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Greetings. I would recommend snowball instead of shocking grasp. Especially in a dex build with a ranged touch attack with no save or SR and it will synergize well with Rime spell. Take the close range arcana instead of the black blade so you can use snowball in spell combat. The black blade doesn't allow you to enchant your weapon with spell storing. A magus with a spell storing weapon can Nova like no other class. While i like Hexcrafters, I don't not think they are worth it due to the expense of Spell Recall. The biggest problem with casters is having enough spells when you need them. Spell Recall allows for ultimate flexibility. At 6th level and 9th i would take spell blending for adding the really nice wizard spells that aren't on the Magus list. I also would not recommend any dip for a Magus. To many good class abilities and delayed spell progression.
Good Luck.
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Hexcrafter modifies your arcana to add hex to the allowed choices.
Blade bound modifies your 3rd level arcana.
These don't stack as one modifies your whole arcana class feature and the other modifies a sub feature.
Likewise dawflower dervish modifies bardic music and savage skald replaces a lot of sub features.
90% sure that Dervish Dance doesn't work with Spell Combat anymore
Yeah, nothings changed for this as of yet.
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Consider the soothsayer hex. It will make sure that what the which hex you land is there on your turn (evil eye would be my choice).
Dervish Dance works currently. A lot of people expect that it will be errated in line with the other dex to damage feats at some point. Occasionally, people get the current dex to damage erratas mixed up with dirvish dance.
I have the same habbit on one level dipping but I have stated planing to train out of them around level 7.
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I love Herolab but they often initially depend on "this modifies/alters" and only via tickets filed against these issues do they correct the stacking. So it's beneficial to remember these are coded quickly in an effort to get them out the same month the book releases.
As for Spell Combat / Dervish Dance:
You do not gain this benefit while fighting with two weapons or using flurry of blows, or any time another hand is otherwise occupied.
You cannot use this feat if you are carrying a weapon or shield in your off hand.
Spell Combat is in effect TWF with your second weapon a spell. You will need to ask your GM if using Spell Combat counts as using/carrying a weapon in your second hand. Plan the playing of your character around the GM's answer to that question, and plan for not having it if you play in PFS with multiple GMs.
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How it interacts in PFS is entirely up to the GM. There is no official answer that it works, so you are entirely dependent on your PFS GM's interpretation.
I've found guides tend to be often advocating things that are not considered "RAW" by all. So the fact a guide suggests the build shouldn't be taken to mean there is consensus on how the ability works.
right, They advocate "RAW" by 80%+ Thus it's good enough that the rule means that version.
Maybe I'm reading different guides, as I've seen a lot are flat out wrong that ultimately get FAQ/Errata invalidating the guide. Look at the Monk Druid guide using FCT as an example.
You mean the one that was following the Current FAQs on FCT that got invalidated when they randomly errata'd it?
That's like saying, "Look at all the guides saying go half-elf oracle for the elf FCB to get +1 to a revelation every 2 levels. Those guys sure had a risky view of what the RAW was. 1/6 was obviously a valid RAW reading that should have been considered when 1/2 was printed."
Also, I'm curious as to if you accurately predicted the most recent FAQ the PDT just issued.
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You mean the one that was following the Current FAQs on FCT that got invalidated when they randomly errata'd it?
Also, I'm curious as to if you accurately predicted the most recent FAQ the PDT just issued.
Actually that errata was known to be likely because people were misinterpreting "monk unarmed" as size bump up your naturals x sizes. Which wasn't "swap your unarmed for your natural" they said they meant. So you could have bet on that being errataed.
I didn't discuss that bow FAQ. So I'm unsure what I'd have went with. It makes sense tho.
I recall reading a comment from the author that indicated he disagrees, stating something along the lines of the alteration being secondary or indirect or something. At my table, it's legal, not that it matters.
The dervish dance one has not been FAQ'd yet, to my knowledge, like slahing/fencing grace, though there was a general assumption (in threads I read) that it would be at some point. With the addition of blade tutor's spirit, I'm back in the strength magus build camp anyway. Unfortunately, I'm the GM, so I get to play mostly support and/or NPCs, and I get to watch my players with their magus builds instead. ;)
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There are a large number of people who haven't read the archetype stacking rules or have a very narrow view of what alter or replace means. The developers have many times commented and made a number of FAQ like two archetypes that add the same class skill to your class skill list don't stack.