So I’m going to be playing in a Strength of Thousands campaign pretty soon. By default the module allows you to take either Wizard or Druid as a free archetype, but our DM has decided to homebrew expand the list to any primarily caster class. I’ve never played Magus before, and want to try it out for the module, specifically looking to go Laughing Shadow. Playing a catfolk with a kukri from their weapon specialty.
My main problem is I keep waffling on what archetype to take with this expanded list. I’m curious to see if anyone has any suggestions. I’m not looking for the peak best meta build or anything. More something fun that’s still viable.
I considered it might be fun to go Druid and get an animal companion for help in melee, but was informed the Magus already struggles with action economy, so ordering a companion around wouldn’t be the best. Especially since with the archetype it wouldn’t be until level 8 that my companion gets a free action.
RAW, yes, this would work even with the legacy Magus. RAI, no, this would still not work as the prerequisite is generally understood to mean you have a class with full spell progression, I.e., three spell slots per rank at even levels.
yeah it just would not be super great with legacy given the limited spells of wave casting.