I messed up a few things here! (Thank you comments for pointing them out!) 1. Your spellstrike is recharged after using ANY conflux spell that costs at least 1 action, so Force Fang is MUCH better than I originally though! 2. Cascading Ray's Spell Attack is at the same bonus as the spellstrike that caused it, making this feat freaking insanely powerful.

@MySqueezingArm

2 жыл бұрын

It takes a man to admit their mistakes. Thank you sir

@zabetakis15

2 жыл бұрын

Depending on type of play, Emergency Targe is borderline broken compared to most defensive reactions like the Rogue's Nimble dodge that has as a trigger "A creature targets you". Emergency Targe has as a trigger "An enemy hits you", so if the GM says "Does a 24 hit?" and you have 23 AC, you can say "It normally would but now it doesn't." Also there is nothing that states you can't use a magic item with Spellstrike as long as you use the "Cast a Spell" action. Which makes your statement about Striker's Scroll correct. However, I believe Striker's Scroll was mainly made for the Inexorable Iron and the Sparkling Targe Magus. Regarding the part where you talk about Cascading Ray. No amount of time goes by between your turns. Your third action in a turn with the first action on your next turn, have the same time between them as your first action and your second action in a turn. There just has to be a point where other people take their turns between your endless combos to do their stuff at the same time. Keep up the good work my man. Love your videos, love your energy. Peace

@ezrafaulk3076

2 жыл бұрын

I don't think Paizo means *including* the magus themselves when they mention the spell strike doing splash damage; it's *entirely possible* to have a splash go in every direction *away* from the tool and the tool wielder *making* the splash. I think *that's* what they mean; the splash does damage to every creature within the splash area *but* the magus making the splash.

@KalaamNozalys

2 жыл бұрын

@@zabetakis15 Scroll also let's you prepare the scroll ahead of time instead of having to pull it out of your belt or bag mid-combat.

@12thLevelSithLord

2 жыл бұрын

@@zabetakis15 I believe the swashbuckler has a similar reaction, where they can only use their Nimble Dodge esque ability if it would make a difference.

Spirit Sheath: "Is that a longsword in your pants or are you just happy to see me?" Passes check: "That's a longsword."

@Frog_Wizard801

Ай бұрын

Well played

all conflux spell recharge your spellstrik (even if not writed on the spell it expresed on the spell strike feature)

Nonat, Force Fang is one of the best 2nd level feats. Remember all conflux spells recharge your Spellstrike, so, one focus point for insta-damage and recharging spellstrike is amazing.

@something9105

2 жыл бұрын

Wouldn't Force Fang trigger reactions if you have to use it in melee?

@camerondyer4859

2 жыл бұрын

^this. He is completely right. Still hard for me not to take expansive instead though lol

@lunaris6096

2 жыл бұрын

@@something9105 so does spellstrike since it also includes casting a spell

@criminalmatrix6

2 жыл бұрын

@@something9105 sure but so does spellstrike most the time because you are casting the spells into your weapon.

@lugh.i

2 жыл бұрын

@@something9105 Yeah, but what the rest above me said.

There is one thing I absolutely love thematically in the Magus' mechanics, it's the end result of Arcane Cascade. When it's active, by combining your martial prowess (weapon specialization) and magical abilities (casting a spell to enter the cascade) your damage on strikes with a weapon become superior to a Fighter (legendary weapon specialization). You become equal to a specialist by merging your two different skills into something greater. And I love that. To explain: a fighter at level 20 with greater weapon specialization and legendary proficiency in a weapon gets a flat +8 on every strike. A magus of the same level, being only Master, gets +6 from specialization. But with the stance on, you get a flat +3 (that can be of the weapon's damage type) for a +9 on each strike. It's small, but I just love this detail.

@HenshinFanatic

2 жыл бұрын

Ah, but that Fighter also has Level+8 for Legendary Proficiency on the attack roll vs. the Magus' Level+6 with Master Proficiency so the fighter is 10% more likely to critically hit thanks to the Target Value + 10 = Critical Success rule, and even on a natural 1 will still likely get a normal success since they can devote less Ability Score Improvements to mental stats only really caring about Wisdom for Will Saves.

@abandonmentissues1887

2 жыл бұрын

Additionally if your a laughing shadow magus and you have distracting spellstrike that damage goes up even further being (6 + 7 from laughing shadow plus your spellstrike modifiers so plus an additional 9-10 getting a total of plus 22-23 damage if my math is correct)

Note: you cannot hide a great sword with Spirit Sheathe. The feat has a maximum bulk of 1, and a great sword is bulk 2

@williammclyr3330

2 жыл бұрын

But you can hide a bastard sword, which is greater greatsword

@tristanmitchell1242

Жыл бұрын

@@williammclyr3330 Technically, a "Greatsword" is supposed to be a two-handed sword (referring to hilt length), while a "Bastard Sword" is supposed to be a hand-and-a-half sword (basically the IRL form of the Versatile trait). So it is a Lesser Greatsword, not a Greater Greatsword. A Greater Greatsword would be something like the Buster Sword from FF7, or a Daiklave from Exalted.

@williammclyr3330

Жыл бұрын

@@tristanmitchell1242 I was referring to the fact that bastard sword is overall much better weapon in pf2e than greatsword

@moekitsune

Жыл бұрын

​@@williammclyr3330IIRC the bastard sword is 4gp while the greatsword is 2gp which might allow you to buy some extra equipment

@williammclyr3330

Жыл бұрын

@@moekitsune this is irrelevant after first few levels.

The spell attack roll for cascading ray is at the same multiple attack penalty as the spellstrike, not at the additional -5. This also resolves your issue for the next round ray.

Cascading Ray specifically says that it makes the attack at the same Multiple Attack Penalty as the Spellstrike it's being triggered by.

wtf, the "turn to camera and say a random name" bit at 2:00 was finally my name and actually scared the fuck out of me for a second lmao

Arcane Shroud is not until end of next turn, its end of next turn or spells duration, whichever is longer. So if you cast a 1 minute duration spell the arcane shroud spell lasts for a minute.

Distracting Spellstrike is "meh", but not really because of what you said. Remember Laughing Shadow gets more damage when you attack a flat-footed enemy, so it's a nice damage and accuracy boost and adds another action to the already action efficient Spellstrike. The problem is it depends on your Deception and, as a magus, you're not gonna have a lot of boosts to spare for CHA, as you'll need STR/DEX to fight, some INT for your spells and CON to survive.

@katsumaeda5615

2 жыл бұрын

So you can actually dump int as a Laughing Shadow magus because most spells don't actually add your int mod to damage. To make your damage more consistent, you can take an innate spell from one of those two elf feats as a half-elf and innate spells always key off of cha instead of your casting ability. So you can just go 18 dex/str and 16 cha.

@noname-do5wo

2 жыл бұрын

@@katsumaeda5615 you could but that will really hurt your round to round damage (when you use cantrips and such) because you are pushed to be a Dex Magus for laughing shadow and you not adding much into to your cantrips, while it might be good at higher levels your early game will suck

@katsumaeda5615

2 жыл бұрын

@@noname-do5wo you can totally go str magus. The movement speed bonus you get from running light/no armor is not an amazing benefit which is the primary incentive to doing that. Yeah, positioning for flanking is helped by a high dex as well, but there's almost no reason not to go str if you prefer that. And as I said before, you can add your Cha to damage on your one damage cantrip.

@lugh.i

2 жыл бұрын

@@katsumaeda5615 Yeah, not a bad idea.

Runic Impression being self-only may also be because it’s a 2e adaptation of a 1e Magus class feature. In 1e they had a pool of points called an Arcane Pool and one of the uses for it was imbuing weapon enhancements into your weapon temporarily, like granting it the flaming property on the fly.

I’m certain someone else has thought of this or brought this up already, but: Lunging Spellstrike, Expansive Spellstrike and Whirlwind Spellstrike. With a 10th level spell, your pick really… you spin your staff around in a 55-foot radius and attack every enemy therein. Then, from somewhere in that massive area, say wherever the BBEG may be standing among this horde of enemies, there is a smaller but still incredibly intense explosion of energy. Twisting Tree Bunker Buster/Nuke Magus will absolutely be my next high level PC.

@pangolimazul6055

2 жыл бұрын

You can't, both Lunging Spellstrike and Whirlwind Spellstrike are separate activitues,not alterarions to the spellstrike,so they can't be combined

I hope when you're looking at Dimensional Disappearance (27:27), you're taking into account that Dimensional Assault requires you to be in range of a creature in order to cast it.

Arcane shroud lasts until the end of your next turn or the spell duration whichever is LONGER. Use it to give yourself heroism for 10 minutes, not one turn. Seems more powerful than you thought.

Aside from the Conflux spell stuff people has already pointed out (Force Fang is fantastic, btw), Cascading Ray does not suffer a -5 to MAP after Spellstrike, 'cause the description of the feat says to "use the same MAP as the Strike" for Cascading Ray. It's a lot better than what is said here.

If you are using a ranged Magus, you can use Fireball and the like, since your target might be farther away.

I’m honestly a little disappointed they didn’t do more with scrolls for magus. Something like letting you attach scrolls to multiple weapons if they have the thrown property, or letting you use scrolls when using one handed weapons for spellstrike. Just something to use scrolls in some fashion, like they did with thaumaturge and talisman’s. I just love scrolls as an idea and wanted something more

I think you’re sleeping on Fused staff. I created a Lv 5 staff using the rules in SoM. So now, at lv 8, I have 4 extra level 1 spellslotd for my spell strikes. Came in handy on a recent dungeon we did.

One of the things I like about the Spell Swipe feat is that it encourages you to make an Axe Magus.

@austinobst8989

2 жыл бұрын

Or polearm magus with a sweep weapon

@larrywilliams6116

Жыл бұрын

I prefer the machete it has sweep and deadly.

The quickened action can't be used to Spellstrike, because Spellstrike is an activity. Hasted Assault requires you to use the action to Strike (basic action), it does not allow you to use an activity that contains a Strike. More info in: Subordinate Actions, Core Rulebook 462 --- On another note, you can Dispelling Strike with your no lethal fists and just knock out those poor NPCs

@AlcarinKitsune

Жыл бұрын

Wait, for real? Than Supreme Spellstrike doesn't actually allow you to Spellstrike with the quickened action it gives?

@aventuraenlafogata649

Жыл бұрын

@@AlcarinKitsune surprisingly... No. It clearly states that you can strike or recharge spellstrike, you can't use it as part of the spellstrike itself. It's still a pretty amazing feat

I still want to play a Magus in Extinction Curse and be a sword Swallower with the Spirit Sheath

Careful ! Cascading Ray uses the Spellstrike's MAP. So you only have to deal with your lower proficiency (which more or less make it equivalent with a strike with an agile weapon)

i know it doesnt matter to the video, and i already have secrets of magic so the rest of the video is kinda just me invalidating my own purchase, but "ladies, gentlemen, enbies" got a subscription. thank you for being one of like 3 ive found so far to actually acknowledge us in a non-negative way.

I think distracting spellstrike is better than you think. With it, you can feint (increasing hit and potentially critical chance) then recharge spellstrike and do it again with your last action. Or move then do the combo. Or recall knowledge.

@austinobst8989

2 жыл бұрын

It's a free feint everytime you spellstrike. Great action economy

@12thLevelSithLord

2 жыл бұрын

I'm way more into a free feint every round than a +3-6 damage that happens only sometimes.

Okay this two part guide series has taken the Magus class from "something I am considering to play to see how long I can put up with it" to "OMG *HOW* have I slept on this class for so long!?"

"I don't know how you stop players like this without crazy high level npcs." So, this can always be a problem at tables, but I find the answer is you don't in game. It is very much an out of game thing. "Hey, we don't really run that type of game here, sure you can get away with it, but the person did see your face, or saw you there so it is going to hurt the parties reputation. Also even if you get away with it, you will certainly be throwing the balance of the game off."

@12thLevelSithLord

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. The way to deal with players trying to abuse a thing is rarely to engage in counter abuse, it's to handle it out of game.

I applaud the opening joke. It felt surprisingly accurate 😅

For the purposes of Striker's Scroll, I just double checked a Talisman takes 10 minutes to affix, unless you have the crafting skill feat Rapid Affixture, which makes it take 1 Minute instead, or a Three Action Activity if you're Legendary in Crafting so if you really wanted to do that either you(or an ally with both prerequisites of the skill feat and legendary in crafting) could spend their entire turn affixing a scroll to your weapon in combat.

For magus gunslingers, force fang would be a great way to stay ahead of reload economy while recharging the spellshot

I like the idea of being a Starlit Span Magus who uses a blunderbuss with Striker's Scroll, and instead of wrapping the blunderbuss with the scroll, you wrap up the shot pellets in the scroll and jam it down the barrel of the gun

RAW You should be able to Cascading Ray using the consecutive turns so long as you don't take any reactions or triggered free actions in between as those are kinds of actions. Your last action reference and next action reference do NOT change or become invalid between turns.

@mjdragonmaster6559

2 жыл бұрын

Also it's not "6 seconds go by" before your next turn starts, a round happens over the course of 6 seconds and what happens in your turn is what you do in that time. In game your turns happen right after each other, it'd be weird for you to just be standing around for that long.

@edreppert3091

2 жыл бұрын

@@mjdragonmaster6559 Agree. From another system (Harnmaster) "This is a crisis resolution system that can be used whenever action sequencing is critical. The GM switches to the combat system whenever it seems appropriate to resolve action in “time ticks” of ten seconds." Also "A round, lasts ten (10) seconds, but this should not be taken too literally - ten seconds is only an average. Some rounds last longer, some less. In the final analysis it does not matter how long actions last. What matters is the order in which events occur: Does this character get the spell off before being cut down by the broadsword?"😎

@dnominic

Жыл бұрын

Not sure where you're getting this RAW from but Logan Banner on How It's Played confirmed that any "Your last action" abilities only count within the same turn, whether it's metamagic or a monster's ability.

Yes! Was waiting for this!

As someone who invested in deception and distracting spellstrike with assurance in deception, feinting often means more chances to critical hit like a fighter.

@Blizz3112

Жыл бұрын

Its not only that, the whole build is focused in dealing additional damage while enemies are flat-footed...

a magus video on my birthday, i like it

Friendship over with bladesingers, best friends with magus now

Force Fang is a Conflux Spell. ALL Conflux Spells recharge your Spellstrike.

@SuikoRyos

2 жыл бұрын

Also, Cascading Ray states that it uses the same MAP as the triggering Strike. So if your Spellstrike was at -0, your Cascading Ray would also be at -0.

Cascading Ray is even better as it says in it that it uses the same multiple attack penalty as the triggering strike, so you most likely will not take a -5 to it.

If you have natural attacks you can still spellstrike with unarmed attacks without taking arcane fists. My crocodilian lizardfolk twisted tree magus says so

A F****** love you, Nonat 1s!

Spell swipe seems nice since it reduces the chance that you waste the spell slot since you get to use it if either attack hits.

Interesting how your opinion changes from magus to ranger when talking about bonuses gained from knowledge feats

the actions gained be the quickened condition can't be used on activities so... you couldn't use it for spellstrike (the monk is the only one that I remember that gain the quickened condition for stride, leap or privide 1 of two action on high jump or long jump)

Oye! More cool classes to add to that list of cool classes I want to try out 😅

I just realized that Riven is a Magus with a Soul Forger dedication.

I'll take Strike Scroll with my Rogue. He will have a lot of proficiency in Arcane and crafting so it might be fun to use scrolls as a kind of expensive high-damage ammo for his spellstrike. Now I just have to find the space for it...

Just a note, I think you misread the Cascading Ray Feat. It says "Make a spell attack roll against the new target's AC, AT THE SAME MULTIPLE ATTACK PENALTY AS THE STRIKE." So it does not increase your MAP. I'm fairly confident that Paizo worded the requirement the way they did to be more lenient so the Cascading Ray functions identically to the Arcane Cascade stance.

Preternatural parry isn't the same as nimble dodge. Nimble dodge lasts for one attack, preternatural parry lasts until the start of your turn...which is in effect +2 to AC and saves for EVERYTHING other than AoO.

don't know how often you read comments on "old" videos, but this video is missing on the Class Guides (PF2) playlist.

@Nonat1s

2 жыл бұрын

I read comments all the time! Thank you! I will fix it right away!

Decided to Orc half ifirit to play with fireball spell strikes... in the reign of winter campaign... just wait for my horrid wilting spell strike...

The main point of picking Force Fang is to get an early 2nd Focus point, if your base conflux spell is very good.

37:53 Weird or Horrid Whilting are awesome on this

God I love these guides

Also with arcane shroud you also get to go into arcane cascade. So it doesn't effect your action economy which is nice.

Magus looks like a blast to play.

14:48, Scrolls are activated with the Cast a Spell activity, so I don't know why you *can't* just use it as part of your Spellstrike, hands allowing.

@Bhrymm

2 жыл бұрын

Though spellstrike is a combined activity that specifically isn't "Cast a spell". Hence why most metamagic doesn't normally work with it. I don't know how it would work

@lebombjames3911

2 жыл бұрын

@@Bhrymm Metamagic doesn't work because your next action isn't Cast a Spell, it's Spellstrike. Spellstrike does include its own "nested" Cast a Spell. Honestly, Spellstrike could use a few clarifications and FAQs to clear things up (or maybe erratas to make it not provoke AoO pls Paizo)

@Bhrymm

2 жыл бұрын

​@@lebombjames3911 yeah, I mean I agree that you should be able to use a scroll with it, just its worded weirdly. Also, Spellstrike doesn't provoke AoO. It doesn't have the manipulate trait

@12thLevelSithLord

2 жыл бұрын

@@Bhrymm The Cast a Spell action you use during a Spellstrike does, though.

Cascading ray is at the same MAP as the strike, so the point about waiting until the next turn when MAP resets is a bit of a moot one. It's a very good feat.

Would be cool if you have a Magus create armor that grants him or her immunity against certain types of damage or at least resistances.

@noname-do5wo

2 жыл бұрын

You could use soul forger architype for that

Imagine putting a great sword in your prison wallet using spirit sheath and then someone dispells the magic on you

Dimensional DIssapearance is Shacco! Now I just need jack in the boxes!

That opening joke was way too funny

Whirlwind Spell with Chain Lightning (with Expansive Spellstrike) will be hilarious.

Yes it counts as a strike . So can spellstrike, regain your spell strike and enter arcane cascade in one turn

@aventuraenlafogata649

2 жыл бұрын

If you are talking about the quickened action, that's not how it works. Subordinate actions on page 462 explains it

This video is a real ephipany -- the feats of the magi

I'm pretty sure Force Fang recharges spellstrike. I don't think it's great either though

Noticed you've already corrected the Force Fang mistake. Was gonna say, the recharge was THE reason to take Force Fang, since it provides an additional Conflux Spell to work into your tactics at level one. It's the only other Conflux Spell you can get at level 1. So, I'd say it is basically vital to most Magus builds. I hope to see more 1st level Conflux Spells in the future. We'll, more Conflux Spells period. Lol

@probablynotasith5355

2 жыл бұрын

Grabbing and then later retraining into something better once you get more Focus points is always good. Because the Focus spell itself kinda sucks, but the extra point is golden

After having played level 10-12 as a sparkling targe magus, i believe there may a great gain from force fang. The sparkling targe conflux spell shielding strike is quite awkward as a magus. Using it after you spellstrike you get to raise shield and attack at a -10 penalty, which is not much better than just raising shield (Aside from the fact that you recharge spellstrike). If you use it in a round where your spellstrike is down and you have all 3 actions, you have the choice of recharging spell strike with shielding strike, and then doing spellstrike at -5, which is worse than just recharging and doing spellstrike. An other alternative is Arcane Countermeasure - which is very situational, and only works against spell effects - even at level 10-12 encounters, there are a surprisingly few encounters where that makes a difference - and we just fought a litch. In that encounter i resisted 0 damage from arcane countermeasure. Another alternative is runic impression, but since it does not stack with runes, and you are already able to target weaknesses efficiently, and since runic impression does not affect golem weaknesses, it seems a worse option for magus than Arcane Countermeasure. As a result i believe i may change my level 8 feat choice from arcane countermeasure to force fang, when i get the opportunity. Building the sparkling targe character less tanky than i do, you could choose it at level 2, and have access to spells swipe at level 8 or something similar. But for me, gaining the sentinel dedication at level 2 is key to being the main damage soaker - while still pushing out massive damage with spellstrike.

MAgus has a lot of synergy with the investigator archtype.

28:51 wukong is that you?

30:59 - 31:08 You forgot to mention that the necromancy school part of Sustaining Steel also states you can change the damage type from Arcane Cascade to positive if you wish. And will not mindblown it can come in handy when dealing with undead/negative healing creatures that it also mentions. But yeah like i said last time the magus has bin refined sinds the playtest and I really like the playstyle variety of the magus's Hybrid Studies and there feats. Inexorable Iron being the two handed weapon magus with some focus on aoe damage & self-healing (besides Capture Magic I think Expansive Spellstrike work well going into Arcane Cascade and follwing up with Devastating Spellstrike next turn to add to the aoe damage or feats like Cascade Countermeasure for more tankiness), Laughing Shadow being a unarmored one handed (kinda like Sword Saint in kingmaker) or unarmed magus that also focuses on mobility & stealth, Sparkling Targe being a sword and board or (sinds: Shield Bash, Shield Boss and Shield Spikes are melee attacks) a shieldstrike magus that focuses on defense/damage mitigation, Starlit Span of course being the spell archer but can be a weapon throwning (or a guns with guns and gears) magus with some focus on visibility and finally Twisting Tree being a staff wieling magus and will diverse magic dus has some focuses on attacking multiple enemies (especially with Lunging Spellstrike that is giving me Ruyi Jingu Bang vibes).

Nice!

Since this book came out I've wanted to make bow magus with Fireball. :) Maybe I'll add other stuff like sleep and wall of fire.

you may be able to work with your dm with this, but i think a target that was unaware of your spirit-sheathed weapon is flat-footed against your draw attack, sort of like an auto-feint. like they were expecting to engage with a brawler, and they are caught off-guard by a blade

So, for expansive spell strike, you can absolutely be outside of the range of a fireball - you can use ranged weapons for spell strike, so you can go ahead and snipe an enemy with a fireball.

@Nonat1s

2 жыл бұрын

Forgot about Starlit Span! That's an excellent point!

@gm9460

2 жыл бұрын

What about twisting tree with the crazy reach ?

get 2 weapons, once you run out of spell slots you get the backup weapon and you attack with another spell strike. Is cool.

lunging spell strike makes fireball spellstrikes good

Imagine the BBEG was a bibliophile and the Magus uses a book as a shield...

Partys low, know I only have 1 option against the BBEG Spellstrike a fireball>>>fall unconscious to it making a volatile solution fall out of my spirit sheath exploding for more AOE damage. DIe horribly but also take out BBEG. Nonat-Magus players are VERY selfish. Feels Magus man.

Pathfinder PD: We got another dead innkeeper... should we try to round up the Magi again, Chief?

Force Fang does recharge your Spellstrike. All Conflux spells recharge it. It is part of the Conflux rules

Wait, Force Fang doesn't recharge Spellstrike? I thought any Magus Focus spell recharges Spellstrike?

@camerontaylor612

2 жыл бұрын

You're right, i expect he just missed that in the Spellstrike rules

Shout out to the Enbys!

Whirlwind spell strike with the feat that makes your staff up to 55 ft... Sure you need some haste effect but you could hit tons of targets...

@HenshinFanatic

2 жыл бұрын

Lunging Spellstrike is a seperate 2-Action activity, meaning you implicitly can't combine them. Even with Supreme Spellstrike that only let's you use the bonus action for a normal, basic, Spellstrike, not any of the improved versions that are distinct activities from your Magus feats.

Now that I'm thinking about it, Nonat kinda has a point about the quickened condition. Can you use that additional action alongside any of your normal actions to take 2-action or 3-action activities that meet that action's requirements? Spellstrike is a prime example, as it says you make a Strike as part of it (though it also says you Cast a Spell, so kinda wonky). An easier example is Fighter's Sudden Charge. If you are effected by Haste, can you use Sudden Charge by supplementing that additional action? If so, quickened is POTENT in the right hands.

Another thing, in regards to Striker's Scroll: RAW, I don't believe there is actually nothing stopping you from Casting a Spell from a Scroll as part of a Spellstrike, as there isn't actually anything in Spellstrike or the Magus Class that says the Spell must come from your Spell List. That said, I doubt that is RAI and the action economy necessary to achieve this is a little taxing. For starters, in order to Cast as Spell from a Scroll, you have to have the Scroll in hand. Assuming you aren't already holding the Scroll, that means you'll have to spend an Action to Draw the Scroll before Casting it. Now, again, nothing says you can't use the Cast a Spell from a Scroll as part of the activity used to Spellstrike; but, in order to do so, the Spell being Cast still needs to be one on your Spell List, per the rules for Casting Spells from a Scroll. This isnt really that big a deal for a Magus, since they have Spellbooks, allowing them to theoretically know as many Spells as they want. However, this would still make it a little counterintuitive in most cases, unless it is a Spell that is either A. not a Cantrip and you've already Cast it for the day, and want to Cast it again; or B. it is a Spell on your Spell List that you didn't actually prepare during your Daily Preparations in order to Cast using a Spell Slot. It this case, it almost seems like more trouble that simply casting a Cantrip as part of your Spellstrike. Going back to Striker's Scroll: the benefit here is forgoing the Action needed to Draw the particular Scroll in question in order to utilize it. Is this a big deal, likely not, but it is a net benefit nonetheless. It allows one to potentially prepared, prior to combat, any number of Spells Known by the Magus for tactical advantage, should combat break out. It's a minor benefit, sure. But with how important Action Economy can be during combat situations, it can be an detriment to have to spend more Actions than needed. Additionally, there are a number of potential options available to a PC in order to capitalize on this tactic a bit more, if that were the direction someone wanted to go. For one, having multiple weapons with Affixed Scrolls attached to them, and possibly even Duel Weilding two of these weapons to give you twice as many options. As a Magus, it isn't necessary to have a free hand, since you can use a weapon to draw any necessary Somatic Components to a Spell. Further, taking the Rapid Affixture or going down the path of the Talisman Dabbler Archetype could potentially make this an in-combat option, assuming you can stay relatively unaccosted for 10 Rounds. Again, would this really be worth it in the long run? Probably not. But, it still remains MORE than what you could do without any of these Feat options. Could also invest in a Talisman Cord which, RAW, I would rule works with Scrolls if you have Striker's Scroll, giving you the potential to not consume the Scroll on use in this way. Lastly, I'd just like to say that I personally feel like Feats like this are important to include. Before anything, Pathfinder 2e is a game built upon specific mechanics for which the system operates. While many of these rules may not be to everyone's liking, there is a large number of fans who also aren't keen on stripping the system down or homebrewing content into their games. So while some GM's would allow certain things to be done because they are cool or the accosiacted rules tied to these mechanics aren't to their liking, other many not; and for those people, I believe it is important to have RAW/RAI based player-facing options in order to grant players agency over the rules. Options like this allow players to tell GM's that, no matter what their rules or the rules of the system might say in regards to something, they have invested into a particular in-system mechanic that allows them to do something contrary to what the GM or rules may state. So, while RAI for this situation may not allow the use of Scrolls as part of a Spellstrike, allowing a GM to potentially tell a player that they cannot do it (even if the rules may not expressly say so), the Feat that the player spent character resources on in order to take says "Hey GM, I can in fact do this, because my Feat says so."; and I think options like that are important. It gives players the ability to change the game to their benefit.

@brutusthecat6044

2 жыл бұрын

So both Quick Fix and Rapid Affixture both can eventually have affix a talisman become a 3-action activity which might be doable in combat if a bit costly. Additionally, Strikers Scroll might have some great synergy with the eventual Thaumaturge multiclass archetype, since every multiclass archetype to date has had a feat to allow the selection of any 1st or 2nd level feat the "scroll thaumaturgy" feat allows the casting of spells from any tradition so using this you could technically spell-strike with off-book spells.

Why doesn't force fang recharge your spell strike? Is it not a conflux?

idk if i can make it through the video with MAG-US this many times

Expansive spellstrike is a trap option. your casting stat is likely to be behind the curve, more so at later levels.

@austinobst8989

2 жыл бұрын

Consider that ranged magus's can change the source and direction of cone and line spells from their target. Being able to precisely maneuver area effects like that is enough of a gimmick for a decent class option, even if it not as good as a wizard.

Spirit Sheath seems like a waste of a Feat when you can just buy Sleeves of Storing. It's what my Alchemist uses to carry all those items he crafts every day. Lunging Spellstrike + Fireball = WIN ;) Magus, "Don't worry, I'll beat the devil out the villagers." Magus uses Dispelling Spellstrike.

A bit of topic here, though why there's not a Ranger 101 video? I'd really love to hear your thoughts about the Ranger and your analysis of the feats and all! Love the content!!

@Nonat1s

2 жыл бұрын

Don't you worry! It's coming! There's just SOOOO much new content coming out in these few months, so I've gotta devote all of my video time to covering it! We'll get back to the base stuff someday lol

@Manolaros13

2 жыл бұрын

I know right?! I'm really excited for the Gunslinger to come out!! Looking forward to see all the new content and hear your thoughts on it!! 😊

Isn't "choose a target within your reach" the same thing as "or within the reach of a melee weapon you're wielding"?

Imagine a druid magus goblin.

two thing... the map after spellstrike is -10 (it count as two attacs).... second cascading ray is say " Make the spell attack rool against the new target's AC, at the same multiple attack penalty as the Strike" that mean 1 of 2 thing.. a) you ray go out with 0 pentalty cuz your strike on the spellstrke has no penalty (if was your first activity of the round) or b) they put redundat text to emphasize the -10 attack penalty.... I more incline to beleave that is the option a... but I could be wrong

MAYYYYGGGJJJJUUUUUUS

can't use great weapons with spirit sheath unfortunately as they're 2 bulk

Spirit Sheith only allows 1 Bulk weapons. That rules out most weapons for the two-handed magus. So hammer space can't hold a hammer.

And here I thought fireball dealt cold damage thank you for correcting me

@Nonat1s

2 жыл бұрын

Common misconception.

Does recharging your spell strike count as a hostile action? If it does, doesn't that mean dimensional assault would lose the invisibility effect?

@spider0804

2 жыл бұрын

Really depends on how you recharge it.

Good review. Its May-jus, though.

@NRMRKL

2 жыл бұрын

I thought it was an abbreviated form of "Mother Goose" - Ma' Goose.

_"May-gus."_