My DM is making a shortish game to play around with level 20 character before P2E's beta comes out and I would like some help with optimizing my character. I planned to recreate, somewhat, the Sword Saint himself, Thunder God Cid. So I started off with a Magus and worked out some background information
Human, Middle Aged, with the Seeker trait and Magical Lineage (shocking grasp). I also chose the blade bound archetype since I always kept Cid with the Excaliber. I was debating on what a "knightly sword" translated to in Pathfinder, I couldn't decide between a bastard sword or a katana, given the game's origin I went with a katana. I then started to look for feats and arcana that would fit the old knight's style and I think I came up with makes sense. Though I would like some other people's thoughts to see if I can improve the character either thematically.
I have some rules set in place. First I cannot use any of the sourcebooks, only the core books and rules found on the PRD (no d20pfsrd), and a 25 point build.
Str: 17
Dex: 13
Con: 15
Int: 13
Wis: 11
Con: -8
After applying +2 Str from human and the middle-aged adjustment I have
18, 12, 14, 14, 12, 9
Then +4 Str and +1 Cha from level
22, 12, 14, 14, 12, 10
I then went for heavy armor and a +6 Str/Con belt and a +6 Int headband.
1 Improved Initiative
Human Toughness
3 Exotic Weapon Proficiency
Blade Alertness
5 Weapon Focus
Bonus 5 Intensified Spell
7 Extra Arcana
9 Lunge
11 Spell Penetration
Bonus 11 Weapon Specialization
13 Critical Focus
15 Critical, Bleeding
17 Spell Penetration, Greater
Bonus 17 Weapon Focus, Greater
19 Step Up
3 Black Blade
6 Empowered Magic
7 Arcane Accuracy
9 Accurate Strike
12 Maximized Magic
15 Bane Blade
18 Quickened Magic
Really fun build, I would recommend picking up some pearls of power for 1st level for extra shocking grasps. Cid joins as an incredibly powerful character and it's fitting Crits with shocking grasp can really pack a huge punch, has a judgement blade feel! He does have the "crush" abilities that destroy gear, so possibly playing around with the sunder feats if you have extra room for them could fit?