Pathfinder 1e how to build a magus

[Trandir]

Well the time to play a magus has come. But I'm a bit lost here.

The usual array seems to be Dex>Int>Con>the rest, spam shocking grasp and hit with your weapon. I also was looking at the Bladebound archetype, it seems really cool.
But beside that I got nothing, sooooo any advice on how to build one?



(Assume starting at 6th level and with point buy 20)

Edit: now I can get only one archetypebso if I choose bladebound I don't get any other

[Alexvrahr]

Yeah, you can do all that. If you're going to max dex with a bladebound magus and 3rd party material isn't available then get the dervish dance feat so you have dex to damage.

Here's Kurald's guide (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jaxkoUJY6hWg5hrNi3KDk42nzq3xXeMCfQLVp55aeRY/edit?pref=2&pli=1) which is the most comprehensive guide to the magus I've seen.

[Trandir]

Yeah, you can do all that. If you're going to max dex with a bladebound magus and 3rd party material isn't available then get the dervish dance feat so you have dex to damage.

Here's Kurald's guide (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jaxkoUJY6hWg5hrNi3KDk42nzq3xXeMCfQLVp55aeRY/edit?pref=2&pli=1) which is the most comprehensive guide to the magus I've seen.

Well that covers a loooooooooooot of stuff. But I am not quite sure about what archetype take. Bladebound seems fun (our DM is letting us adventuring in starvation mode so a good magic weapon granted by class will always be a nice thing to have) but I don't know if I should stack other archetypes on top of that. Kensai and hexcrafter are also intrestig options to take alongside that one.

[Kurald Galain]

Well that covers a loooooooooooot of stuff. But I am not quite sure about what archetype take. Bladebound seems fun (our DM is letting us adventuring in starvation mode so a good magic weapon granted by class will always be a nice thing to have) but I don't know if I should stack other archetypes on top of that. Kensai and hexcrafter are also intrestig options to take alongside that one.
Bladebound and Hexcrafter are top-rank archetypes. Kensai is top-ranked at level 13 and above, but only middling-rank at level 5.

So what's your question, exactly?

[Trandir]

Bladebound and Hexcrafter are top-rank archetypes. Kensai is top-ranked at level 13 and above, but only middling-rank at level 5.

So what's your question, exactly?

The questionn would be: what archetype, if any even, should a magus take alongside Bladebound?

I don't know what to think of those two tho. Hexcrafter takes little and gives a lot of fexibility, Kensai takes a lot and apparently until lv 12 gives "trash".

[Kurald Galain]

I don't know what to think of those two tho. Hexcrafter takes little and gives a lot of fexibility, Kensai takes a lot and apparently until lv 12 gives "trash".

So you should take the one that takes little and gives a lot of fexibility, and not the one that takes a lot and apparently until lv 12 gives "trash".

:smallcool:

[Trandir]

Little update. This would begin at 6th level. Does that change anything?