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Magus

Class

The Magus is a fearsome fighter who combines the power of magic with weaponry. As masters of both martial and magical arts, they specialize in fine-tuning their arsenal of weapons with enchantments to be as effective as possible against any foe they might encounter.

To a Magus, the simplest solution to a problem is usually the best. They're not as concerned with the intricacies or theory of magic as they are maximizing their power. They work well with the Scholar and Artificer who can contribute their vast knowledge of magical theory to the Magus's pursuit of the most effective enchantments.

Playing as a Magus

While Adventuring

You keep your guard up, always on the lookout for danger. You might use your magic skills to search for hidden enchantments. You can carry a great deal, so you've usually got a sizeable collection of weaponry, bearing different enchantments suited for various encounters. You might lend some of these weapons to your teammates, if they're up to the challenge of using them.

During Social Interaction

You're not too interested in the science or theory behind magic, but you're very knowledgable. You're a quick-thinking problem solver who isn't afraid to use intimidation if it's the quickest way to get what you need.

In Combat

You're both powerful and cunning. You strive not just for the strongest weaponry, but the most versatile and effective. You stay close to your teammates and use your tactical knowledge to prioritize the most threatening targets, keeping your more delicate allies out of harm's way.

While Resting

A good night's sleep is essential to make sure you're in top form to deal with whatever the ruins have in store for you. You might spend time enhancing your weapons or studying new enchantments or spells.

Starting Equipment

When creating a leveled character that starts with this class, consult the Mercenary Starting Equipment table to determine what items you start with. You receive all of the items listed for your starting level and all levels below it. You can choose to replace any number of items with their equivalent value in credits (CR).

Class Features

Magus Specialties

At Level 1, choose three Natural Skills from the Magus's Natural Skills list. Gain 1 level in Enchanting (Spellcasting) as a specialty, and 1 level in your choice of one of the following:

• Swords (One-Handed)
• Swords (Two-handed)
• Axes (One-Handed / Two-Handed)
• Blunt Weapons (One-Handed / Two-Handed)
• Archery (Marksmanship)
• Crossbow (Marksmanship)

Spellcasting

At Level 1, you may begin to learn and cast spells. Increase your caster level to 1.

Assign initial values to your magical skills. As a Magus, you have 4 points to spend on these skills, and you can choose from all forms of magic except Temporal.

Enchantment Studies

While most classes study spells and enchantments together, the Magus receives specialized training in enchantments. At each level where you receive this bonus, consult the Spell Study Guide.

You may choose to learn an enchantment of lesser rarity with this ability. For example, whenever you have the option to learn a Rare enchantment, you may choose to learn an Uncommon or Common enchantment instead. If you do, you lose the opportunity to learn a Rare enchantment at that level.

• Level 1: 3 Common Magus enchantments
• Level 4: 2 Common Magus enchantments
• Level 6: 1 Uncommon Magus enchantment and 2 Common Magus enchantments
• Level 11: 3 Uncommon Magus enchantments and 1 Common enchantment of any type
• Level 13: 1 Rare Magus enchantment and 2 Uncommon Magus enchantments
• Level 18: 2 Rare Magus enchantments and 2 Uncommon enchantments of any type
• Level 21: 3 Rare Magus enchantments and 3 Uncommon Magus enchantments
• Level 25: 1 Legendary Magus enchantment, 2 Rare Magus enchantments, and 1 Uncommon enchantment of any type
• Level 27: 2 Legendary Magus enchantments and 4 Rare Magus enchantments
• Level 30: 3 Legendary Magus enchantments and 2 Rare enchantments of any type

Alchemist's Pouch

The Magus keeps a reserve of the most common arcane materials, which are necessary to cast enchantments, with them at all times.

You may designate a small container in your inventory as your Alchemist's Pouch. Once per day, you may use your Alchemist's Pouch to satisfy the material costs of a Common enchantment, or a Common component of a complex enchantment, you cast at or below your skill level in that form of magic.

Spell Studies

At each level where you receive this bonus, you may learn new spells from the Spell Study Guide. This usually, but not always, occurs at each level where your caster level increases.

You may choose to learn a spell of lesser rarity with this ability. For example, whenever you have the option to learn a Rare spell, you may choose to learn an Uncommon or Common spell instead. If you do, you lose the opportunity to learn a Rare spell at that level.

• Level 2: 3 Common Magus spells
• Level 7: 1 Uncomon Magus spell and 2 Common Magus spells
• Level 11: 2 Uncommon Magus spells and 3 Common Magus spells
• Level 15: 1 Rare Magus spell and 3 Uncommon Magus spells
• Level 20: 2 Rare Magus spells, 2 Uncommon Magus spells, and 2 Common spells of any type
• Level 25: 1 Legendary Magus spell and 3 Rare Magus spells
• Level 29: 2 Legendary Magus spell, 3 Rare Magus spells, and 3 Uncommon spells of any type

Specialty Improvement

At each level you receive this bonus, choose one of your specialties and increase its level by 1. Specialties can't be increased above 3.

If you don't have any specialties that can be improved when you receive this bonus, you may gain 1 point in a new specialty of your choice..

Enchantment Proficiency

Starting at Level 3, you begin to rigorously train your enchantment skills. Add your Proficiency Bonus to Cast Enchantment skill checks in any form of magic. Your Proficiency Bonus increases with your level according to the Magus table.

Natural Skill Improvement

At each level you receive this bonus, increase each of your natural skills by one level.

This feature can't increase any skill higher than 7 unless you're level 20 or higher. This feature cannot be used to become Legendary.

TIP: To increase a skill beyond 7 at an earlier level, use the Skill Improvement General Feat.

Arcane Crafting

At Level 5, you gain improved crafting skills and learn to combine them with your enchantments. You gain two unique enchanting abilities:

• You can repair and upgrade enchanted items without affecting their enchantments. You take a -2 circumstance penalty to the check for each enchantment on the item. This ability can't be used for complex enchantments or magical artifacts.
• You can amplify an existing enchantment on an item - even an enchantment you don't know. Make a Cast Enchantment check at the desired new level. If you know the enchantment, you get a circumstance bonus equal to 2 times the level of the existing enchantment. If you don't know the existing enchantment, the GM tells you the form and level required for the check. Doing this consumes the difference in energy and alchemical materials between the enchantment's new level and its existing level. You may use your Alchemist's Pouch to supply the materials if the enchantment meets the criteria for your pouch at its new level.

Learning Experience

At each level you receive this bonus, choose one of your knowledges and increase its level by 1, or gain 1 point in a new knowledge subject of your choice. If your Intelligence score is 15 or greater, you may do this twice each time you receive this bonus. If it's 20 or greater, you may do this three times.

Knowledges can't be increased beyond 10 at any level.

Ability Score Improvement

At each level where you receive this bonus, increase one of your ability scores by 2, or two different scores by 1 each.

Ability scores can't be increased beyond 20 using this feature until your overall level reaches 15, and no ability score can be increased beyond 30 at any level.

After updating your score, be sure to update the relevant modifiers, including skills and other calculated stats that factor in the increased scores.

Magus Bonus

At each level where you receive this bonus, gain a +1 class bonus to one of the following:

• Carry Weight
• Initiative
• Passive Agility

Spellstrike

At Level 8, you gain the ability to infuse spells into your attacks. Your Spellstrike ability allows you to cast damage-dealing spells as cantrips on your attacks.

When you make a Spellstrike attack, you may cast any spell you know that deals damage as a cantrip on the attack. You may use Quick spells as spellstrikes on one-handed attacks, and Quick or Standard spells on two-handed attacks. Spells you cast this way are automatically amplified to the highest level that doesn't require you to make a spellcasting skill check.

Spellstrikes don't consume energy, but you have a limited number of uses of this ability per day according to your level in the Magus table. You recover one Spellstrike per hour of resting, and all your Spellstrikes if you rest for 8 hours uninterrupted.

Spellcraft

Main Page: Spellcraft

At Level 10, you grow tired of only using enchantments out of books and decide to try your hand at creating your own. You gain the ability to inscribe spells and simple enchantments. As a Magus, your Spellcraft skill is equal to half your caster level, rounded down.

Enchantment Blending

At Level 12, you gain the ability to put two simple enchantments on the same item. You take a -5 circumstance penalty to enchant an item for each other simple enchantment already on it. This penalty is reduced to -2 if all enchantments are from the same school of magic.

At Level 26, you gain the ability to put three enchantments on the same item.

Combat Expert

At Level 14, your expertise allows you to multitask in combat. Your turn length increases by one frame.

Energy Channeling

At Level 16, you can use your Spellstrikes to briefly amplify enchantments on your weapons and armor.

Weapon Channeling: When you make an attack with an enchanted weapon, you expend a Spellstrike slot to amplify its enchantment to the next highest factor if the resulting level is equal to or lower than your caster level.This ability can be combined with a regular Spellstrike attack.

Armor Channeling: As a single action, you expend one Spellstrike to amplify the enchantment on armor or a wearable item to the next highest factor for one round. The resulting level must be equal to or lower than your caster level. You must be wearing the item or be able to touch it.

No skill check is required to use this ability. If there are multiple enchantments on the item, you must amplify all of them and spend one Spellstrike slot per enchantment. This ability can't be used on complex enchanted items or artifacts.

Enhanced Strike

Starting at Level 20, your Spellstrike and Energy Channeling abilities can produce more powerful effects. You gain the following new abilities:

• You can infuse two Spellstrikes into the same attack. They may be the same spell, or two different spells. Each must be cast separately, requiring separate skill checks if necessary.
• You can perform charged spells as spellstrikes on three-frame attack moves (such as two-handed power attacks.)
The use of this type of spellstrike causes the spell to fully charge in three frames instead of taking until the next round to occur.
• You can amplify spellstrikes to higher levels. If you do, you must make the necessary spellcasting skill check, and the difference in energy cost between the amplified spell and the level it would be cast as a normal Spellstrike must be supplied by your energy reserves.
• When using Energy Channeling, you can amplify an enchantment multiple times. Each increase in amplification factor beyond the first consumes energy equal to the enchantment's base energy cost. This ability can amplify an enchantment to a level above your caster level.

Arcane Rush

At Level 24, the sheer power of your magical abilities courses through you and gives you a rush of adrenaline. You gain the ability to enter Rage.

As a Magus, entering Rage takes one frame and consumes two Spellstrike slots. You remain enraged until combat ends or until the end of your turn if you did not attack during that turn.

While raging, you gain the following effects:

• Your Speed is increased by 4 feet.
• Any attacks that use your Strength (This includes Elemental spells) deal +1d damage. Add to the roll one additional die of the same size the damage roll would use normally.)
• You have immunity to staggering effects.
• You have disadvantage on all Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma-based checks.
• Your passive perception is reduced by 4.

As a Magus, enchantments on all items you're wearing or holding are automatically amplified to their next-highest factor while raging. In addition, any weapons bearing enchantments with the Augment keyword have their normal damage type changed to the type dealt by the enchantment.

Magic is Might

At Level 30, you're one of the strongest magical fighters of the modern age. You gain the following benefits:

• While raging, the magical effects of your Arcane Rush ability extend to all allies within 30 feet.
• You can put an unlimited number of simple enchantments on the same item.
• You can infuse up to three Spellstrikes into one attack.
• Your Spellstrikes are automatically amplified to the next-highest factor.

Magus Class Feats