Help with making a dwarven strength magus

[aethel27]

Hi
I am trying to come up with a decent strength based bladebound magus for a rise of the rune lords campaign. I want to use mostly dwarven weaponry and fluff it towards a outcast but good dwarf. The party starts off at lvl 1, it is 18 point buyfor stats and average starting gold.Any help would be appreciated.

[Kurald Galain]

Sure. Go for 16 strength, 14 int, level boosts go to strength but try to get both a +str belt and a +int headband. If you have points left, try putting them in dex for armor class. Don a chain shirt, and pick the weapon with the highest crit range you can find, such as a scimitar.

Good archetypes include the Bladebound (using a heirloom weapon that becomes an intelligent item) and Hexcrafter (gaining some of the witch's hex powers, such as flight). As a strength Magus, you won't have a lot of pool points unless you invest several feats or items in them, so focus on arcana that don't require pool points. Instead, use your pool to give your weapon +1/+1 every combat, and the Keen ability by level 5.

For a damaging Magus, focus on Shocking Grasp, and take Intensify Spell. For a debuffer Magus, focus on Frostbite, and take Rime Spell. Either way, the metamagic master trait helps a lot. Buy a few level-1 pearls of power as early as feasible, and carry scrolls for some of your more situational spells, like invis or spider climb. Ask the DM if you can use the Stone Shield spell, it's fitting for a dwarf.

Try to get a wand of Shield and cast it every combat to get your defenses up. And it's probably a good idea to spend a feat and/or trait on boosting your concentration check; you want to use Spell Combat as often as possible.