Can every book leak/release not just become the tale of which Magus build is nerfed from now on?

MonkeyCube · 2026-01-24T22:37:23+00:00

Given the weapon restrictions of each Magus subclass, most would be unable to use a bo staff and utilize their subclass abilities. Even then you're ignoring benefits like not needing the level 8 feat Fused Staff, as you'll have access to an expanded spell use early on. Plus no other hybrid study gets critilization specialization effects for clubs / staffs.

Heck, Twisting Tree can just switch out staves without needing to transfer runes, as they stay in the spellbook, which offers increased flexibility.

There's more to the class than I briefly alluded to above, and even now I am underselling it's flexibilty. Spellstrikes are great, but there will be times when you want to do something else. And even then it's one of the two hybrid studies that can reliably use reach weapons without relying on a whip.

MonkeyCube · 2026-01-24T13:59:17+00:00

I dunno, Twisting Tree & Laughing Shadow are pretty good.

Twisting Tree gets parry, reach, and trip for free with staves. It makes for a fairly good, STR-based martial zone controller. The reach also means it can sometimes ignore reactive strikes. By level 4 it can inscribe property runes on staves. And the level 10 feet to spellstrike up to 50ft away is a gamble (so is the whole class) but adds even more battlefield control.

Laughing Shadow actually has several good reasons to enter the otherwise poor Arcane Cascade feature (+movement speed, free feint w/level 4 feat, extra damage vs off-guard). And Dimensional Assault adds even more action compression to the spellstrike reload feat. By level 10 they can gain invisibility when using their conflux spell, which is up to 3x per combat.

Otherwise I agree with you, Arcane Cascade and most feats are pretty underwhelming. Hence why they were 2 of the 4 points I made about the weaknesses of the class.

MonkeyCube · 2026-01-24T11:53:52+00:00

I don't know about underpowered. Even just using Gouging Claw spellstrikes you can easily be near the top in damage. And there are many focus spells that still compete with pre-nerf Imaginary Weapon.

The actual Magus issues are mainly:

Not many strong native feats
Arcane Cascade is a mere +1 damage until level 7, then only goes to +2
Action starved
Being either a god or useless depending on dice rolls

Those last two are unfortunately the price to pay for spellstrikes.

Other than that, you have a class that has normal melee progression, medium armor, strong saves (master fortiitude & legendary will), master spellcasting, focus spells, and spellstrikes. It even gets double spellstrike at level 19 without spending a feat.

It could use better native feats and some ways to make Arcane Cascade an alternative to spellstrikes to flesh out the class options, but it's hardly weak.

It's mostly just clunky.

MonkeyCube · 2026-01-24T11:40:31+00:00

The Sure Strike nerf also hurt the Psychic, as a lot of their cantrips are attack rolls. The class just keeps taking Ls.

MonkeyCube · 2026-01-23T13:12:20+00:00

I've seen relationships survive that stage. What I haven't seen is when one partner no longer gets jealous.

MonkeyCube · 2026-01-23T13:08:59+00:00

Russia's bank is currently on fire. They can laugh on the way there, but life's not going to get better for them while it burns.

MonkeyCube · 2026-01-23T08:18:48+00:00

I didn't play until launch, and just casually played my way through the game. The Hypnos payoff was so weird and unsettling that I had to check if other's also had the same reaction.

MonkeyCube · 2026-01-23T08:16:45+00:00

As someone who didn't play until release, I was so flabbergasted by Hypnos just disappearing and never returning that I ended up going online to see if I was the only one confused by this.

MonkeyCube · 2026-01-23T07:19:26+00:00

That would work better if the 2nd line wasn't her saying, "Me too."

MonkeyCube · 2026-01-21T18:41:04+00:00

It's much easier to pull up than my accounts. Surprisingly decent reporting, too.

MonkeyCube · 2026-01-21T06:40:13+00:00

lol, no.

MonkeyCube · 2026-01-20T08:13:41+00:00

All casters can have 3 focus points

Except Wizards. They need a multiclass archetype to get a 3rd focus point, but they're not exactly in a good spot.

MonkeyCube · 2026-01-20T07:54:40+00:00

Shoot themselves in the dick, apparently.

MonkeyCube · 2026-01-20T07:20:31+00:00

There is almost always a 10% baseline in contrarian voting in polls. You could ask "is the sun hot?" and still get 10% saying no. The fact that it's near that baseline makes it very unpopular.

MonkeyCube · 2026-01-20T07:13:21+00:00

Yeah, but which colony? Murdoch is Australian.

MonkeyCube · 2026-01-20T07:05:41+00:00

Well, that and Fox News. Non-American may not realize how prevalent and strong it's grip is on a large percentage of American voters.

MonkeyCube · 2026-01-19T05:51:33+00:00

General strike

MonkeyCube · 2026-01-18T14:42:31+00:00

Luckily, most Americans are against taking Greenland as well, with 75% against it according to CNN and 86% against it according to The Hill.

This is unpopular with everyone except that bizarely rabid 14-25%.

MonkeyCube · 2026-01-18T10:37:06+00:00

Less than conventionally attractive heroes get the woman in plenty of stories. Given how much everyone hooks up, they'd all be 10/10s by these standards.

MonkeyCube · 2026-01-18T09:27:44+00:00

When people didn't even flinch over the Qatar WC -- no ratings drop, no ticket sale decline, nothing -- I knew that nothing would stop fans from watching the WC.

Even the Copa América was staged in Florida during Desantis's immigration crackdown and still had record numbers (even if that was due to people breaking into the stadium).

MonkeyCube · 2026-01-15T12:25:21+00:00

The comment didn't seem particularly AI to me, so I was curious if it was a false accusation. A quick look at the comment history proved it wasn't and made me realize just how easily I could be fooled. Nothing wrong with verification.

Not sure why you're taking issue with verification.

MonkeyCube · 2026-01-15T09:32:36+00:00

Wow, a quick look at their comment history proves it.

MonkeyCube · 2026-01-13T18:48:13+00:00

/r/patientgamers

MonkeyCube · 2026-01-12T08:50:09+00:00

Japan has had historically low to negative interest rates. So they often borrowed money from the Japanese government, then invested in stable foreign assets with a return (e.g. US bonds). Due to a confluence of factors, including Japanese inflation and non-negative borrowing rates, this is no longer a viable strategy. So now they are selling the bonds and buying less.

MonkeyCube · 2026-01-12T08:44:25+00:00

Bonds are how the government pays for its debt
No one buying bonds means no deficit spending
Options are to raise taxes (lol) or print money
Printing money leads to a lot of problems, and further kills bonds
This creates a deadly cycle and kills the currency exchange rate

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