1 - Point Buy Attributes & allocate a free +1 to any stat

2 - Designate primary casting stat: INT, WIS, or CHA and apply a +2 to that stat

3 - Choose Character Focus: Might, Intellect, Spirit, or Stealth (class skills and another +2 attribute modifier)

4 - Select 2 Skill Themes and place 3 ranks in each skill of that theme

5 - Select beginning Magick Sphere Ranks (1 x primary casting stat modifier) + all magus get Prime 1 & Prime 2 for free.

6 - Select Sphere Affinity - This reflects the one sphere with which the magus is most connected (+2 when using that sphere)

7 - Select Magickal School - This reflects formal training (various bonus to spellcraft with certain Spheres)

8 - select 1 gnosis

9 - select 2 feats

10 - Initial hit points 24 + (8 x CON bonus)

11 - spend an additional 4 + INT modifier skill points(1 per rank per class skill, 2 per rank in non-class skill)