Quote Originally Posted by Amphetryon View Post
So, how does a Natural Weapon Magus play at low levels, in folks' experience? It has been. . . less than satisfying in mine. They need to be 3rd level - and take a specific Arcana - just to get access to their basic shtick, but that shtick is still limited. Round 1 is either spent casting an offensive or defensive buff, followed either by the enemy closing and eating the Magus' face (offensive buff) or the enemy ignoring the Magus because he hasn't presented as a threat (defensive buff) and moving such that the Magus needs to use a Move Action, reducing the Claw/Claw/Bite routine to a single attack with, roughly, a 35% chance of hitting. . . followed by the Magus eating a full attack to the face again.
Take a look at the "Esoteric" Magus archetype then. Monk unarmed strike, unarmed spell strike from the get-go and a bunch of SLAs.

IŽd use a Ragebred as basis, TWF, Extra Feature for Hooves, netting you 5 attacks at 3rd along with spell strike and spell combat.