For the Mage Arcane Warrior Specialization, the Novice perk states
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You learn a new weapon group of your choice, and you can use Magic to satisfy the minimum Strength requirement of weapons. You can also enter Combat Magic mode by taking an activate action. While in this mode, you add Magic instead of Strength to your damage with melee weapons.
On first read I thought this meant an Arcane Warrior can roll Magic for attack and damage like a Warrior rolls Strength for attack and damage. That makes sense, considering the Arcane Warrior uses Magic to satisfy the requirements of the weapon and to deal damage with it. However, a second reading uncovered that it is only
damage that is augmented by Magic. This means that an Arcane Warrior needs to dump points into two secondary Abilities to be effective: Dexterity (to meet the Arcane Warrior Requirement) and Strength (to actually hit things). This doesn't really make sense, especially considering the flavor of the specialization and how it works in the video game. Does anyone else think this text is erroneous? Or am I missing something?