Dungeons & Dragons 5e Class Features : Artificer
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Artificer
Masters of invention, artificers use ingenuity and magic to unlock extraordinary capabilites in objects. They see magic as a complex system waiting to be decoded and then harnessesd in their spells and inventions.
Artificers use a variety of tools to channel their arcane power. To cast a spell, an artificer might use alchemist's supplies to create a potent elixir, calligrapher's supplies to inscribe a sigil of power, or tinker's tools to craft a temporary charm. The magic of artificers is tied to their tools and their talents, and few other characters can produce the right tool for a job as well as an artificer.
Artificers use a variety of tools to channel their arcane power. To cast a spell, an artificer might use alchemist's supplies to create a potent elixir, calligrapher's supplies to inscribe a sigil of power, or tinker's tools to craft a temporary charm. The magic of artificers is tied to their tools and their talents, and few other characters can produce the right tool for a job as well as an artificer.
hit dice:
1d8 per artificer level
hit points at 1st level:
8 + CON mod
hit points at higher levels:
1d8 (or 5) + CON mod per artificer LVL after 1st
armor proficiencies:
Light armor, medium armor, shields
weapon proficiencies:
Simple weapons, firearms
tools:
Thieves' tools, tinker's tools, smith's tools
saving throws:
Constitution, Intelligence
skills:
Sleight of Hand, Investigation
starting equipment:
Lode starts with the following equipment:
2 daggers
a light crossbow and 20 bolts
studded leather armor
thieves' tools and a dungeoneer's pack
Lode starts with the following equipment:
spellcasting:
class features:
The object sheds a bright light in a 5-foot radius and dim light for an additional 5 feet.
Whenever tapped by a creature, the object emits a recorded message that can be heard up to 10 feet away. You utter the message when you bestow this property on the object, and the recording can be no more than 6 seconds long.
The object continuously emits your choice of an odor or a nonverbal sound (wind, waves, chirping, or the like). The chosen phenomenon is perceivable up to 10 feet away.
A static visual effect appears on one of the object's surfaces. This effect can be a picture, up to 25 words of text, lines and shapes, or a mixture of these elements, and you like.
The chosen property lasts indefinitely. As an action, you can touch the object and end the property early. You can bestow magic on multiple objects, touching one object each time you use this feature, though a single object can only bear one property at a time. The maximum number of objects you can affect with this feature at one time is equal to your INT mod. If you try to exceed your maximum, the oldest property immediately ends, and then the new property applies.
Your infusion remains in an item indefinitely, but when you die, the infusion vanishes after a number of days equal to your INT mod. The infusion also vanishes if you replace your knowledge of the infusion.
You can infuse moire than one nonmagical object at the end of a long rest; the maximum number of objects appears in the Infused Items column of the Artificer table. You must touch each of the objects, and each of your infusions can be in only one object at a time. Moreover, no object can bear more than one of your infusions at a time. If you try to exceed your maximum number of infusions, the oldest infusion ends, and then the new infusion applies. If an infusion ends on an item that contains other things, like a bag of holding, its contents harmlessly appear in and around its space.
You can use this feature a number of times equal to your INT mod. You regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.
You can attune up to four magic items at once.
If you craft a magic item with a rarity of common or uncommon, it takes you a quarter of the normal time, and it costs you hald as much of the usual gold.
While holding the object, a creature can take an action to produce the spell's effect from it, using your spellcasting ability modifier. If the spell requires concentration, the creature must concentrate. The spell stays in the object until it's been used a number of times equal to twice your INT mod or until you use this feature again to store a spell in an object.
You can attune up to five magic items at once.
You ignore all class, race, spell, and level requirements on attuning to or using this magic item.
You gain a +1 bonus to all saving throws per magic item you are currently attuned to.
If you're reduced to 0 hit points but not killed outright, you can use your reaction to end one of your artificer infusions, causing you to drop to 1 hit point instead of 0.
Magical Tinkering
You've learned how to invest a spark of magic into mundane objects. To use this ability, you must have thieves' tools or artisan's tools in hand. You then touch a Tiny nonmagical object as an action and give it one of the following magical properties of your choice.The chosen property lasts indefinitely. As an action, you can touch the object and end the property early. You can bestow magic on multiple objects, touching one object each time you use this feature, though a single object can only bear one property at a time. The maximum number of objects you can affect with this feature at one time is equal to your INT mod. If you try to exceed your maximum, the oldest property immediately ends, and then the new property applies.
Infuse Item
You've gained the ability to imbue mundane items with certain magical infusions, turning those objects into magic items.Infusions Known
When you gain the feature, pick four artificer infusions to learn, choosing from the "Artificer Infusions" section at the end of the class's description. You learn additional infusions of your choice when you reach certain levels in this class, as shown in the Infusions Known column of the Artificer table. Whenever you gain a level in this class, you can replace on of the artificer infusions you learned with a new one.Infusing an Item
Whenever you finish a long rest, you can touch a nonmagical object and imbue it with one of your artificer infusions, turning it into a magic item. An infusion works on only certain kinds of objects, as specified in the infusion's description. If the item requires attunement, you can attune yourself to it the instant you infuse the item. If you decide to attune to the item later, you must do so using the normal process for attunement (see the attunement rules in the Dungeon Master's Guide).Your infusion remains in an item indefinitely, but when you die, the infusion vanishes after a number of days equal to your INT mod. The infusion also vanishes if you replace your knowledge of the infusion.
You can infuse moire than one nonmagical object at the end of a long rest; the maximum number of objects appears in the Infused Items column of the Artificer table. You must touch each of the objects, and each of your infusions can be in only one object at a time. Moreover, no object can bear more than one of your infusions at a time. If you try to exceed your maximum number of infusions, the oldest infusion ends, and then the new infusion applies. If an infusion ends on an item that contains other things, like a bag of holding, its contents harmlessly appear in and around its space.
Artificer Specialist
Choose the type of specialist you are: Alchemist, Armorer, Artillerist, or Battle Smith, each of which is detailed after the class' description. Your choice is grants you features at 5th, 19th, and 15th LVL.The Right Tool for the Job
You've learned how to produce exactly the tool you need: with thieves' tools or artisan's tools in hand, you can magically create one set of artisan's tools in an unoccupied space within 5 feet of you. This creation requires 1 hour of uninterrupted work, which can coincide with a short or long rest. Though the product of magic, the tools are nonmagical, and they vanish when you use this feature again.Ability Score Improvement
Wheen you reach 4th, 8th, 12th, 16th, and 19th LVL, you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. As normal, you can't increase an ability score above 20 using this feature.Tool Expertise
Your proficiency bonus is now doubled for any ability check you make that uses your proficiency with a tool.Flash of Genius
You've gained the ability to come up with solutions under pressure. When you or another creature you can see within 30ft of you makes an ability check or a saving throw, you can use your reaction to add your INT mod to the roll.You can use this feature a number of times equal to your INT mod. You regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.
Magic Item Adept
You've achieved a profound understanding of how to use and make magic items:Spell-Storing Item
You can now store a spell in an object. Whenever you finish a long rest, you can touch one simple or martial weapon or one item that you can use as a spellcasting focus, and you store a spell in it, choosing a 1st or 2nd LVL spell from the artificer spell list that requires 1 action to cast (you don't need to have it prepared).While holding the object, a creature can take an action to produce the spell's effect from it, using your spellcasting ability modifier. If the spell requires concentration, the creature must concentrate. The spell stays in the object until it's been used a number of times equal to twice your INT mod or until you use this feature again to store a spell in an object.
Magic Item Savant
Your skill with magic items deepens:Magic Item Master
You can now attune to up to six magic items at once.Soul of Artifice
You have developed a mystical connection to your magic items, which you can draw on for protection:Artificer Infusions
I ain't typing this shit. Go read Tasha's page 21.subclass options:
Artificer Level - Spell
3rd: shield, thunderwave
5th: scorching ray, shatter
9th: fireball, wind wall
13th: ice storm, wall of fire
17th: cone of cold, wall of force
Once you create a cannon, you can't do so again until you finish a long rset or until you expend a spell slto to create one. You can have only one cannon at a time and can't create one while your cannon is present.
The cannon is a magical object. Regardless of size, the cannon has an AC of 18 and a number of hit points equal to five times your artificer level. It is immune to poison damage and psychic damage. If it is forced to make an ability check or a saving throw, treat all its ability scores as 10 (+0). If the mending spell is cast on it, it regains 2d6 hit points. It disappears if it is reduced to 0 hit points or after 1 hour. You can dismiss it early as an action.
When you create the cannon, you determine its appearance and whether it has legs. You also decide which type it is, choosing from the options on the Eldritch Cannons table. On each of your turns, you can take a bonus action to cause the cannon to activate is you are within 60 feet of it. As part of the same bonus action, you can direct the cannon to walk or climb up to 15 feet to an unoccupied space, provided it has legs.
Flamethrower: The cannon exhales fire in an adjacent 15-foot cone that you designate. Each creature in that area must make a DEX save against your spell save DC, taking 2d8 fire DMG on a failed save or half as much on a successful one. The fire ignites any flammable objects in the area that aren't being worn or carried.
Force Ballista: Make a ranged spell attack, originating from the cannon, at one creature or object within 120 feet of it. On a hit, the target takes 2d8 force damage, and if the target is a creature, it is pushed up to 5 feet away from the cannon.
Protector: The cannon emits a burst of positive energy that grants itself and each creature of your choice within 10 feet of it a number of temporary hit points equal to 1d8 plus your INT mod.
You can use your arcane firearm as a spellcasting focus for your artificer spells. When you cast an artificer spell through the firearm, roll a d8, and you gain a bonus to one of the spell's damage rolls equal to the number rolled.
The cannon's damage rolls all increase by 1d8.
As an action, you can command the cannon to detonate if you are within 60 feet of it. Doing so destroys the cannon and forces each creature within 20 feet of it to make a DEX save against your spell save DC, taking 3d8 force DMG on a failed save or half as much on a successful one.
You and your allies have half cover while within 10 feet of a cannon you create with Eldritch Cannon, as a result of a shimmering field of magical protection that the cannon emits.
You can now have two cannons at the same time. You can create two with the same action (but not the same spell slot), and you can activate both of them with the same bonus action. You determine whether the cannons are identical to each other or different. You can't create a third cannon while you have two.
Artillerist
An Artillerist specializes in using magic to hurl energy, projectiles, and explosions on a battlefield. This destructive power is valued by armies in the wars on many different worlds. And when war passes, some members of this specialization seek to build a more peaceful world by using their powers to fight the resurgence of strife.Artillerist Features LVL 3
Tool Proficiency
You gain proficiency with woodcarver's tools. If you already have this proficiency, you gain proficiency with one other type of artisan's tools of your choice.Artillerist Spells
You always have certain spells prepared after you reach particular levels in this class, as shown in the Artillerist Spells table. These spells count as artificer spells for you, but they don't count against the number of artificer spells you prepare.Artificer Level - Spell
3rd: shield, thunderwave
5th: scorching ray, shatter
9th: fireball, wind wall
13th: ice storm, wall of fire
17th: cone of cold, wall of force
Eldritch Cannon
You've learned how to create a magical cannon. Using woodcarver's tools or smith's tools, you can take an action to magically create a Small or Tiny eldritch cannon in an unoccupied space on a horizontal surface within 5 feet of you. A Small eldritch cannon occupies its space, and a Tiny one can be held in one hand.Once you create a cannon, you can't do so again until you finish a long rset or until you expend a spell slto to create one. You can have only one cannon at a time and can't create one while your cannon is present.
The cannon is a magical object. Regardless of size, the cannon has an AC of 18 and a number of hit points equal to five times your artificer level. It is immune to poison damage and psychic damage. If it is forced to make an ability check or a saving throw, treat all its ability scores as 10 (+0). If the mending spell is cast on it, it regains 2d6 hit points. It disappears if it is reduced to 0 hit points or after 1 hour. You can dismiss it early as an action.
When you create the cannon, you determine its appearance and whether it has legs. You also decide which type it is, choosing from the options on the Eldritch Cannons table. On each of your turns, you can take a bonus action to cause the cannon to activate is you are within 60 feet of it. As part of the same bonus action, you can direct the cannon to walk or climb up to 15 feet to an unoccupied space, provided it has legs.
Flamethrower: The cannon exhales fire in an adjacent 15-foot cone that you designate. Each creature in that area must make a DEX save against your spell save DC, taking 2d8 fire DMG on a failed save or half as much on a successful one. The fire ignites any flammable objects in the area that aren't being worn or carried.
Force Ballista: Make a ranged spell attack, originating from the cannon, at one creature or object within 120 feet of it. On a hit, the target takes 2d8 force damage, and if the target is a creature, it is pushed up to 5 feet away from the cannon.
Protector: The cannon emits a burst of positive energy that grants itself and each creature of your choice within 10 feet of it a number of temporary hit points equal to 1d8 plus your INT mod.
Artillerist Features LVL 5
Arcane Firearm
You know how to turn a wand, staff, or rod into an arcane firearm, a conduit for your destructive spells. When you finish a long rest, you can use woodcarver's tools to carve special sigils into a wand, staff, or rod and thereby turn it into your arcane firearm. The sigils disappear from the object if you later carve them on a different item. The sigils otherwise last indefinitely.You can use your arcane firearm as a spellcasting focus for your artificer spells. When you cast an artificer spell through the firearm, roll a d8, and you gain a bonus to one of the spell's damage rolls equal to the number rolled.
Artillerist Features LVL 9
Explosive Cannon
Every eldritch cannon you create is now more destructive.Artillerist Features LVL 15
Fortified Position
You're a master at forming well-defended emplacements using your Eldritch Cannon:| Level | Prof. Bonus | Class Features | Infusions Known | Infused Items | Cantrips Known | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | +2 | Magical Tinkering, Spellcasting | -- | -- | 2 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2nd | +2 | Infuse Item | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 3rd | +2 | Artificer Specialist, The Right Tool for the Job | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 4th | +2 | Ability Score Improvement | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 5th | +3 | Artificer Specialist feature | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | -- | -- | -- |
| 6th | +3 | Tool Expertise | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | -- | -- | -- |
| 7th | +3 | Flash of Genius | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | -- | -- | -- |
| 8th | +3 | Ability Score Improvement | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | -- | -- | -- |
| 9th | +4 | Artificer Specialist feature | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 10th | +4 | Magic Item Adept | 8 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 11th | +4 | Spell-Storing Item | 8 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | -- | -- |
| 12th | +4 | Ability Score Improvement | 8 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | -- | -- |
| 13th | +5 | -- | 8 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | -- |
| 14th | +5 | Magic Item Savant | 10 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | -- |
| 15th | +5 | Artificer Specialist feature | 10 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | -- |
| 16th | +5 | Ability Score Improvement | 10 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | -- |
| 17th | +6 | -- | 10 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 18th | +6 | Magic Item Master | 12 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 19th | +6 | Ability Score Improvement | 12 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 20th | +6 | Soul of Artifice | 12 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
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