Canny Magus (Apath)

Unofficial rules compendium

Canny magus is a magus archetype that focuses on fencing, combining spells with fencing tricks. It is a martial arts class of the Way of the Mind

Class Information

This is a martial arts archetype

Class: Magus.

Hit Die: d8.

Class Features

The canny magus has all the standard magus' class features, except as noted below.

Weapon and Armor Proficiency

Canny magi are proficient with all simple and martial weapons. A canny magus is also proficient with light armor. He can cast magus spells while wearing light armor without incurring the normal arcane spell failure chance. Like any other arcane spellcaster, a canny magus wearing medium armor, heavy armor, or a shield incurs a chance of arcane spell failure if the spell in question has a somatic component. A multiclass magus still incurs the normal arcane spell failure chance for arcane spells received from other classes.

Canny Defense (Ex)

When wearing light or no armor and not using a large or tower shield, a canny magus adds 1 point of Intelligence bonus (if any) per two class levels as a dodge bonus to CMD and Armor Class while wielding a melee weapon. If a canny magus is caught unarmed or is flat-footed or otherwise denied her Dexterity bonus, she loses this bonus. A canny magus that knows the Improved Unarmed Strike feat still cannot use canny defense unarmed, she needs a proper melee weapon to do so.

This replaces the medium armor and heavy armor abilities.

Improved Spell Recall (Su)

This is the same as the magus ability of the same name, but gained at level 13.

Table: Canny Magus

Level	Base Attack Bonus	Fort Save	Ref Save	Will Save	Special	Spells per Day
						Zero	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
1st	+0	+2	+0	+2	Arcane pool, canny defense, cantrips, spell combat	3	1	—	—	—	—	—
2nd	+1	+3	+0	+3	Spellstrike	4	2	—	—	—	—	—
3rd	+2	+3	+1	+3	Magus arcana	4	3	—	—	—	—	—
4th	+3	+4	+1	+4	Spell recall	4	3	1	—	—	—	—
5th	+3	+4	+1	+4	Bonus feat	4	4	2	—	—	—	—
6th	+4	+5	+2	+5	Magus arcana	5	4	3	—	—	—	—
7th	+5	+5	+2	+5	Knowledge pool	5	4	3	1	—	—	—
8th	+6/+1	+6	+2	+6	Improved spell combat	5	4	4	2	—	—	—
9th	+6/+1	+6	+3	+6	Magus arcana	5	5	4	3	—	—	—
10th	+7/+2	+7	+3	+7	Fighter training	5	5	4	3	1	—	—
11th	+8/+3	+7	+3	+7	Bonus feat	5	5	4	4	2	—	—
12th	+9/+4	+8	+4	+8	Magus arcana	5	5	5	4	3	—	—
13th	+9/+4	+8	+4	+8	Improved spell recall	5	5	5	4	3	1	—
14th	+10/+5	+9	+4	+9	Greater spell combat	5	5	5	4	4	2	—
15th	+11/+6/+1	+9	+5	+9	Magus arcana	5	5	5	5	4	3	—
16th	+12/+7/+2	+10	+5	+10	Counterstrike	5	5	5	5	4	3	1
17th	+12/+7/+2	+10	+5	+10	Bonus feat	5	5	5	5	4	4	2
18th	+13/+8/+3	+11	+6	+11	Magus arcana	5	5	5	5	5	4	3
19th	+14/+9/+4	+11	+6	+11	Greater spell access	5	5	5	5	5	5	4
20th	+15/+10/+5	+12	+6	+12	True magus	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

Summary of Changed Class Abilities

These abilities of the original class are lost or modified in this archetype:

• Weapon and Armor Proficiency
• Medium Armor
• Heavy Armor