New Magus Arcana: Agile Blade

[Zelda Marie Lupescu]

So, I was thinking since things like Bane and such are available as additional things you can enchant your weapons with as a magus, why not add agile to the list? Of course, this would require an arcana like bane does.

So, I figure it would require a 7th level magus to take it, since CL of the enchantment seems to be the deciding factor on the other additions.

Thoughts?

[master_marshmallow]

Include Weapon Finesse as a prerequisite, or maybe include it in the arcana?

[Rayek]

Sound like a good idea, I agree with master_marshmallow on weapon finesse as prereq

[Cyrad]

I think it would be fine without a level requirement. Though, it's a strange choice for an arcana because usually you want agile as a permanent effect.

[Zelda Marie Lupescu]

Well, yes Cyrad but that would mean that a Bladebound magus couldn't do it... they can't enchant their black blade. Also, yes it would require you to to have weapon finesse for it to even work, same as with the enchantment... that's kinda built into the enchantment itself.

[RedDingo]

Usually most magi go the slashing grace/dervish dance route, so this would drastically reduce the feat tax for those who want to Dex build.

[Ambrosia Slaad]

Assuming you're using the standard magus class, or an archetype that doesn't modify Arcane Pool, just swap out for the modified Arcane Pool ability from the spiderhawk. Then you can pick agile or other properties not available to most magi.

[Zelda Marie Lupescu]

Ambrosia Slaad wrote:

Assuming you're using the standard magus class, or an archetype that doesn't modify Arcane Pool, just swap out for the modified Arcane Pool ability from the spiderhawk. Then you can pick agile or other properties not available to most magi.

That would work, if the intent wasn't to make something available to ALL magus regardless of their archetypes.

[bitter lily]

RedDingo wrote:

Usually most magi go the slashing grace/dervish dance route, so this would drastically reduce the feat tax for those who want to Dex build.

Magi can't go Slashing Grace anymore to get Dex bonus to damage, and Dervish Dance only works in games that don't have GMs who think about the principles behind the FAQs. (It hasn't been nerfed solely because it appeared in a splatbook not subject to FAQs.)

So if an Agile weapon property put Dex for damage back in the game... Problem is, I can't find it. Can you link it for me?

[Cyrad]

I think it's fine as an arcana. Dervish Dance is a two feat investment and an agile magus arcana would require the same investment. In addition, you can't get magus arcana until 3rd level, which is the minimum level a magus can get Dervish Dance without multiclassing.