Optional Class Features

Magical Alchemy and Tool Versatility are designed for allowing artificers more options to express themselves. Spare Parts is designed so the artificer remains competitive when compared to the cleric's and paladin's "Harness Divine Power".

Spells

The artificer's signature spells involve manipulating magic itself in simple but effective ways, plus manipulation of objects or materials commonly associated with artificers. The artificer can even create or "destroy" magic items with their strongest spells.

Magical Alchemy

1st-level artificer feature, which replaces Magical Tinkering

At 1st level, you learn how to invest a spark of magic into mundane objects. To use this ability, you must have alchemist's tools in hand. You then touch a Tiny flask of nonmagical liquid and give it one of the following magical properties of your choice:

• The liquid sheds bright light in a 5-foot radius and dim light for an additional 5 feet.
• The liquid heats up or cools down whatever it touches by 10 degrees Fahrenheit.
• The liquid's consistency and flavor changes to a consistency and flavor of your choice.
• The liquid gains a color and quality (metallic, transparent, translucent, opaque, and the like) 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 flasks of liquid, touching one object each time you use this feature, though a single flask of liquid can only bear one property at a time. The maximum number of flasks you can affect with this feature at one time is equal to your Intelligence modifier (minimum of one object). If you try to exceed your maximum, the oldest property immediately ends, and then the new property applies.

Spare Parts

3th-level artificer feature

Starting at 3th level, you can spend your breaks working on backups to your spellcasting tools. When you finish a short rest, you can choose a number of expended 1st level spell slots to recover which can be no higher than half your proficiency bonus (rounded up). Starting at 11th level, The spell slots can be 1st or 2nd level.

Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish a long rest.

Tool Versatility

6th-level artificer feature, which replaces Tool Expertise

Starting at 6th level, you gain proficiency in all tools.

Force Bolt

Evocation cantrip

• Casting time: 1 action
• Range: 120 feet
• Components: V, S, M (a wand, staff, or rod)
• Duration: Instantaneous

You send a concussive blast of force at a creature or object within range. Make a ranged spell attack against the target. On a hit, the target takes 1d8 force damage. If the target is a creature, you push the creature up to 5 feet away from you.

This spell's damage increases by 1d8 when you reach 5th level (2d8), 11th level (3d8), and 17th level (4d8).

Binding Ropes

1st-level Conjuration

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 30 feet
• Components: V, S, M (25 feet of rope)
• Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute

You throw forward magical ropes that seek to bind a creature within range. Make a ranged spell attack against the target. On a hit, the target is restrained by the ropes until the spell ends. A creature restrained by the ropes can use its action to make a Strength or Dexterity check against your spell save DC. On a success, the spell ends.

Spellblock

2nd-level Abjuration

• Casting time: 1 action
• Range: 60 feet
• Components: V, S, M (a torn piece of cloth)
• Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute

Choose a creature that has spellcasting or a similar feature like pact magic or innate spellcasting that you can see within range. The target must succeed on a Charisma saving throw or have its connection to its spellcasting severed for the duration. The creature can still cast spells from magic items and other exterior sources. When the target attempts to cast a spell using its spellcasting, the spell fails and has no effect.

At the end of each of its turns, the target can make another Charisma saving throw. On a success, the spell ends on the target.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, you can target one additional creature for each slot level above 2nd. The creatures must be within 30 feet of each other when you target them.

Animated Gaming Set

Item: a gaming set

This gaming set is imbued with sapience and animation. It can move its components around with a hover speed of 10 feet and it makes ability checks to play itself with a +10 bonus.

A creature can play an hour-long game with the animated gaming set, which can be part of a short or long rest. If the creature beats the animated gaming set, it gains one point, which does nothing. Win or lose, the creature gains temporary hit points equal to your Artificer level at the end of the game.

If any of its components get separated from the rest of the gaming set for more than 1 minute, the piece is no longer animated, and the animated gaming set becomes despondent and will not play games with others until its missing part is returned or rebuilt.

Automatic Shot

Prerequisite: 10th level artificer

Item: a simple or martial weapon with the ammunition property (requires attunement)

This magic weapon grants a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with it when it’s used to make a ranged attack, and it ignores the loading property if it has it.

When you use the Attack action and attack with the weapon, you can use a bonus action to attack with the weapon.

If you load no ammunition in the weapon, it produces its own, automatically creating one piece of magic ammunition when you make a ranged attack with it. The ammunition created by the weapon vanishes the instant after it hits or misses a target.

Brutish Weapon

Prerequisite: 6th level artificer

Item: a simple or martial weapon

When you roll a 20 on your attack roll with this magic weapon, the target takes an extra 7 damage of the weapon’s type.

The bonus increases to 14 when you reach 14th level in this class.

Chirurgeon's Herbalism Kit

Prerequisite: 6th level artificer

Item: an herbalism kit (requires attunement)

This kit has 4 charges. While holding it, a creature proficient with the herbalism kit can use a bonus action and expend 1 charge to create a vial of antitoxin or a potion of healing.

The kit regains 1d4 expended charges daily at dawn.

Counterfeiter's Forgery Kit

Prerequisite: 6th level artificer

Item: a forgery kit (requires attunement)

This kit has 4 charges. While holding it, a creature proficient with the forgery kit can expend 1 charge to cast illusory script or 2 charges to cast arcanist's magic aura.

The kit regains 1d4 expended charges daily at dawn.

Curving Weapon

Prerequisite: 10th level artificer

Item: a simple or martial weapon with the thrown property

This magic weapon grants a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with it, and it returns to the wielder’s hand immediately after it is used to make a ranged attack.

If the magic weapon misses its target, the wielder can reroll the attack roll, potentially turning a miss into a hit. This feature of the weapon can only be used once on each of the wielder's turns.

Elemental Weapon

Prerequisite: 6th level artificer

Item: a simple or martial weapon (requires attunement)

This magic weapon deals an additional 1d4 damage of one of the following damage types to any target it hits, which you choose when you infuse the item: acid, cold, fire, force, lightning, necrotic, poison, psychic, radiant, or thunder.

As a bonus action, you can turn the weapon into a pure elemental form. While it is in this form, its base weapon damage is changed from bludgeoning, piercing, or slashing to the chosen damage type. The elemental form lasts until you use a bonus action to deactivate the form or until you drop or sheathe the weapon.

The bonus damage increases to 1d8 when you reach 14th level in this class.

Explorer's Tools

Item: a set of navigator's tools

While using the Explorer's Tools, a creature proficient in navigator's tools can spend 10 minutes to focus their awareness on the region around them. The creature can sense whether land or other ships are present within 6 miles of the creature. This feature doesn’t reveal the the location of land or other ships or their number.

Additionally, a creature proficient in navigator's tools that uses the Explorer's Tols to navigate can't become lost at sea except through magical means.

Clayshaper

Clayshapers are a branch of artificers that frequently are found in religious orders. They make a study of divine magic and its lifegiving powers, and use those powers to imbue elementals or create life from unliving clay.

Tool Proficiency

3rd-level Cordwain feature

You gain proficiency with cobbler's tools and leatherworker's tools. If you already have at least one of these proficiencies, you gain proficiency with one other type of artisan’s tools of your choice.

Cordwain Spells

3rd-level Cordwain feature

You always have certain spells prepared after you reach particular levels in this class, as shown in the Cordwain Spells table. These spells count as artificer spells for you, but they don’t count against the number of artificer spells you prepare.

Spellbound Suit

3rd-level Cordwain feature

Your leathery pursuits have led to you making light armor a conduit for your magic. As an action, you can turn a suit of light armor you are wearing into Spellbound Suit, provided you have cobbler's tools or leatherworker's tools in hand.

You gain the following benefits while wearing this armor:

• You can use your Intelligence modifier instead of your Dexterity modifier to the base number from your armor type to determine your Armor Class.
• You can use the spellbound suit as a spellcasting focus for your artificer spells.
• Any falling damage you take is halved, and you don't land prone from a fall while you are not incapacitated.

The armor continues to be a spellbound suit until you don another suit of armor or you die.

Flayer. You design your suit to be manipulative. It has the following features:

Faltering Strap. You can extrude a leather strap into one of your hands while you aren’t holding anything in it. The strap counts as a simple melee weapon with the reach property, and it deals 1d6 slashing damage on a hit. The first creature you hit on each of your turns with the leather strap takes 1d4 psychic damage and must make a Wisdom saving throw against your spell save DC. On a failure, the creature becomes frightened of you until the end of its next turn. While it is frightened in this way, it is restrained.

Grappling Strap. As a bonus action, you can target a point on a surface within 30 feet of you. You are then pulled to an unoccupied space within 5 feet of that point by your leather strap. You can use this bonus action a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.

Roamer. You focus on improving your suit's boots. It has the following features:

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Tough Boots. You improve your suit's boots. They count as simple melee weapons, and they deal 1d10 bludgeoning, piercing, or slashing damage (your choice when you create the boots) on a hit. The boots are considered magical weapons if they are infused.

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Quick Steps. Your walking speed increases by 10 feet.

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Large Leaps. The first time you move least 20 feet straight toward a target and then hit it with a melee weapon attack on your turn, the target takes an extra 1d6 damage of the weapon's type. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a Strength saving throw against your spell save DC or be pushed up to 10 feet away.

Extra Attack

5th-level Cordwain feature

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You can attack twice, rather than once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.

Suit Modifications

9th-level Cordwain feature

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Your spellbound suit gains additional benefits based on its model, as shown below.

Flayer. The reach of your faltering strap increases to 30 feet. If a Large or smaller creature fails its saving throw against your faltering strap, it takes psychic damage equal to your Intelligence modifier and you can choose to pull it to an unoccupied space within 5 feet of you.

Roamer. You can use your Intelligence instead of your Strength for determining how far and high you can jump. You can also apply two infusions to your boots at the same time.

Golden Age of Leather

15th-level Cordwain feature

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Your spellbound suit has reached its pinnacle, as shown below.

Flayer. When you use your grappling strap, you can target a point 60 feet away. If a creature fails its saving throw against your faltering strap, it is paralyzed instead of being restrained.

Roamer. you are always under the effects of a jump spell. If you fall into the space of a creature and the creature isn't Tiny, you can use your reaction to force the creature to make a Dexterity saving throw against your spell save DC. On a failure, you reduce the falling damage you take to 0, and the creature takes 1d8 damage for every 10 feet you fell, to a maximum of 6d8. The damage type is the same as that of your boots. The impacted creature is also knocked prone, unless it is two or more sizes larger than you.

Tool Proficiency

3rd-level Cristallosmith feature

You gain proficiency with glassblower's tools. If you already have this proficiency, you gain proficiency with one other type of artisan’s tools of your choice.

Cristallosmith Spells

3rd-level Cristallosmith feature

You always have certain spells prepared after you reach particular levels in this class, as shown in the Cristallosmith Spells table. These spells count as artificer spells for you, but they don’t count against the number of artificer spells you prepare.

Diffractive Orb

3rd-level Cristallosmith feature

Your skill in glassmaking has granted you a crystalline orb that refracts rainbow hues. The orb can be held in one hand and can be used as a spellcasting focus for your artificer spells. At the end of a long rest, you can create a new orb if you have your glassblower’s tools with you. If you already have an orb from this feature, the first one immediately shatters.

If you cast an artificer spell that deals acid, cold, fire, force, lightning, poison, radiant, or thunder damage using the orb as a spellcasting focus, you can choose to refract the spell through the orb. Roll a d8 to determine the new damage type and color of the spell. If a creature is hit by a spell attack or fails a saving throw from a spell or effect cast in this way, the creature suffers an additional effect.

Light Cage

3rd-level Cristallosmith feature

You can use an action to imbue your orb with light. The light can be colored as you like, and you can change the color as a bonus action. For the next hour, the orb emits bright light in a 20-foot radius and dim light for an additional 20 feet.

While holding the orb when it is imbued with light, you can use a bonus action to fire a beam of light from it. Make a ranged spell attack at one creature within 120 feet of you that is not in magical darkness. On a hit, the target takes 2d8 radiant damage. You can change the orb's color of light as part of the same bonus action.

Once you imbue your orb with light, you can’t do so again until you finish a long rest or until you expend a spell slot of 1st level or higher.

Crystalline Resonance

5th-level Cristallosmith feature

You improve your orb to heighten your spells. When you roll a d8 to diffract an artificer spell, you add the number rolled to one of the spell's damage rolls. If the spell is a critical hit, you can roll the d8 again and choose one of the d8s to determine the effect.

Tool Proficiency

3rd-level Ferromancer feature

You gain proficiency with smith's tools. If you already have this proficiency, you gain proficiency with one other type of artisan’s tools of your choice.

Ferromancer Spells

3rd-level Ferromancer feature

You always have certain spells prepared after you reach particular levels in this class, as shown in the Ferromancer Spells table. These spells count as artificer spells for you, but they don’t count against the number of artificer spells you prepare.

Animated Weapon

3rd-level Ferromancer feature

You can animate a metallic melee weapon to serve as your companion. See the animated weapon's statistics in the flying sword statblock. The damage type of the animated weapon matches the base weapon's damage type. Add your proficiency bonus to the animated weapon’s attack rolls and damage rolls, as well as to any saving throws and skills it is proficient in. For each artificer level you gain after 3rd, your animated weapon's maximum hit points increase by 4. If the weapon is magical or bears one of your infusions, it applies the magical effects to its statblock, including its attack if relevant. Animated weapons that require attunement become hostile toward you if you aren't attuned to them, and treat features that require attunement as if they are attuned to themselves. Sentient magic items retain their personality and Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores.

The animated weapon gains traits from the weapon properties of the weapon that was animated:

Tool Proficiency

3rd-level Fleshweaver feature

You gain proficiency with weaver's tools. If you already have this proficiency, you gain proficiency with one other type of artisan’s tools of your choice.

Fleshweaver Spells

3rd-level Fleshweaver feature

You always have certain spells prepared after you reach particular levels in this class, as shown in the Fleshweaver Spells table. These spells count as artificer spells for you, but they don’t count against the number of artificer spells you prepare.

Weapons of the Flesh

3rd-level Fleshweaver feature

You modify your body to grow a natural weapon of your choice or improve a natural weapon you already possess. When you attack with your natural weapon, you can add your Intelligence modifier, instead of Strength or Dexterity, to the attack and damage rolls. Choose one of the following natural weapons. You can change your natural weapon whenever you finish a long rest.

Bite. You grow fangs, mandibles, or a spiky maw. Your natural weapon is a simple melee weapon that deals 1d8 damage on a hit. If you hit a creature no more than one size larger than you with your bite, you can use a bonus action on the same turn to gain temporary Hit Points equal to your level.

Claws or Talons. Each of your hands transforms into a claw or talon, which you can use as a simple melee weapon that deals 1d6 slashing damage on a hit if it’s empty. Any infusions that are applied to one claw or talon apply to the other claw or talon. If you attack with a claw or talon using the Attack action, you can make one additional claw or talon attack as a bonus action on the same turn.

Hooves. Your feet turn into hooves. The hooves are a simple melee weapon that deals 2d6 bludgeoning damage on a hit. If you move at least 20 feet straight towards a creature no more than one size larger than you and then hit it with your hooves on the same turn, you can use a bonus action on the same turn to attempt to shove the target back 5 feet.

Tool Proficiency

3rd-level Gastronomist feature

You gain proficiency with brewer's supplies and cook's utensils. If you already have at least one of these proficiencies, you gain proficiency with one other type of artisan’s tools of your choice.

Gastronomist Spells

3rd-level Gastronomist feature

You always have certain spells prepared after you reach particular levels in this class, as shown in the Gastronomist Spells table. These spells count as artificer spells for you, but they don’t count against the number of artificer spells you prepare.

Scavenged Victuals

3rd-level Gastronomist feature

Whenever you finish a long rest, you can magically produce food or drink in an empty container you touch. Roll on the Scavenged Victuals table for the victual’s effect, which is triggered when someone eats or drinks the provision. As an action, a creature can ingest the victual or force-feed it to an incapacitated creature.

You can create additional scavenged victuals by expending a spell slot of 1st level or higher for each one. When you do so, you use your action to create the victual in an empty container you touch, and you choose the victual’s effect from the Scavenged Victual table.

Creating a scavenged victual requires you to have brewer's supplies or cook's utensils on your person, and any victual you create with this feature lasts until it is ingested or until the end of your next long rest.

You can also spend 1 minute scavenging edible bits from a dead creature that has died within the last 24 hours. During your next short rest, you can prepare scavenged victuals using the dead creature. You create a scavenged victual that shares the creature type of the dead creature. You may also use the dead creature to determine the effect of the scavenged victual you prepare after finishing a long rest instead of rolling, provided the creature died within the last 24 hours.

When you reach certain levels in this class, you can make more victuals at the end of a long rest: two at 5th level and three at 15th level. Roll for each victual’s effect separately. Each victual requires its own container.

Tool Proficiency

3rd-level Potioncrafter feature

You gain proficiency with alchemist’s supplies. If you already have this proficiency, you gain proficiency with one other type of artisan’s tools of your choice. You also gain proficiency with herbalism kits, which you can use as a spellcasting focus for your artificer spells.

Potioncrafter Spells

3rd-level Potioncrafter feature

You always have certain spells prepared after you reach particular levels in this class, as shown in the Potioncrafter Spells table. These spells count as artificer spells for you, but they don’t count against the number of artificer spells you prepare.

Replicate Potion

3rd-level Potioncrafter feature

You learn how to use your artificer infusions to replicate potions. Whenever you infuse an item, you can instead infuse your magic into a flask by using your alchemist's supplies or herbalism kit, creating a potion. Whenever you can learn an artificer infusion, you can instead choose to learn a replicate potion infusion. You can learn this special infusion multiple times; each time you do so, choose a potion that you can make with it, picking from the Replicable Potions tables. A table’s title tells you the level you must be in the class to choose an item from the table.

In addition, the maximum number of learned infusions known and items you can infuse at once increases by 1, but the additional learned infusion must be a replicate potion infusion, and the additional infused item must be a potion.

Any potion you create with this feature lasts until it is drunk or until the end of your next long rest.

Chemical Mastery Spells

Tool Proficiency

3rd-level Psychotronic feature

You gain proficiency with jeweler's tools. If you already have this proficiency, you gain proficiency with one other type of artisan’s tools of your choice.

Psychotronic Spells

3rd-level Psychotronic feature

You always have certain spells prepared after you reach particular levels in this class, as shown in the Psychotronic Spells table. These spells count as artificer spells for you, but they don’t count against the number of artificer spells you prepare.

Awakened Psi-Crystal

3rd-level Psychotronic feature

You imbue a gem or crystal with sentience, creating an awakened psi-crystal. It is friendly to you and your companions, and it obeys your commands. See this creature’s game statistics in the Awakened Psi-Crystal stat block, which uses your proficiency bonus (PB) in several places. You determine the crystal’s appearance; your choice has no effect on its game statistics.

In combat, the psi-cyrstal shares your initiative count, but it takes its turn immediately after yours. It can move and use its reaction on its own, but the only action it takes on its turn is the Dodge action, unless you take a bonus action on your turn to command it to take another action. That action can be one in its stat block or some other action. If you are incapacitated, the psi-crystal can take any action of its choice, not just Dodge.

If the mending spell is cast on it, it regains 2d6 hit points. If it has died within the last hour, you can use your jeweler’s tools as an action to revive it, provided you are within 5 feet of it and you expend a spell slot of 1st level or higher. The awakened psi-crystal returns to life after 1 minute with all its hit points restored.

At the end of a long rest, you can create a new awakened psi-crystal if you have your jeweler’s tools with you. If you already have an awakened psi-crystal from this feature, the first one immediately perishes. The psi-crystal also perishes if you die.

Tool Proficiency

3rd-level Quartermaster feature

You gain proficiency with the disguise kit, forgery kit, and poisoner's kit. If you already have at least one of these proficiencies, you gain proficiency with one type of artisan’s tools of your choice.

Quartermaster Spells

3rd-level Quartermaster feature

You always have certain spells prepared after you reach particular levels in this class, as shown in the Quartermaster Spells table. These spells count as artificer spells for you, but they don’t count against the number of artificer spells you prepare.

Spy's Preparedness

3rd-level Quartermaster feature

Your combat training and your experiments with magic have paid off in four ways:

• You gain proficiency with martial weapons.
• When you attack with a magic weapon, you can use your Intelligence modifier, instead of Strength or Dexterity modifier, for the attack and damage rolls.
• You can use the disguise kit, forgery kit, and poisoner's kit as spellcasting focuses for your artificer spells.
• You can take the Hide action as a bonus action on each of your turns.

Suppressed Weapon

3rd-level Quartermaster feature

When you finish a long rest, you can use thieves' tools to carve special sigils into a ranged weapon with the ammunition property, and the weapon becomes a suppressed weapon. The sigils disappear from the object if you later carve them on a different item. The sigils otherwise last indefinitely.

Your suppressed weapon has the following benefits:

• While you hold it, you emit a dampening field. that grants you advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks. If the armor you wear normally imposes disadvantage on such checks, the advantage and disadvantage cancel each other, as normal.
• When you are hidden from a creature and miss it with an attack from the weapon, making the attack doesn't reveal your position.
• Once on each of your turns when you hit a creature with an attack from the weapon, you can cause the attack to deal an extra 1d10 damage of the same type dealt by the weapon to the target. The damage increases when you reach certain levels in this class, increasing to 2d10 at 5th level, 3d10 at 9th level, and 4d10 at 15th level.

Backup Cantrips

5th-level Quartermaster feature

You've developed the ability to make your cantrips a fall-back option in times of pressure, enhancing the damage you deal through them. Whenever you cast a cantrip, you gain a bonus to one damage roll of the spell. The bonus equals your Intelligence modifier (minimum of +1).

Fence's Counterfeit

9th-level Quartermaster feature

You develop secret and dangerous tricks that allow you to share your artificer infusions more effectively. You can infuse the same infusion into multiple objects, and the maximum number of items you can infuse at once increases by 2. If a creature holds or wears more than one object of the same infusion, or if a creature holds or wears more of your infusions than the number listed in the Infused Items column of the artificer table, the infused items create a magical feedback loop, dealing 1d4 force damage to the creature at the start of its turns.

Quartermaster's Signature

15th-level Quartermaster feature

You leave special signatures in your infused items. You gain the following benefits:

• You can cast scrying on a creature wearing or holding one of your infused items or a location that is centered on of your infused items, without expending a spell slot, without preparing the spell, and without material components. The creature has a -10 connection save modifier when you cast it in this way. You don't need to know the creature or have been to the location before. Once you cast this spell with this feature, you can’t cast the spell with it again until you finish a long rest.
• You can destroy one of your infused items as an action. When you destroy the item, you can choose to cause it to detonate, forcing each creature within 10 feet of it to make a Dexterity saving throw against your spell save DC, taking 5d8 force damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one. A nonmagical object that isn't being worn or carried also takes the damage if it's in the effect's area.

Tool Proficiency

3rd-level Runecarver feature

You gain proficiency with mason's tools. If you already have this proficiency, you gain proficiency with one other type of artisan’s tools of your choice.

Runecarver Spells

3rd-level Runecarver feature

You always have certain spells prepared after you reach particular levels in this class, as shown in the Runecarver Spells table. These spells count as artificer spells for you, but they don’t count against the number of artificer spells you prepare.

Victory Rune

3rd-level Runecarver feature

When you finish a long rest, you can use mason's tools to engrave a spear-shaped rune into a simple or martial weapon, and the weapon becomes a victory weapon. You can have any number of weapons inscribed with the rune. Your victory weapons have the following benefits:

• You are considered proficient with your victory weapons.
• When you attack with a victory weapon, you can use your Intelligence modifier, instead of Strength or Dexterity modifier, for the attack and damage rolls.
• The first creature you hit on each of your turns with a weapon attack from a victory weapon takes extra damage equal to 1d4 + one third of your artificer level. You choose the type of extra damage when you gain this feature.

Stave Stone

3rd-level Runecarver feature

You carve a stave, a runic sigil, into a stone. When you finish a long rest, choose one spell from any class, including this one, with a casting time of 1 action. A spell you choose must be of a level you can cast, as shown on the Artificer table, or a cantrip.

The chosen spell is stored in the stave stone. While holding the stave stone, you can use an action to cast the spell stored in the stave stone without expending a spell slot. The spell counts as an artificer spell for you.

The spell stays in the stave stone until it’s been cast once or until you store a different spell in the stave stone.

Extra Attack

5th-level Runecarver feature

You can attack twice, rather than once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.

Ale Runes

9th-level Runecarver feature

You learn to heighten your ability to channel your magic through your victory runes. When you hit a target with a victory weapon, you can channel runic magic to create one of the following effects:

• The target takes an extra 2d4 damage of the type chosen for your victory weapon and has disadvantage on the next attack roll it makes before the end of its next turn.
• The target must make a Wisdom Save against your Artificer spell save DC. On a failure, the target is frightened of you until the end of your next turn. If the target is an aberration, celestial, elemental, fey, fiend, or undead, it must spend its next turn trying to move as far away from you as it can, and it can’t willingly move to a space within 30 feet of you while frightened. It also can’t take reactions. For its action, it can use only the Dash action or try to escape from an effect that prevents it from moving. If there’s nowhere to move, the creature can use the Dodge action.

You can use these runes a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, but you can do so no more than once on a turn. You regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.

Woeful Runes

15th-level Runecarver feature

You've mastered the wyrdest runes.

• You can store spells in your stave stone on a short or long rest.
• You can cast glyph of warding and symbol in 1 minute using your mason's tools without expending a spell slot, without preparing the spell, and without material components, provided you use mason's tools as the spellcasting focus. Once you cast either spell with this feature, you can’t cast that spell with it again until you finish a long rest.

Tool Proficiency

3rd-level Sapper feature

You gain proficiency with carpenter's tools. If you already have this proficiency, you gain proficiency with one other type of artisan’s tools of your choice.

Sapper Spells

3rd-level Sapper feature

You always have certain spells prepared after you reach particular levels in this class, as shown in the Sapper Spells table. These spells count as artificer spells for you, but they don’t count against the number of artificer spells you prepare.

Wall of Wood

3rd-level Sapper feature

Your artifice allows you to spontaneously bring plant matter into existence to reinforce your position. Using carpenter's tools, you can take an action to magically create wooden reinforcements at an unoccupied space you choose within 5 feet of you. You create a wall that is 3 inches thick and is composed of a number of 10-foot-by-10-foot panels equal to your artificer level. Each panel must be contiguous with at least one other panel. The wall can only be created in unoccupied spaces.

The wall can have any shape you desire, though it can't occupy the same space as a creature or object. The wall doesn't need to be vertical or rest on any firm foundation. It must, however, be solidly supported by solid ground. Thus, you can use this feature to bridge a chasm or create a ramp. If you create a span greater than 20 feet in length, you must halve the size of each panel to create supports.

The wall is an object made of wood that can be damaged and thus breached. Each panel has AC 15, hit points equal to five times your artificer level, and vulnerability to fire damage. Reducing a panel to 0 hit points destroys it and might cause connected panels to collapse at the GM's discretion. The wall of wood disappears after 10 minutes. You can dismiss it early as an action.

Once you create a wall of wood, you can’t do so again until you finish a long rest or until you expend a spell slot of 1st level or higher. You can have only one wall of wood at a time and can’t create one while an existing wall of wood is present.

When you create the wall of wood, you decide which type it is, choosing from the options on the Wall of Wood table.

Resonant Demolisher

5th-level Sapper feature

You can make a conduit for your destruction. When you finish a long rest, you can use thieves' tools or tinker’s tools to carve special sigils into a warhammer, war pick, or maul and thereby turn it into your resonant demolisher. The sigils disappear from the object if you later carve them on a different item. The sigils otherwise last indefinitely.

You are considered proficient with your resonant demolisher, which is a magic weapon that uses your Intelligence modifier, instead of Strength or Dexterity modifier, for the attack and damage rolls. You can also use your resonant demolisher as a spellcasting focus for your artificer spells. Once on each of your turns when you hit a creature or object with your resonant demolisher, you can cause the attack to deal an extra 1d12 thunder damage to the target. The thunder damage increases when you reach certain levels in this class, increasing to 2d12 at 9th level, and 3d12 at 15th level. The resonant demolisher deals double damage to objects that are not made out of adamantine.

Booby Trap

9th-level Sapper feature

Your walls of wood become deadly for enemies to be around:

• When you create the wall, you may create difficult terrain within 10 feet of one side of the wall of wood. When a creature moves into or within the the difficult terrain, it takes 2d4 piercing damage for every 5 feet it travels.
• As an action, you can magically cause the wall of wood to explode into shrapnel if you are within 60 feet of it. Each creature within 10 feet of the wall must make a Dexterity saving throw against your spell DC, taking 8d4 magical piercing damage on a failed save, or half as much on a successful one. The damage increases to 12d4 at 15th level.

Tool Proficiency

3rd-level Wayfinder feature

You gain proficiency with cartographer's tools. If you already have this proficiency, you gain proficiency with one other type of artisan’s tools of your choice. You also gain proficiency with navigator's tools, which you can use as a spellcasting focus for your artificer spells.

Wayfinder Spells

3rd-level Wayfinder feature

You always have certain spells prepared after you reach particular levels in this class, as shown in the Wayfinder Spells table. These spells count as artificer spells for you, but they don’t count against the number of artificer spells you prepare.

Dowsing Rods

5th-level Wayfinder feature

You can make a conduit for your destruction. When you finish a long rest, you can use thieves' tools or tinker’s tools to carve special sigils into a pair of clubs and thereby turn them into your resonant demolisher. The sigils disappear from the objects if you later carve them on a different pair of clubs. The sigils otherwise last indefinitely.

The clubs are a pair of magic weapons that use your Intelligence modifier, instead of Strength or Dexterity modifier, for the attack and damage rolls. When you use your action to attack with one of the clubs, you can make an attack with the other club as part of the same action. Any infusion that you apply to one of the clubs is duplicated onto the other club.

You can cast find traps, locate animals or plants, or locate object without expending a spell slot, without preparing the spell, and without material components, provided you use your dowsing rods as the spellcasting focus. Once you cast any spell with this feature, you can’t cast that spell with it again until you finish a long rest.

Folding Map

3rd-level Wayfinder feature

Your artifice allows you to create a map so accurate that changing the map changes the land around you. Using cartographer's tools or navigator's tools, you can take an action to perfectly sketch a map the terrain of a space within 60 feet of you. When you do so, you can deform the map to warp the terrain in one of the following ways:

Tool Proficiency

3rd-level Zi-Scribe feature

You gain proficiency with calligrapher's supplies. If you already have this proficiency, you gain proficiency with one other type of artisan’s tools of your choice.

Zi-Scribe Spells

3rd-level Zi-Scribe feature

You always have certain spells prepared after you reach particular levels in this class, as shown in the Zi-Scribe Spells table. These spells count as artificer spells for you, but they don’t count against the number of artificer spells you prepare.

Rote Scroll

3rd-level Zi-Scribe feature

When you finish a long rest, you can use calligrapher's supplies to scribe special runes onto a scroll, which becomes a rote scroll. The runes disappear from the object if you later carve them on a different item. The runes otherwise last indefinitely. You can use your rote scroll as a spellcasting focus for your artificer spells. When you create the rote scroll, choose one of the following benefits that applies whenever you cast an artificer cantrip through the rote scroll:

Spirit Scroll

3rd-level Zi-Scribe feature

You gain the ability to consult with the spirits of sages to scribe a scroll with your calligrapher's supplies that only you can use. When you finish a long rest, choose one spell from any class, including this one, with a casting time of 1 action. A spell you choose must be of a level you can cast, as shown on the Artificer table, or a cantrip.

The spirits of sages give you insight and store the chosen spell in the spirit scroll. While holding the spirit scroll, you can use an action to cast the spell stored in the spirit scroll without expending a spell slot. The spell counts as an artificer spell for you.

The spell stays in the spirit scroll until it’s been cast once or until you store a different spell in the spirit scroll.

Potent Cantrips

5th-level Zi-Scribe feature

When a cantrip cast from your rote scroll misses a creature or creature succeeds on a saving throw against a cantrip cast from your rote scroll, the creature takes half the cantrip’s damage (if any) but suffers no additional effect from the cantrip.

Six Arts

9th-level Zi-Scribe feature

You learn six ways to improve your rote magic. When you hit a small or larger creature with a cantrip cast from your rote scroll, you can channel runic magic as a bonus action to create one of the following effects:

• You regain a 1st-level or 2nd-level spell slot.
• You can cast a spell of 1st or 2nd level that you have prepared.
• You can expend a spell slot of 1st or 2nd level to regain 2d6 hit points per level of the spell slot expended.

You can use these arts a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus. You regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.

Verbose Strokes

15th-level Zi-Scribe feature

You've mastered the most detailed runic ideograms that allow you to harness the power of the greatest sages.

• You can store spells in your spirit scroll on a short or long rest.
• When you finish a long rest, choose two different 6th-level spells from any class with a casting time of 1 action. You can cast these spells as an action using your calligrapher's supplies without expending a spell slot, without preparing the spell, and without material components, provided you use calligrapher's supplies as the spellcasting focus. Once you cast either spell with this feature, you can’t cast that spell with it again until you finish a long rest.

Crafty Soul

3rd-level Way of the Steady Hand feature

You gain the ability to imbue mundane items with your life essence. The magic items you create with this feature are tied strongly to your life force.

Infusions Known

When you gain this feature, pick two artificer infusions to learn, choosing from the “Artificer Infusions” section at the end of the Artificer class’s description. At 11th and 17th level you learn one additional artificer infusion of your choice.

Whenever you gain a level in this class, you can replace one of the artificer infusions you learned with a new one. Infusions that require artificer level 6 can be learned at 11th level and infusions that require artificer level 10 can be learned at 17th level.

Infusing an Item

Whenever you finish a long rest, you can touch a non-magical 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 “Attunement” in chapter 7 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide). The infusion uses your monk level and Wisdom modifier instead of artificer level and Intelligence modifier, and uses your Wisdom modifer + your proficiency bonus as your spell attack bonus and your Ki save DC as your spell save DC.

Your infusion remains in an item indefinitely, but when you die, the infusion vanishes instantly. The infusion also vanishes if you give up your knowledge of the infusion for another one.

When you gain this feature at 3rd level, you can infuse 1 nonmagical object at the end of a long rest. At 11th level, you can can infuse more than one nonmagical object at the end of a long rest; You can infuse 2 objects at 11th level and 3 objects at 17th level. 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 immediately ends, and then the new infusion applies.

Iron Body

3rd-level Way of the Steady Hand feature

Your body becomes hard as iron, which lets you apply infusions to it. Alternately, you replace parts of your body with metallic prosthetics.

Limbs of Steel. You can apply artificer infusions that can be applied to a simple melee weapon to your limbs. All unarmed strikes you make with your limbs benefit from the infusion. If you do so, you can use your Strength modifier instead of your Dexterity modifier for your Unarmored Defense (Monk).

Metal Shell. You can apply artificer infusions that require a suit of armor to your skin. If you do so, you are unable to use magic items that require that you do not wear armor or a shield. If you do so, you can use your Constitution modifier instead of your Dexterity modifier for your Unarmored Defense (Monk).

Steel Strength

6th-level Way of the Steady Hand feature

You can go beyond peak humanoid performance in tandem with your upgrades. You gain the following benefits.

Focus Strike. You learn to put all your might behind a single attack. As an action, make one unarmed strike or melee attack with a monk weapon. You can also spend 1 ki as a bonus action before you make the attack to increase the attack's power further. On a hit, the target takes damage as if it were hit by the attack, plus extra damage equal to 3 rolls of your martial arts die, or extra damage equal to 7 rolls of your martial arts die if you spent 1 ki. If you spent 1 ki and the target is a huge or smaller creature, it must make a Strength saving throw. If it fails, it is knocked back or knocked up 10 feet (your choice) and is knocked prone.

Lunar Jump. When you take Step of the Wind on your turn, your jump distance is sextupled instead, and Slow Fall reduces your falling damage by an amount equal to ten times your monk level until the end of your turn.

Strength in Fracture

11th-level Way of the Steady Hand feature

When you take damage, you can roll a number of martial arts dice up to your proficiency bonus. The damage is reduced by the total rolled on the dice. For each die rolled this way, your hit point maximum is reduced by 2. This reduction lasts until you finish a long rest. You die if this effect reduces your hit point maximum to 0. Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish a long rest, unless you spend 1 ki to use it again.

Full Metal Jacket

17th-level Way of the Steady Hand feature

You're more akin to golem than human. You gain the following benefits.

• You gain immunity to fire damage.
• You have resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage from nonmagical attacks that aren't adamantine.
• You have advantage on saving throws against any spell or effect that would alter your form.

Niche Experience

3rd-level Gadgeteer feature

You have learned enough about the working of magic items to mimic the infusions of artificers.

Infusions Known

When you gain this feature, pick two artificer infusions to learn, choosing from the “Artificer Infusions” section at the end of the Artificer class’s description. At 9th, 13th, and 17th level, you learn two additional artificer infusions of your choice.

Whenever you gain a level in this class, you can replace one of the artificer infusions you learned with a new one. Infusions that require artificer level 6 can be learned at 9th level, infusions that require artificer level 10 can be learned at 13th level, and infusions that require artificer level 14 can be learned at 17th level.

Infusing an Item

Whenever you finish a long rest, you can touch a non-magical 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 “Attunement” in chapter 7 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide). The infusion uses your rogue level instead of artificer level, and uses your Intelligence modifer + your proficiency bonus as your spell attack bonus and 8 + your Intelligence modifier + your proficiency bonus as your spell save DC.

Your infusion remains in an item indefinitely, but when you die, the infusion vanishes after a number of days have passed equal to your Intelligence modifier (minimum of 1 day). The infusion also vanishes if you give up your knowledge of the infusion for another one.

When you gain this feature at 3rd level, you can infuse 1 nonmagical object at the end of a long rest. At 9th level, you can can infuse more than one nonmagical object at the end of a long rest; You can infuse 2 objects at 9th level, 3 objects at 13th level, and 4 objects at 17th level. 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 immediately ends, and then the new infusion applies.

Prototype

3rd-level Gadgeteer feature

You gain proficiency with smith's tools and tinker's tools.

When you finish a long rest, you can use thieves' tools or tinker's tools to turn a finesse or ranged weapon into a prototype. The weapon breaks if you later prototype a different item. When you hit a creature with this weapon, you can use your Sneak Attack against that target even if you don’t have advantage on the attack roll, but not if you have disadvantage on the attack roll. This sneak attack damage is acid, cold, fire, lightning, or poison, which you choose when you make the prototype.

Toolcraft

9th-level Gadgeteer feature

When you finish a long rest, you can use tinker's tools and touch up to 3 different objects. For each object, choose a 1st or 2nd-level spell from the artificer spell list that requires 1 action to cast. The object is imbued with that spell. While holding the object, a creature can take an action to produce the spell’s effect from it, using your Intelligence as your spellcasting ability modifier. If the spell requires concentration, the creature must concentrate. The spell leaves the object after using the object in this way or until you use this feature again to store a spell in an object.

Magic Item Disruption

13th-level Gadgeteer feature

You gain the ability to sever someone's connection to a magic item. As a bonus action on your turn, you can target a held magic item within 30 feet of you. The creature holding the magic item must make a Charisma saving throw (DC 8 + your Intelligence modifier + your proficiency bonus). On a failure, that creature can't benefit from the magic item for 8 hours.

Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish a short or long rest.

Rigged to Blow

17th-level Gadgeteer feature

When you finish a long rest, you can use tinker's tools and touch up to 3 different nonmagical objects to rig them with magical explosive energy. As an action, you can detonate one or more of the rigged objects. You can throw a held rigged object to a point within 60 feet of you as part of the same action. Each creature in a 20-foot-radius sphere centered on the object must make a Dexterity saving throw (DC 8 + your Intelligence modifier + your proficiency bonus). A creature takes 6d6 fire damage and 6d6 bludgeoning damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. A creature in the area of more than one blast is affected only once. An object in the area of one or more blasts takes 25 bludgeoning damage from each blast.