A silver nocking point helps deal with wind, even a wind wall. A Goz mask or fog-cutting lenses can beat fog/smoke. Those, close quarters and darkness are the worst problems for an archer. You can get the darkvision spell to deal with darkness, a 5' step or the acrobatics skill will probably be your immediate way of getting out of close quarters.
You may want to get a few rounds of magic ammo - mage shots and/or a reporting or scouting cartridge or two.
A magus can get some use out of pearls of power. I'd like a ring of sustenance to lessen the chance of getting caught with your pants down at night.
The other obvious things to get are a ring of protection, an amulet of natural armor, a cloak of resistance, a headband of vast intelligence and a belt of incredible dexterity or a belt of physical prowess (dex, con).
What's your plan for melee combat?
What's your plan for melee combat?
Probably the same as most archer's plan. 5ft and full attack OR the eat the 1 AoO and full attack. These are FAR better plans than basically anything else they have access to for how cheap and effective it is.
If you're Dex-heavy, a one feat investment in weapon finesse isn’t so bad. Environmentally, arrows can sometimes be problematic, and they tend to do piercing damage, which isn’t always effective.
Aside from that:
Mithril chain shirt
Mithril buckler
Darkwood composite longbow (adaptive is great)
Quiver of cold iron arrows
Efficient quiver, full of all sorts of things. You have good aim, so holy water and alchemists fire will work well for you.
Sihedron medallion
Boots of feather step
Underwater crossbow
Handful of utility potions
Spiked gauntlet
(Enchant what you can afford to)
(Cold iron is cheap enough that you can just use it all the time. If it fails, switch to silver)
