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Magus

You’ve mixed physical combat with spellcasting.

Multiclass Magus Characters

If your character wants to dabble in the power of a magus, you can take one of the following multiclass archetypes to do so.

Magus Dedication Feat 2

Archetype Dedication Multiclass

Prerequisite(s) Strength or Dexterity 14, Intelligence 14

You cast spells like a magus, gaining a spellbook with four common arcane cantrips of your choice. You gain the Cast a Spell activity. You can prepare two cantrips each day from your spellbook. Each time you gain a spell slot of a new level from the magus archetype, add a spell of that level or lower to your spellbook. You’re trained in arcane spell attack rolls and spell DCs. Your key spellcasting ability for magus archetype spells is Intelligence, and they are arcane magus spells. You become trained in Arcana; if you were already trained in Arcana, you instead become trained in a skill of your choice. You become trained in simple weapons.

Special You can’t select another dedication feat until you have gained two other feats from the magus archetype.

Basic Martial Magic Feat 4

Archetype

Prerequisite(s) Magus Dedication

You gain a 1st- or 2nd-level magus feat of your choice.

Hybrid Study Spell Feat 4

Archetype

Prerequisite(s) Magus Dedication

Gain the conflux spell from a hybrid study of your choice. If you don’t already have one, you gain a focus pool of 1 Focus Point, which you can Refocus by studying your spellbook and performing a physical regimen. You don’t gain any of the hybrid study’s other benefits.

Spellstriker Feat 4

Archetype

Prerequisite(s) Magus Dedication

You gain the magus’s Spellstrike activity. You can recharge it only as an activity that takes 1 minute. This restriction applies even if you gain another ability that recharges Spellstrike.

Advanced Martial Magic Feat 6

Archetype

Prerequisite(s) Basic Martial Magic

You gain one magus feat. For the purpose of meeting its prerequisites, your magus level is equal to half your character level.

Special You can select this feat more than once. Each time you select it, you gain another magus feat.

Basic Magus Spellcasting Feat 6

Archetype

Prerequisite(s) Magus Dedication

You gain the basic bounded spellcasting benefits.

Expert Magus Spellcasting Feat 12

Archetype

Prerequisite(s) Basic Magus Spellcasting, master in Arcana

You gain the expert bounded spellcasting benefits.

Master Magus Spellcasting Feat 18

Archetype

Prerequisite(s) Expert Magus Spellcasting, legendary in Arcana

You gain the master bounded spellcasting benefits.

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