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Magus Class v3.1.1 - (Tiny) Public Update

🕑 Added 2023-07-04 14:01:39 +0000 UTC

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ArcaneOverride

It would be cool if they had Find Steed and Find Greater Steed on their spell list. It would further enhance their magical knight vibes and increase the parallel to Paladin. Also Shadowblade seems like a thematically appropriate spell for them

ArcaneOverride

Would making that kind of Extra Attack incompatible with Spellstrike and any Cantrip that includes an Attack with a Weapon (thus blocking Booming Blade) be sufficient to allow it to be ok for a Magus that way they can attack with a weapon in one hand and shoot a Firebolt with the other?

Jeff Potato

I realize why that style of Extra Attack would be excessive for the Magus, but I do think it suits some characters, like the two warrior subclasses of the Alternate Bard. It's very fitting thematically for gish characters mixing weapon attacks with magic. (It's just redundant for the Magus who already has Spellstrike.)

laserllama

Only someone else.

Jeff Potato

Oh, just realized I had another weird question: does an Order of the Aurora Magus count as an "allied creature" for gaining Frost from the Rimeguard ability, or do they only gain Frost when *someone else* on their side (within range) gets hurt?

laserllama

Yeah that would be a little bit overboard IMO. Honestly, I’ve been thinking a lot about that style of Extra Attack and I’ll probably errata-ing it out of my brews.

Jeff Potato

It feels a bit weird to me that the Magus (even the Order of Arcanists) doesn't have access to the Bladesinger-style Extra Attack that lets you use a cantrip in place of one attack, but I guess the Magus's damage output is most likely high enough without adding a Booming Blade to every standard attack routine.