Dusk Eclipse
2013-09-23, 05:05 PM
I am working up on a Half Elf Bladebound Hexcrafter Magus for Curse of the Crimson throne, but I'm having trouble deciding on my stat allocation, since going dex is slightly less MAD for magus I'm using the Ancestral Arm variant racial trait to pick up Spinning sword (SoS, the only 3.5 stuff allowed) which is essentially a 1 handed finesse-able spiked chain; I was planning to pick up Piranha strike to off-set the lack of Dex to damage while using my spinning sword but it doesn't work with Piranha strike forcing me to pick up Power Attack, the problem is that I am not sure what would be better for my stats.
Edit: I know about Dervish Dance and how useful it is for dex-mag, but I don't want to use it because it doesn't mesh with my mental image of the character and yes I know refluffing exists, but since there are mechanical parts that doesn't fit (the Dance requirement) I won't use it.
Should I go
Strength 12 (increased to 13 at 4th level to pick Power Attack at 5th)
Dex 16 (14 base +2 Half-Elf)
Con 14
Int 16
Wis 10
Cha 8
Pro: Not having negative to perception or Will saves
Con: Power Attack comes online late in the game
or
Str 13
Dex 16
Con 14
Int 16
Wis 9
Cha 8.
Pro: Can Pick power attack at level 3
Con: Penalty to Perception and will saves.
Any thoughts on the matter? If I go with the first set would picking elemental spell (cold) for eventual rimefire spell be a good idea?
Edit: I know about Dervish Dance and how useful it is for dex-mag, but I don't want to use it because it doesn't mesh with my mental image of the character and yes I know refluffing exists, but since there are mechanical parts that doesn't fit (the Dance requirement) I won't use it.
Should I go
Strength 12 (increased to 13 at 4th level to pick Power Attack at 5th)
Dex 16 (14 base +2 Half-Elf)
Con 14
Int 16
Wis 10
Cha 8
Pro: Not having negative to perception or Will saves
Con: Power Attack comes online late in the game
or
Str 13
Dex 16
Con 14
Int 16
Wis 9
Cha 8.
Pro: Can Pick power attack at level 3
Con: Penalty to Perception and will saves.
Any thoughts on the matter? If I go with the first set would picking elemental spell (cold) for eventual rimefire spell be a good idea?