Magical Analysis

Starting at 1st level, you know the cantrip mending.

Also starting at 1st level, your understanding of magic items allows you to analyze and understand their secrets. You know the artificer spells detect magic and identify, but you can only cast them as rituals. You don’t need to provide a material component when casting identify with this feature.

In addition, when you perform an identify ritual with a magical item equal to or less than your level of crafting, you may also attempt to learn the formula included in the making of the item. Upon finishing the identify ritual, make an Intelligence (Arcana) check; the DC is 15 for a common magical item, and increases by 2 for every increase in rarity.

On a success, you learn the formula (including components and spells) required for crafting that sort of item. If the check fails, you may perform the ritual again and make another Intelligence (Arcana) check after a long rest.

Wondrous Invention

At 2nd level, you gain the use of a magic item that you have crafted. Crafting an item is a difficult task. Whenever you gain a magic item from this feature, it reflects long hours of study, tinkering, and experimentation that allowed you to complete an item of your own unique design.

This unique item is able to mimic the effects of a spell. Choose a 1st-level spell from the Wizard spell list. If the spell requires a material component with a gold cost, you must provide that component when you complete work on the item, and the component becomes a part of the item. If the spell consumes its material components, you must also provide those components every time you use it.

The item can look however you like, as long as its form is appropriate for the effects of the spell. If the spell conjures a creature, the creature is considered a construct.

You can cast the spell from the item once per long rest. Only you can use the item in this way.

You are assumed to work on this item in your leisure time and to finish it when you level up. You complete another invention when you reach certain levels in this class, and the invention can mimic any spell from the Wizard spell list of a level for which you have spell slots. Once an invention is created, its spell can't be changed.

If one of your Wondrous Inventions is lost or destroyed, you can build a duplicate at the end of a long rest.

Spellcasting

As part of your study of magic, you gain the ability to cast spells at 2nd level. The spells you learn are limited, primarily concerned with modifying creatures and objects.

Learning Spells of 1st Level and Higher

Each time you gain an artificer level, you can add one artificer spell of your choice to your codex. Each of these spells must be of a level for which you have spell slots, as shown on the Artificer table. On your adventures, you might find other spells that you can add to your codex (see "Your Codex" sidebar).

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Artificer Specialization

At 3rd level, you choose a specialization on which you intend to focus your magical craft: Alchemist, Machinist, or Leadsmith, all of which are detailed at the end of the class description. Your choice grants you features at 3rd level and again at 5th, 7th, 10th, 14th, and 18th.

Tool Expertise

Starting at 3rd level, choose two of your tool proficiencies gained from this class (including from your Specialization). Your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make that uses either of the chosen tool proficiencies.

In addition, when you make a check with any tool with which you have proficiency, you may use your Intelligence modifier in place of another ability.

Abiliy Score Improvement

When you reach 4th level, and again at 8th, 12th, 16th, and 19th level, 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.

Infuse Magic

Starting at 5th level, when you cast an artificer spell with a casting time of 1 action, you can increase its casting time to 1 minute while holding a nonmagical item throughout the casting. At the end of the minute, you expend the spell slot, but none of the spell’s effects occur. Instead, the spell transfers into that item for later use if the item doesn’t already contain a spell from this feature. This item is considered magical while it is infused with a spell.

Thereafter, any creature (with an Intelligence score of at least 6) that is holding the item can use an action to activate the item and cast the spell. The spell is cast using your spellcasting ability. The creature that activated the item controls the spell's targets and other effects, and maintains concentration if the spell requires concentration. However, if the spell has an area of effect, it is centered on the item.

When you infuse a spell in this way, the magic lasts for 8 hours. You can have a limited number of infused onjects at any time, equal to your Intelligence modifier.

Magical Crafting

Your inventive knowledge allows you to create magic items more quickly. Starting at 5th level, you can now craft magical items using the portable forge feature. Only rings, rods, and wondrous items may be crafted in this way, and you must still provide the appropriate formula and requisite materials to craft the item. The rules for crafting magic items is included in Appendix B, XGtE (pp.128-129), or the DMG (pp. 128-129).

    Your artificer level determines the rarity of an item you are able to craft. Refer to the Magic Item Ingredients table in Appendix D or XGtE (p. 129) to determine whether you are able to craft a magical item.

Your Codex

The augments that you add to your codex as you gain certain levels reflect the esoteric research you conduct on your own, as well as intellectual break-throughs you have had about your inventions. In addition, you can add spells to the tome as you gain levels, and you might find other artificer spells during your adventures, such as in scrolls or even in another artificer's codex.

Copying Spells into the Codex. When you find an artificer spell of 1st level or higher, you can add it to your codex if it is of a level for which you have spell slots and if you can spare the time to decipher and copy it.

For each level of the spell, the process takes 2 hours and costs 50 gp. The cost represents material components you expend as you experiment with the spell to master it, as well as the fine inks you need to record it. Once you have spent this time and money, you can prepare the spell just like your other spells.

Copying Augments into the Codex. After 5th level, you can begin the process of copying augments to your codex, if you meet the prerequisites and can spare the time to write it down.

For each prerequisite level of the augment, the process takes 1 hour and 25 gp. Recording an augment into your codex involves calculations and measurements, as well as time tinkering with expendable materials. Once you have spent this time and gold, you can use the augment according to the rules of your specialization.

Replacing the Codex. You can copy augments and spells from your own codex into another book — for example, if you want to make a backup copy. This is similar to recording new augments or spells, but far easier; you need spend only 1 hour and 10 gp for each level of the copied spell or augment.

If you lose your codex, you can use the same procedure to transcribe the spells and augments that you have prepared into a new one. Filling out the remainder of your codex requires you to find new spells to do so, as normal, and recording augments functions as if you've discovered the augment for the first time. But, with time and resources, you can regain all of your previously known augments. For this reason, many artificers keep backup codices in a safe place.

The Codex’s Appearance. Your codex is a unique collection of notes, with its own sketches and diagrams. It might be an ironclad volume with a dozen latches and locks, stolen from a rival; your own plain, functional leather book; or even a loose collection of singed pages scrounged together after you lost your previous codex in a mishap.

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Artificer's Affinity

At 6th level, you learn the unseen servant spell. You can cast this spell without expending a spell slot, and you do not need to provide material components.

During a short rest, you can command your unseen servant to craft a non-magical item instead of you. The servant makes progress toward crafting the item, and you still benefit from a short rest.

Superior Attunement

Over time, your understanding of magical objects has reached a new peak. At 7th level, you can attune to up to four magic items, instead of three, and you ignore any class restriction that a magic item has for you to attune to it.

At 17th level, you can attune to up to five magic items, and you ignore all class, race, and level requirements on the use of magic items.

Animated Servant

At 10th level, you add the spell tiny servant to your codex if you don't have the spell already, and you always have the spell prepared, though it doesn't count toward your number of prepared spells. (XGtE pp.168-169 for the spell and creature stat block.)

Soul of Artifice

At 20th level, your understanding of magical items is unmatched, allowing you to mingle your soul with items linked to you. You gain a +1 bonus to all saving throws for every magical item to which you are currently attuned.

Master Brewer

At 10th level, you may recreate two concoctions, instead of one, during a short rest.

At 18th level, you may recreate three concoctions during a short rest.

Inner Panacaea

The fumes that waft from your work have slowly seeped into your own body and transformed you. Starting at 14th level, you gain resistance to poison damage, and you are immune to disease and the poisoned condition.

The Philosopher's Stone

You have unlocked the deepest secrets of alchemical science, and discovered how to create the legendary philosopher's stone. At 18th level, you gain the use of your own stone. As an action, you may use this arcane stone to manifest one of the following effects.

Once the stone has been used a total of ten times, you must roll a d100 after every subsequent use of the stone. On a
1 through 5, the stone transmutes into lead and becomes permanently inert. If this occurs, or the stone has been otherwise lost or destroyed, you may craft a new stone after two workweeks (8 hours each day) and 5,000 gp of alchemical oils, powders of precious metals, and a gemstone worth at least 1,000 gp.

Life. You touch the stone to a willing creature, and all poisons and diseases are removed. The creature also regains all of its hit points. The stone becomes inert until you finish a long rest.

Wealth. Touch the stone to any non-magical item that is
10 lb or lighter (20 lb if the item is made of lead). The item is permanently transmuted into pure gold. After the effect has been applied, the stone becomes inert for 1d4-1 days.

Youth. You touch the stone to any willing creature, and that creature's age is reduced by 3d10 years, or less if you choose. This effect can extend the creature's lifespan. After using the stone in this way, the stone becomes inert for 1d6-1 days.

Alchemical Augments

Unless otherwise specified, you must have alchemical supplies and a component pouch in order to make a concoction. Throwing a concoction (range of 30 feet) or using one as an attack (range 20/60) takes an action. If a concoction is considered a poison, you choose how to apply the poison when it is made (Appendix D). Finally, if a concoction refers to a saving throw, use your spell save DC.

Alchemist's Acid.
Make a ranged attack against a single creature. On a hit, the target takes 1d10 acid damage, and acid splashes from the target to a different creature of your choice within 5 feet of it. The second creature must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw, or take the same amount of acid damage as the initial target of the attack. If the second creature has any cover, it automatically succeeds its save. This damage increases by 1d10 at 5th, 7th, 10th, 14th, and 18th levels.

Alchemist's Fire.
Throw the concoction at a point within range. Any creature in a 5-foot radius of this point must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw, or take 1d8 fire damage (half on a succesful save), and the area is on fire for 1 minute. A creature must also make the saving throw when it moves into this area for the first time on a turn or ends its turn there. The concoction ignites flammable objects in its area that aren’t being worn or carried. This augment's damage increases by 1d8 at 5th, 7th, 10th, 14th, and 18th levels.

Alkahest. Prerequisite: 17th level.
Pour the concoction onto any object or material and affect it as if by the spell disintegrate. If an object is Medium or smaller, it is disintegrated entirely; if it is Large or larger, a 5-foot deep, 5-foot diameter hole is created. You can also throw this concoction at a creature, which must make a Dexterity saving throw or be affected as if by the disintegrate spell.

Chrysopoeia. Prerequisite: 17th level.
Pour the concoction on a single non-magical item that fits within a 5-foot cube and is no heavier than 10 pounds. That object is turned into gold or lead (your choice). You can also throw the concoction at a creature, forcing it to make a Constitution saving throw. On a failure, the creature is affected as if by the flesh to stone spell.

Draught of Healing. Herbalism kit.
Consuming this augment restores hit points equal to 1d8 + your Intelligence modifier. This healing power increases by 1d8 at 5th, 10th, and 16th levels.

Flash Point.
You can throw this concoction at any solid surface within range. It explodes on impact, mimicking the spell blindness/deafness. You choose which effect when the concoction is made.

Icicle.
You can freeze liquid as if by the shape water cantrip (this does not consume the concoction). You can also crush it into powder over a willing creature, affecting it as if by the armor of agathys spell cast at your highest spell slot level (this does not expend a spell slot). Alternatively, you can throw it at a creature, affecting it as if by the hold person spell (the target makes a Dexterity saving throw instead).

Chassis and Build

When you finish building the marvel, you determine its chassis type, and select a build option (detailed at the end of the machinist description). Your marvel's chassis determines its features and skills, but it can look however you like, as long as its form reflects its chassis and build.

Reinvigoration

Also at 3rd level, you learn the shocking grasp cantrip if you don't know it already.

In addition, you can use this cantrip as a healing spell for your mechanical marvel — your construct instead regains hit points equal to half the lightning damage dealt (minimum of 1 hit point). You may only use shocking grasp in this way if the construct has less than half of its total hit points.

Upgrades

At 5th level, you add two mechanical augments to your codex, and install them onto your marvel. Your augment options are detailed at the end of the specialization description. Whenever you gain a level in this class, you can record another augment that you could learn at that level by spending time and gold (see the "Your Codex" sidebar).

Additionally, when you gain certain artificer levels, as shown in the Augments column of the Artificer table, you gain an additional augment of your choice, and you don't expend time or gold to record it.

By spending downtime, you can replace any one augment installed to your marvel with another that you already know and have recorded into your codex. To do this, you must spend a number of hours equal to the prerequisite level of the augment (minimum of 1).

Power Glove

At 7th level, when you use your bonus action to command your marvel, you can also touch your marvel and power it with a temporary boost. This boost lasts until the start of your next turn.

Surge. If your marvel takes the attack action, it can use its bonus action to make an additional attack.

Bolster. Your marvel gains temporary hit points equal to 1d8 + your Intelligence modifier.

Agility. Your marvel is affected as if by the jump spell, and gains proficiency in the Acrobatics and Athletics skills.

Deus ex Machina

At 10th level, if you are attacked and the attacker is within 5 feet of your mechanical marvel, the marvel can use its reaction to either impose disadvantage on the attack, or move to intercept the attack and receive the damage itself.

Improved Power Glove

At 14th level, while you have your power glove equipped, you can use your Reinvigoration and Power Glove features if your marvel is within 30 feet of you, and you don't have to see the marvel to use these features.

In addition, you now add your Intelligence modifier to damage dealt with shocking grasp.

Scrap Metal

At 18th level, whenever you finish a long rest, you may choose any single augment equipped to your marvel, and replace it with any other augment that you already know and have recorded in your codex.

Mechanical Marvel Chassis

When you finish your construct, choose its chassis and use the statistics provided in the Mechanical Marvel table. All marvels start with three Hit Die (d8), and gain one additional Hit Die every time you gain a level in this class. The build, augments, and other class features may overwrite these statistics. The construct can look however you choose.

Mechanical Marvel Builds

The build determines your construct's strengths, and it adds its proficiency bonus to saving throws for both of the abilities improved by your chosen build.

Intricate Build

The construct gains the following statistics.

• A Wisdom score equal to your Intelligence score
• A Strength, Dexterity, or Constitution score of 14
• Iron Strike uses the construct's Dexterity modifier, and gains the ammunition property (range 30/120)
• This construct has proficiency with one
  tool of your choice, and the tool is integrated
  into its body; skill checks made with the tool
  can use the marvel's Wisdom modifier

SPECIALIZATIONS | MACHINIST

Mechanical Marvel

Construct, creator's alignment

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• Armor Class 13 + its Dexterity modifier
  + its proficiency bonus
• Hit Points at 3rd Level 3d8 + its Constitution modifier per die
• Hit Points at Higher Levels 1d8 (5) + its Constitution modifier per artificer level after 3rd

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Chassis

	Monstruculus	Homunculus	Animunculus
Size	large	medium	small
Speed	25 ft.	30 ft.	35 ft.
Skills	athletics	acrobatics	stealth
Feature	d10 Hit Die	+2 skills	Natural Stealth (PHB p.28)

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
10 (+0)	10 (+0)	10 (+0)	3 (-4)	9 (-1)	1 (-5)

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• Damage Immunities poison, psychic
• Condition Immunities charmed, diseased, exhaustion, frightened, poisoned, sleep
• Senses passive Perception 10, darkvision 30 ft.
• Languages Creator's languages, but can't speak

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Actions

Iron Strike. Melee Weapon Attack: + its proficiency bonus + its STR to hit, reach 5ft., one target.
Hit 1d8 + STR (bludgeoning, piercing, or slashing)

Leaden Ammunition

In addition to your weapon, you know the method of crafting the ammunition needed to use your thundergun. You begin this specialization with 20 pieces of ammunition. To craft more ammunition, you must spend 1 hour to forge additional rounds. You can forge ammunition during a short rest, or at the end of a long rest.

During a crafting session, you must have 1 gp of lead and smith's tools available, and at the end of 1 hour, you craft 10 pieces of ammunition. You may also attempt a tool check to craft more pieces of ammunition. In this case, roll a tool check with your smith's tools; you are able to craft a number of rounds equal to the value of the roll.

Modifications

At 5th level, you add two iron augments to your codex, and install them onto your thundergun. Your augment options are detailed at the end of the specialization description. Whenever you gain a level in this class, you can record another augment that you could learn at that level by spending time and gold (see the "Your Codex" sidebar).

Additionally, when you gain certain artificer levels, as shown in the Augments column of the Artificer table, you gain an additional augment of your choice, and you don't expend time or gold to record it.

By spending downtime, you can replace any one augment installed to your thundergun with another that you already know and have recorded into your codex. To do this, you must spend a number of hours equal to the prerequisite level of the augment (minimum of 1).

Lord of War

Starting at 5th level, whenever you gain a level in this class, you may also choose to forge an additional thundergun, of any type described in the Thundergun feature. You can do this once for every level that you gain, and you must provide 500 gp of raw materials in order to forge this weapon.

You may also spend downtime to forge another thundergun, and there is no limit to how many weapons may be crafted in this way. You must spend 10 days of downtime and 500 gp for each weapon.

In addition, you may swap certain mods between your thunderguns. Whenever you finish a long rest, you can swap the following mods to any of your thunderguns: ammunition belt, bayonet, eagle's eye, hawk's eye, owl's eye, or quick mag.

Magical Ammunition

Starting at 7th level, attacks made with your thundergun count as magical for the purposes of overcoming resistances and immunity from non-magical attacks and damage.

Arm of Fire

At 10th level, you can channel your spellcasting through your thundergun. While wielding the weapon, you may cast one of these spells: scorching ray, chaos bolt, dragon's breath, ice knife, lightning arrow, and lightning bolt. In the case of dragon's breath, the spell has a range of self.

    Spells cast through the thundergun follow standard spell-casting rules: you must expend a spell slot of the appropriate level for the spell being channeled, and you may cast any spell at a higher level for which you have available spell slots.

Shootin' from the Hip

At 14th level, you have learned how to wield your thundergun with frightening mastery. You are no longer at disadvantage while making a ranged attack with the thundergun at a creature within 5 feet of you.

In addition, if provided an attack of opportunity, you may use your thundergun to make this attack within melee range (channeled spells can't be used in this way, unless allowed by another feature, such as War Caster).

War Never Changes

At 18th level, whenever you finish a long rest, you may choose any single augment equipped to your thundergun, and replace it with any other augment that you already know and have recorded in your codex.

Iron Augments

If a thundergun modification has prerequisites, you must meet them to build and use it. It is assumed that you have finished a mod and can use it at the same time that you meet its prerequisites. If any mod referes to a saving throw, the DC is 8 + your Dexterity modifier + your proficiency modifier. Unless otherwise stated, only one mod can be attached to each part of the thundergun: the sights, the barrel, the frame, and the chamber.

In addition, some mods modify the range of the weapon.

Appendix A: Multiclassing

Appendix C: Alternative Rules

Appendix D: Crafting Rules

The relevant information regarding item crafting, from XGtE and the DMG, has been compiled into this appendix.

This information has not been changed to reflect the crafting features of the artificer class.

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