

Kensai already gets free Weapon Focus, and free Weapon Proficiency in their chosen item. *- or start with any full BAB class if you can also get whip proficiency in some way (half-elf Ancestral Arms, fighter bonus feat, etc.) instead of damage hexcrafter can be combined with bladebound and the Accursed Strike arcana would probably be worthwhile with the hexcrafter archetype adding " bestow curse, major curse, and all other spells of 6th level or lower that have the curse descriptor" to the class spell list. A whip magus should probably focus on using Spellstrike with debuffs/status effects/etc. The biggest issue with a whip is that it's a poor weapon for crit-fishing. Then get a black blade whip at swashbuckler 1/magus 3.

Mysterious avenger swashbuckler* 1/bladebound magus 2 can take Weapon Focus (Whip) at 1st level and Whip Mastery at 3rd character level.
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Further, you can deal damage with a whip despite a creature’s armor bonus or natural armor bonus. A problem i never encountered is how to create the intelligent weapon of a bladebound Magus. I agree, save for a singular feat that may grant a caveat. All said it would be impossible to combine the two (give the staff bonus to the black blade).

You can deal lethal damage with a whip, although you can still deal nonlethal damage when you want. So in creating my most recent build, I stumbled upon some old posts referencing the combination of Bladebound Magus and Staff Magus. Quote: Benefit: You no longer provoke attacks of opportunity when attacking with a whip.
