[RPG] Using the Magus’ Spellstrike with Held Charge

Harrowed Spellstrike specifies that the range of the spell is changed to the range increment of the thrown weapon. Because 'Touch' is unfortunately a range increment, this means according to the book rules you need to make a ranged attack (not a ranged touch attack) with your cards for the spell to work. That sucks. This is also true of the regular Spellstrike ability, but that ability specifically replaces the touch attack granted by casting a touch range spell rather than the range of the spell itself. The base Spellstrike, then, allows its user to Hold the Charge (a property of the touch range), while the Harrowed Spellstrike does not and, in fact, loses all benefits of the Touch range.

However, you're in luck! The designers, addressing ill-founded concern over a magus's ability to use spellstrike at all (concern which clearly does not draw basis from the RAW) posted this:

Basically, the spellstrike gives the magus more options when it comes to delivering touch spells; it’s not supposed to make it more difficult for the magus to use touch spells.

Sean K Reynolds
Designer

This gives you some ground in trying to talk your GM into making Harrowed Spellstrike better in some way.

Spellstrike(Su) States:

At 2nd level, whenever a magus casts a spell with a range of “touch” from the magus spell list, he can deliver the spell through any weapon he is wielding as part of a melee attack. Instead of the free melee touch attack normally allowed to deliver the spell, a magus can make one free melee attack with his weapon (at his highest base attack bonus) as part of casting this spell.

If you missed while you had a charge of Shocking Grasp and that spell wasn't discharged, on the following round you can use an action to attack to discharge the spell and another action to cast another spell, which gives you a bonus attack. There's also a Caveat with Full Round Magus actions that I believe would be of interest to you as well:

From Spell Combat(Ex):

As a full-round action, he can make all of his attacks with his melee weapon at a –2 penalty and can also cast any spell from the magus spell list with a casting time of 1 standard action (any attack roll made as part of this spell also takes this penalty).

This meaning that at higher levels you would get multiple attacks as well as the bonus attack you get from Spellstrike after casting a spell as well.