: Maximize Spell
15: Spell Perfection
17: Quicken Spell
19: Dazing Spell
Revelations
3: Cinder Dance
19: Burning Magic
Standard Martial Flexibility Choices
Power Attack, Cornugon Smash, Hurtful
Notes
This build is heavily focused on the caster side with Fireball being the spell of choice for blasting. Melee wise, it's not very good as you will be using martial flexibility for melee combat feats. However, being an oracle, you can use a shield and armor with no arcane spell failure and oracles are decent at buffing with spells like Divine Favor to help buff up your melee abilities. Since you want a hammer, shield and heavy armor, you could use a heavy mace, heavy shield and celestial plate armor.
| Scott Wilhelm |
After reading the Skirnir Magus archetype I think that is what I will go with and Use Mithral Heavy Armour since it still gets it does it not? I can live with the Demised Spellcasting as well, Could I do a Two-weapon build based around it Using Shield and Hammer, As for the Spells I'm after Buffs mainly with a Side of Offence.
I did read the Witch one a Bit, as much as I like the Look of it I think after reading I want to stay one 1 Class more then anything.
Skirnir's Diminished Spellcasting just seems like too high a price to pay. Rather, be a regular Magus and use a Light, Mithril Shield as soon as you can afford a 1000gp item. Then go ahead and use your Hammer in your other hand.
| Scott Wilhelm |
Valkyrie-Storm wrote:Also is Mithral Full plate not treated as Medium armour?It is medium armor but you still need heavy armor proficiency. You can bypass the need for the heavy proficiency if you can remove the ACP though. No ACP means no penalties to hit.
The other problem with Mithril Full Plate is that it costs 10,000gp. The only PCs I've seen with Mithril Full Plate belong to Pathfinder Society GMs who can advance their PCs without actually having to play them.
The problem is cashflow.
+1 armor costs 1000gp
+2, 4000
+3, 9000
+4, 16,000
+5, 25,000
If you are in a campaign world such as Pathfinder Society where the economy support the purchase of magic items and 10,000gp suits of armor. A character would be getting his armor enchanted, and then getting those enchantments upgraded.
So you buy your suit of Masterwork Chaninmail and getting it upgraded to +1 costs 1000. Getting it upgraded to +2 costs 3000gp, and so on. Spending your money incrementally upgrading your armor until you are at the point where you are looking at a 10,000gp purchase, you might have had a suit of +4 Chaninmail that you are considering upgrading to +5 or selling the chainmail to buy your Mithril Plate. But if you sell that +4 Chainmail, you only get half your money back. The other option would be to wait--contenting yourseslf with nonmagical armor--until you can afford Mithril Plate, but that is impractical.
Mithril Medium Armor is a bit of a wrench, 4000gp, but it is much more doable. You still need Medium Armor Proficiency to wear a Mithril Agile Breastplate, but it will count as Light Armor for your Magus. That's another thing to bear in mind: Magi are allowed to wear Medium Armor at 7th level and Heavy Armor at 13th level. Don't bother with Mithril: Just wear Light Armor until level 7 and Medium Armor until level 13! Learn the spell Swift Girding so you can put your armor on quickly if you have to.
Swift Girding: I like that spell. Outside of PFS, every GM I've ever played under pays close attention to things like how long it takes to get in and out of armor. Few things make my skin crawl more than to see my GM ask, smilingly, "are you sleeping with your armor on?" If the answer is yes, you wake up Fatigued. If the answer is no, you just KNOW there will be a Wandering Monster who will make you decide between wasting time putting your armor on or running out of your tent and fight naked.
I've never seen anyone get Mithril Plate by playing their character.