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Base Class & General Design Notes

Why Artificer? Flavor-wise, artificer has been my favorite class since getting into D&D back in 2018 (yes, I am a noobie compared to many reading this). While artificer has gone through many changes since those old UAs, as I write this nearly two years after the initial release of the class in Eberron: Rising from the Last War, it is clear that there are some power problems. The base class is a half caster, yet does not have options for solid damage-per-round built into the class. Instead, there are support and utility features: Infuse Item, Flash of Genius, and Spell-Storing Item come to mind.

However, each have their own problems: Infuse Item has certain infusions that are heavily overcentralizing in order to make a good artificer, such as pipes of haunting and the spell-wrought tattoo. Flash of Genius is reminiscent of the paladin's Aura of Protection, but comes at a higher level, has limited uses, and hogs an artificer's reaction. Spell-Storing Item starts quite strong when it comes on, allowing for 10 free castings of a 2nd-level spell at 11th level... but the capacity to store spells in objects is similar to infusions of editions past, so a similar feature would have been appreciated earlier, and this feature doesn't improve as n artificer moves through tiers 3 and 4.

What does artificer get when it comes to the "martial half" of "half casting?" No fighting styles, no martial weapon proficiency, a d8 hit die instead of a d10, and no Extra Attack or Extra Attack equivalent. Of the four specialists, two have Extra Attack, but the Armorer has some issues with optimizing its martial capability, and the Battle Smith is very feature heavy in attempting to emulate the paladin, while still not reaching that class's baseline standards for support or damage. The Artillerist gets a bonus to its damage no better than what a full caster gets, and its main source of damage and support, the Eldritch Cannon, must be set up on the first turn of combat and will usually cost a spell slot regardless. The Alchemist gets an even more paltry excuse for a damage bonus, and its experimental elixirs are oftentimes not worth the cost of the spell slot.

Artificers need more specialists: there are innumerable concepts for the class, whether they be magical inventors or simply studies of the arcane who invest their power in items instead of direct evocations. However, these specialists shouldn't have to spend so much effort trying to fix issues in the base class when it comes to combat potential.

What's the deal with Arcane Sigil? Arcane Sigil was born from both the Unearthed Arcana spell arcane weapon, and the various powers called Sigils from the 4e artificer. Initially, I had over a dozen Sigil spells as part of my expanded artificer spell options. However, artificers don't really need spells at multiple levels to hog up preparations when they already have so few, especially not just to make up for poor combat potential, and rolling all the effects and damage types into one spell seemed... inelegant. Inspired by various homebrew options and the optional class feature found in Tasha's Cauldron of Everything, Arcane Sigil was born, following the progression of the cleric's Channel Divinity feature.

As it stands, the feature is verbose, due to the plethora of secondary features it offers (especially at 11th level). I suspect many will tell me that it is too verbose, and that these secondary features are likely rarely to be used, are inconsistent in their balance, and should be cut. I might be inclined to agree, but I do want to field some opinion on them first, and perhaps I am a little sentimental over cutting what is a major component of their 4e counterparts. Perhaps I will adapt these effects into gish cantrips.

Why change Spell-Storing Item? As mentioned, once gained at 11th level, Spell-Storing Item is very strong. Assuming 20 int (which isn't so hard at 11th level), an artificer will have 10 uses of a 1st- or 2nd-level spell. Ten castings of a 2nd-level spell for free, with an item that can be passed around the party, is very strong at that level. In addition, this feature feels like it could have been earned earlier in a level where the artificer felt a little lacking, and that it should scale to eventually allow other spell levels. So, now it is less strong than it was at the level it was earned (and, in fact, can never cast 10 2nd-level spells, even at 20th level), but has more versatility and will likely feel better.

Hey! Artificer should have more power in their support capabilities, like in infusions and spells, not more damage features! Why are you trying to make artificers like paladins? No one as actually asked me this yet, but I suspect it might be asked. Something I kept from the TCoE artificer is the archetype level progression: 3, 5, 9, and 15. This means that, especially at 5th level, their combat power still lies mostly with the specialist choice, and I actually think this opens up some really interesting opportunities. It allows for different methods of increasing damage (with my personal favorite being found in the Clockwork Engineer), or even eschewing damage entirely in an attempt to make up the difference compared to "full casters" with potent support and spell options. In essence: features like Arcane Sigil are intended as an option for those who wish to improve their damage, but might not be used by all artificers. I may explore giving alternative uses for Arcane Sigil, or perhaps a feature that increases the number of concurrent infused items in the base class that one can take in lieu of it. I am open to suggestions.

This seems a little too strong. Maybe it is; there hasn't been much play-testing yet, after all. There is always a valid concern when buffing existing options that it will come out the other side overtuned, and I have tweaked, buffed, and/or given more options for just about every artificer feature. I suspect that it will be a little too strong by some standards, however if that is the case, I can evaluate which features are too much and scale them back. In essence, I fear that if I try to aim too much for balance right now, I will buff the wrong things, and myself and others may still feel the class is "off," yet would not feel that way had I left certain features the same and instead buffed others in their place.

I suspect the Battle Smith might be a little overtuned with all of the new features, especially with the Bladesinging-style Extra Attack variant option. However, I like that extra attack as an option: the half caster class built around imbuing items with magic shouldn't be worse at doing that to weapons in combat than the subclass of a full caster.

Base Class

• The various magical properties of the Magical Tinkering feature now have their maximum strength increase with artificer level, and the maximum number of concurrent affected objects was increased from one's Intelligence modifier to half one's artificer level (rounded up) plus one's Intelligence modifier.
• Artificers can now prepare a number of artificer spells equal to one's Intelligence modifier + half one's artificer level, rounded up, instead of rounded down.
• The Arcane Sigil feature was added at 2nd level.
• The Tool Expertise feature now allows for one's twice proficiency bonus to be added to certain ability checks relating to magic items.
• Added the Extra Attack and Potent Spellcasting optional class features, each of which one could choose to replace the feature granted by any artificer specialist at 5th level.
• The Spell-Storing Item feature was moved from 11th level to 6th level. Instead of allowing one to cast a 1st- or 2nd-level spell a number of times equal to twice one's Intelligence modifier, it now operates on a charge system, with charges expended for casting a spell equal to the level at which a spell is produced from the item. The maximum level of a spell able to be stored or produced from the item is five levels after the artificer gains access to spell slots of that level. The maximum number of charges is half one's artificer level (rounded up), but increases to that amount plus one's Intelligence modifier at 10th level. Finally, two spells can be stored in the Item at 18th level.
• The Flash of Genius feature can now apply to the rolls of multiple creatures at once.
• The Magic Item Adept feature gives a minimum of +1 on attack and damage rolls made using a magic weapon.
• The Improved Arcane Sigil feature was added at 11th level.
• The Magic Item Savant feature gives a minimum of +2 on attack and damage rolls made using a magic weapon.
• The Magic Item Master feature allows for magic items with a rarity of rare to be crafted in a quarter of the normal time, and cost half as much of the usual gold. In addition, it gives a minimum of +3 on attack and damage rolls made using a magic weapon.
• The Soul of Artifice Feature allows one to restore all charges of a magic item that ordinarily regains charges once each day.

Alchemist

• Renamed to Elixir Alchemist.
• The Experimental Elixir feature was replaced with the Esoteric Elixir feature at 3rd level.
• The Esoteric Elixir feature allows for more elixirs, and more as one's artificer level increases. In addition, there are far more elixir options, they are not randomly determined at the end of a long rest, and all scale with artificer level.
• The Esoteric Elixir feature also allows one to apply their Arcane Sigil to a creature under the effects of an esoteric elixir.
• The Alchemical Savant feature was removed and replaced with the Alchemical Surge feature at 5th level.
• The Alchemical Surge feature allows one to use their action to allow a creature under the effects of an elixir to immediately take an extra action, though a limited one. At 11th level, attacks made during this extra action deal 1d6 extra damage.
• The Chemical Mastery feature increases the temporary hit points granted by an esoteric elixir to 4d6 + one's Intelligence modifier.

Armorer

• In the Armorer Spells feature, replaced magic missile with shield.
• The Guardian model now gives the option to have the Thunder Gauntlets feature have a 1d12 damage die and the heavy property. In addition, the Defensive Field feature now allows one to choose to gain temporary hit points equal to half one's artificer level at the start of each turn (rounded up), without limited uses.
• The Lightning Launcher feature of the Infiltrator model now allows for attack rolls made with it to no longer be made with disadvantage as a result of being within 5 feet of a hostile creature.
• The Extra Attack feature was removed and replaced with the Enhanced Special Weapon feature, though an improved version of the previous Extra Attack feature remains as an optional class feature.
• The Weapon Modifications feature was added at 9th level, though the Armor Modification feature remains.
• The extra lightning damage caused by the special Lightning Launcher attack was increased from 1d6 to 2d6.

Artillerist

• The eldritch cannon can now be made twice per long rest without expending a spell slot, and the number of times this can be done increases with artificer level.
• The extra damage from the Arcane Firearm feature increases from 1d8 to 1d8 + one's Intelligence modifier, and now increases to 3d8 + one's Intelligence modifier at 11th level.
• The Explosive Cannon feature now increases the temporary hit points granted by the eldritch cannon by 1d8. The damage taken from the cannon's explosion was increased from 3d8 to 4d8.

Battle Smith

• The steel defender from the Steel Defender feature now can have its hit points fully restored over the course of a minute by expending a spell slot, instead of requiring the defender's death to accomplish this. In addition, the steel defender's AC is now equal to 11 + one's Intelligence modifier, and Arcane Sigil can be applied to the defender with the same bonus action used to command it.
• The Extra Attack feature was removed and replaced with the Arcane Strike feature, though an improved version of the previous Extra Attack feature remains as an optional class feature.

Artificers of All Sorts

Blood Artifice. These artificers empower the latent power existing in their allies by drawing upon their blood and infusing it into the items they carry. Alternatively, they draw upon the blood of creatures slain, and utilize their blood in the creation of new infusions, spell components, and items.

Calligraphy/Paint Artifice. I (Santha) often rely upon these forms of expression, despite my speciality being awakening sentience in objects. By painting sigils or even drawing pictures, whether in the air or on surfaces, I can evoke different effects by using the right combination of inks, tools, and symbology.

Food/Drink Artifice. While these most often bear similarities to Elixir Alchemists, I have seen the occasional specialist in another area of artifice who still cast their spells through the consumption of food and drink. They certainly seem to enjoy themselves more.

Gemstone Artifice. Many adventurers can attest to the myriad of enchanted gemstones found in artifacts of ages past, and the various powers they bring. Practitioners often prepare their spells and infusions by putting small motes of their own power into various gemstones after resting, priming them for later use.

Creating an Artificer

To create an artificer, consult the following subsections, which give you hit points, proficiencies, and starting equipment. Then look at the Artificer table to see which features you get at each level. The descriptions of those features appear in the "Class Features" section.

Multiclassing and the Artificer

If your group uses the optional rule on multiclassing in the Player's Handbook, here's what you need to know if you choose artificer as one of your classes.

Ability Score Minimum. As a multiclass character, you must have at least an Intelligence score of 13 to take a level in this class, or to take a level in another class if you are already an artificer.

Proficiencies Gained. If artificer isn't your initial class, here are the proficiencies you gain when you take your first level as an artificer: light armor, medium armor, shields, thieves' tools, tinker's tools.

Spell Slots. Add half your levels (rounded up) in the artificer class to the appropriate levels from other classes to determine your available spell slots.

Magical Tinkering

1st-level artificer feature

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 object sheds bright light in a radius in feet up to a maximum of five times your artificer level, and dim light an equivalent additional distance.
• Whenever tapped by a creature, the object emits a recorded message that can be heard up to a maximum of a number of feet equal to 10 times your artificer level 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 a maximum of a number of feet equal to 10 times your artificer level 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, as you like. The maximum number of words increases when you reach certain levels in this class. It increases to 50 at 5th level, 100 at 11th level, and 200 at 17th level.

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 half your artificer level (rounded up) plus your Intelligence modifier (a minimum of one). If you try to exceed your maximum, the oldest property immediately ends, and then the new property applies.

Spellcasting

1st-level artificer feature

You've studied the workings of magic and how to cast spells, channeling the magic through objects. To observers, you don't appear to be casting spells in a conventional way; you appear to produce wonders from mundane items and outlandish inventions.

Armorer

An artificer who specializes as an Armorer modifies armor to function almost like a second skin. The armor is enhanced to hone the artificer's magic, unleash potent attacks, and generate a formidable defense. The artificer bonds with this armor, becoming one with it even as they experiment with it and refine its magical capabilities.

Arcane Propulsion Armor

Prerequisite: 10th level, Armorer Specialist
Item: A suit of armor (requires attunement)

The wearer of this armor gains these benefits:

• The wearer's walking speed increases by 5 feet.
• The armor includes gauntlets, each of which is a magic melee weapon that can be wielded only when the hand is holding nothing. The wearer is proficient with the gauntlets, and each one deals 1d8 force damage on a hit and has the thrown property, with a normal range of 20 feet and a long range of 60 feet. When thrown, the gauntlet detaches and flies at the attack's target, then immediately returns to the wearer and reattaches.
• The armor can't be removed against the wearer's will.
• If the wearer is missing any limbs, the armor replaces those limbs - hands, arms, feet, legs, or similar appendages. The replacements function identically to the body parts they replace.

Limber Armor

Prerequisite: Armorer Specialist
Item: Light, medium, or heavy armor

The wearer gains a +1 bonus to AC, and is considered proficient with this armor even if it lacks proficiency with the armor type. This armor lacks a Strength requirement to be worn, and does not impose disadvantage on stealth checks if it would ordinarily do so. Finally, a creature can sleep in this armor without penalty.

The bonus to Armor Class increases to +2 when you reach 10th level in this class, and increases again to +3 when you reach 18th level in this class.

Reflective Armor

Prerequisite: Armorer Specialist
Item: A suit of armor (requires attunement)

A creature gains a +1 bonus to Armor Class while wearing the armor.

Any time the wearer is targeted by a magic missile spell, a line spell, or a spell that requires a ranged attack roll, the wearer rolls a d6. On a 1 to 5, the target is unaffected. On a 6, the wearer is unaffected, and the effect is reflected back at the caster as though it originated from the wearer, turning the caster into the target.

The bonus to Armor Class increases to +2 when you reach 10th level in this class, and increases again to +3 when you reach 18th level in this class.

Replicate Magic Item (Armorer)

The artificer class allows you to use an infusion to replicate a particular magic item, and provides tables that correspond with certain levels in the class. When you learn the Replicate Magic Item infusion, you can choose a magic item from the following tables instead.

Resistant Armor

Prerequisite: Armorer Specialist
Item: A suit of armor (requires attunement)

While wearing this armor, a creature has resistance to one of the following damage types, which you choose when you infuse the item: acid, cold, fire, force, lightning, necrotic, poison, psychic, radiant, or thunder.

When you reach 10th level in this class, you can choose one of the following damage types instead when you infuse the item: bludgeoning, piercing, or slashing.

Steadfast Armor

Prerequisite: Armorer Specialist
Item: A suit of armor (requires attunement)

A creature gains a +1 bonus to Armor Class while wearing the armor.

While wearing this armor, a creature has advantage on saving throws to avoid being moved or knocked prone, and whenever it is subject to an effect that would forcibly move it, it can reduce the distance it is moved by up to 10 feet.

The bonus to Armor Class increases to +2 when you reach 10th level in this class, and increases again to +3 when you reach 18th level in this class. In addition, the amount of feet the wearer can reduce the distance it is moved by increases by 10 feet when you reach 6th (20 feet), 10th (30 feet), 14th (40 feet), and 18th (50 feet) level in this class.

Artillerist Spells

Eldritch Cannon

Cannon Conduit

Prerequisite: Artillerist Specialist
Item: Your eldritch cannon (requires attunement by you)

When you cast a spell, you can choose to cast it as if you were in the location of your eldritch cannon.

Cannon Propulsion

Prerequisite: Artillerist Specialist
Item: Your eldritch cannon (requires attunement by you)

When you use a bonus action to direct your cannon, it can walk or climb up to 30 feet to an unoccupied space, and can fly or swim up to 15 feet to an unoccupied space.

When you reach 10th level in this class, the walk and climb speed increases to 60 feet, and the fly and swim speed increases to 30 feet. When you reach 18th level in this class, the walk and swim speed increases to 90 feet, and the fly and swim speed increases to 45 feet.

Durable Cannon

Prerequisite: Artillerist Specialist
Item: Your eldritch cannon (requires attunement by you)

Your cannon now has a number of hit points equal to six times your artificer level.

When you reach 10th level in this class, your cannon has a number of hit points equal to seven times your artificer level. When you reach 18th level in this class, your cannon has a number of hit points equal to eight times your artificer level.

Empowered Arcane Focus

Prerequisite: Artillerist Specialist
Item: A wand, staff, or rod (requires attunement)

While holding this item, a creature gains a +1 bonus to spell attack rolls. Spell damage rolls made as a result of a spell attack deal an extra 1d6 damage. In addition, the creature ignores half cover when making a spell attack.

When you reach 10th level in this class, the bonus increases to +2 and the extra damage increases to 2d6. When you reach 18th level in this class, the bonus increases to +3 and the extra damage increases to 3d6.

Fortified Cannon

Prerequisite: Artillerist Specialist
Item: Your eldritch cannon (requires attunement by you)

Your eldritch cannon gains a +1 bonus to Armor Class. In addition, when your cannon is forced to make a Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, or Intelligence ability check, or a saving throw of any kind, it can add your Intelligence modifier to the roll (minimum of +1).

The bonus to Armor Class increases to +2 when you reach 10th level in this class, and increases again to +3 when you reach 18th level in this class.

Replicate Magic Item (Artillerist)

The artificer class allows you to use an infusion to replicate a particular magic item, and provides tables that correspond with certain levels in the class. When you learn the Replicate Magic Item infusion, you can choose a magic item from the following tables instead.

Warping Focus

Prerequisite: Artillerist Specialist
Item: A spellcasting focus (requires attunement)

While holding this item, a creature gains a +1 bonus to saving throw DCs for its spells. In addition, when you cast a spell that doesn't require an attack roll, you can select a target without needing a clear path to the is, such as one behind total cover, so long as you can see that point or creature.

The bonus increases to +2 when you reach 10th level in this class, and increases again to +3 when you reach 18th level in this class.

Tool Proficiency

3rd-level Battle Smith feature

When you adopt this specialization at 3rd level, 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.

Battle Smith Spells

3rd-level Battle Smith feature

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

Battle Ready

3rd-level Battle Smith feature

When you reach 3rd level, your combat training and your experiments with magic have paid off in two 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.

Steel Defender

3rd-level Battle Smith feature

Your tinkering has borne you a faithful companion, a steel defender. It's friendly to you and your companions, and it obeys your commands. See its game statistics in the Steel Defender stat block, which uses your proficiency bonus (PB) in several places. You determine the creature's appearance and whether it has two legs or four; your choice has no effect on its game statistics.

In combat, the defender 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. You may also activate your Arcane Sigil feature using the same bonus action with which you command your defender, but if you do so, the effects of the sigil applies to the defender's attacks in lieu of a weapon you hold. If you are incapacitated, the defender 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 is alive, you can use your smith's tools as an action to restore all its hit points, provided you are within 5 feet of it and you expend a spell slot of 1st level or higher. If it has died within the last hour, you can use your smith'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 steel defender returns to life after 1 minute with all its hit points restored.

Channeling Weapon

Prerequisite: 10th level, Battle Smith Specialist
Item: A simple or martial weapon (requires attunement)

This magic weapon grants a +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with it. When a creature hits a target with this weapon, they can choose to expend a charge and channel magical energy through the strike to create one of the following effects:

• The target takes an extra 2d4 force damage.
• Choose one creature or object you can see within 30 feet of the target. Healing energy flows into the chosen recipient, restoring 2d4 hit points to it.

This weapon has 3 charges, and regains all expended charges daily at dawn.

The bonus increases to +3 when you reach 18th level in this class, and the number of charges increases to 5.

Defender Conduit

Prerequisite: Battle Smith Specialist
Item: Your steel defender (requires attunement by you)

When you cast a spell, you can choose to cast it as if you were in the location of your steel defender.

When you reach 6th level in this class, you can make any spell you cast that targets only you also target your steel defender. When you reach 10th level in this class, you can choose to cast the spell as if your defender had cast it. If it requires concentration, you can choose for either you or the defender to concentrate on it.

Defender Propulsion

Prerequisite: Battle Smith Specialist
Item: Your steel defender (requires attunement by you)

Your steel defender's walking speed increases by an amount of feet equal to five times one half your artificer level (rounded up), and it gains a climbing speed equal to its walking speed.

When you reach 6th level in this class, your steel defender gains a swimming speed equal to half its walking speed. When you reach 10th level in this class, your steel defender gains a flying speed equal to half its walking speed.

Durable Defender

Prerequisite: Battle Smith Specialist
Item: Your steel defender (requires attunement by you)

Your defender's Constitution score increases by 2, and it now has a number of hit points equal to 2 + your Intelligence modifier + six times your artificer level.

When you reach 10th level in this class, your defender's Constitution score increases by 2 again, and it has a number of hit points equal to 2 + your Intelligence modifier + seven times your artificer level. When you reach 18th level in this class, your defender's Constitution score increases by 2 again, and it has a number of hit points equal to 2 + your Intelligence modifier + eight times your artificer level.

Enlarged Defender

Prerequisite: 6th-level, Battle Smith Specialist
Item: Your steel defender (requires attunement by you)

Your steel defender's size becomes Large, and it gains advantage on Strength checks and Strength saving throws.

Tool Proficiency

3rd-level Elixir Alchemist 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.

Elixir Alchemist Spells

3rd-level Elixir Alchemist feature

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

Esoteric Elixir

3rd-level Elixir Alchemist feature

Whenever you finish a long rest, you can magically produce two esoteric elixirs, each in an empty flask you touch. Choose from the Esoteric Elixirs list for the elixir's effect, which is triggered when someone drinks the elixir. As an action, a creature can drink the elixir or administer it to an incapacitated creature.

You can create additional esoteric elixirs by expending a spell slot of 1st level or higher for each one. When you do so, you use your action to create the elixir in an empty flask you touch, and you choose the elixir's effect from the Esoteric Elixirs list.

Creating an esoteric elixir requires you to have alchemist supplies on your person, and any elixir you create with this feature lasts until it is drunk or until the end of your next long rest.

In addition, when you use your Arcane Sigil, you can have it apply to the attacks of a creature under the effect of one of your esoteric elixirs in lieu of a weapon you hold, though you still maintain concentration. If the elixir's effect ends, so does Arcane Sigil.

When you reach certain levels in this class, you can make more elixirs at the end of a long rest: three at 5th level, four at 9th level, five at 13th level, and six at 17th level. Each elixir requires its own flask.

Extra Elixir

Prerequisite: Elixir Alchemist Specialist
Item: An empty flask

You touch an empty flask and infuse it with an esoteric elixir from your Esoteric Elixir feature. This does not count against your total esoteric elixirs you can create at the end of a long rest. You may select this infusion multiple times.

Pending Elixir

Prerequisite: Elixir Alchemist Specialist
Item: An esoteric elixir

You magically delay the effects of the esoteric elixir. When the elixir is consumed, the effects of the elixir does not take place immediately. Instead, the creature that consumed the elixir can activate its effects as a bonus action at any time within one hour of having drunk the elixir. If the consumed elixir is not activated in that time, it takes effect at the end of it.

No creature can have more than one delayed-effect elixir effect at the same time. If a second delayed-effect elixir is consumed by the same creature or, the first elixir effect takes place immediately.

When you reach 10th level in this class, the duration increases to 8 hours. When you reach 18th level in this class, the duration increases to 24 hours.

Replicable Magic Items (10th-Level Elixir Alchemist Artificer)

Awakener

An Awakener is a specialist at rousing intelligence in non-sentient beings.

Awakened Object

Prerequisite: 10th level, Awakener Specialist
Item: Any object or construct of size huge or smaller

Using this infusion, you awaken an object or construct. The target must have either no Intelligence score or an Intelligence of 3 or less. The target gains an Intelligence of 10. The target also gains the ability to speak one language you know. If the target is an object, it gains the ability to move its legs or appendages if it has any, and it has blindsight with a radius of 30 feet and is blind beyond that radius. Your GM chooses statistics appropriate for the awakened object, such as the statistics for an animated object of its size from the animate objects spell.

The awakened construct or object is charmed by you for 24 hours or until you or your companions do anything harmful to it. When the charmed condition ends, the awakened creature chooses whether to remain friendly to you, based on how you treated it while it was charmed. It dies instantly should this infusion end.

When you reach 14th level in this class, you can choose this infusion a second time, targeting a different object or construct. You can do so again at 18th level.

Awakened Sibling

Prerequisite: 6th level, Awakener Specialist
Item: Any object of size medium or smaller (requires attunement)

Using this infusion, you create a younger sibling for your awakened weapon. You paint sigils onto the object similar to those on your weapon. This item has the following properties:

Sentience. The awakened sibling is a sentient item of any alignment with an Intelligence of 16, a Wisdom of 14, and a Charisma of 14. It perceives the world through the senses of the creature attuned to it. It communicates telepathically with the creature while within 1 mile of it, and can speak, read, and understand any language the creature knows.

Personality Traits. The awakened sibling starts with a basic personality that mimics your awakened weapon. Choose a trait from the Personality Traits table that your awakened weapon already has. Each personality trait allows the creature attuned to the weapon to make checks with that skill at advantage, with the exception of Knowledgeable, which allows you to choose one of the following skills to gain the benefit: Arcana, History, Nature, Religion. You may only choose a personality trait once, and this bonus only applies while the awakened sibling is within 1 mile of the creature.

When you reach 10th level in this class, you can choose another personality trait that your awakened weapon already has for the awakened sibling to gain. You can do so again at 18th level in this class.

Replicable Magic Items (2nd-Level Awakener Artificer)

Replicable Magic Items (6th-Level Awakener Artificer)

Tool Proficiency

3rd-level Bio-Augmenter feature

You gain proficiency with the Medicine skill, and can use your Intelligence ability modifier in place of Wisdom when making a Medicine check. If you already have this proficiency, you gain proficiency with one other skill of your choice.

In addition, you gain proficiency with your choice of leatherworker's tools or smith's tools. If you already have both of these proficiencies, you gain proficiency with one other type of artisan's tools of your choice.

When you reach 6th level in this class, your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make that uses the Medecine skill.

Bio-Augmenter Spells

3rd-level Bio-Augmenter feature

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

Extra Infusions

Arcane Propulsion Arm

Prerequisite: Bio-Augmenter Specialist
Item: Prosthetic arm (requires attunement)

To attune to this item, a creature must attach it to your arm at the wrist, elbow, or shoulder, at which point the prosthetic magically forms a copy of the appendage it's replacing.

While attached, the prosthetic provides these benefits:

• The prosthetic is a fully capable part of your body.
• You can take an action to remove the prosthetic, and it removes itself if your attunement to it ends. It can't be removed against your will.
• The prosthetic is a magic melee weapon with which you're proficient. It deals ld8 force damage on a hit, has a +1 bonus to its attack and damage rolls, and has the thrown property, with a normal range of 20 feet and a long range of 60 feet. When thrown, the prosthetic detaches and flies at the target of the attack, then immediately returns to you and reattaches.

The bonus to hit and damage increases to +2 when you reach 10th level in this class, and increases again to +3 when you reach 18th level in this class.

Armblade

Prerequisite: Bio-Augmenter Specialist
Item: Any one-handed melee weapon (requires attunement)

A one-handed melee weapon that is already magical can bear this infusion. If that weapon requires attunement, once infused it still only counts as a single magic item with regard to the number of magic items a creature can attune to. A body part cannot bear this infusion.

An armblade attaches to a creature's arm, becoming inseparable from the creature so long as the creature is attuned to it. To attune to this item, a creature most hold it against the creature's forearm for the entire attunement period.

As a bonus action, a creature can retract the armblade into the creature's forearm or extend it from there. While it is extended, a creature can use the weapon as if the creature were holding it, and the creature can't use that hand for other purposes.

Tool Proficiency

3rd-level Cartographer 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.

Cartographer Spells

3rd-level Cartographer feature

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

Proximity Map

3rd-level Cartographer feature

You know how to craft a map that depicts the terrain immediately around you. When you finish a long rest, you can use cartographer's tools to create a constantly evolving charter: a proximity map.

While the map is on your person, it displays the terrain in a radius from you, along with all creatures, magic effects, and magic items, except those being worn or carried by a creature. The size of this map radius is 30 feet. By describing an object known or familiar to you, all instances of that object within the map's radius are displayed on the map. Additionally, you gain the following benefits:

• You can give yourself a bonus to your initiative rolls equal to your Intelligence modifier
• You can't be surprised while you are conscious
• Other creatures don't gain advantage on attack rolls against you as a result of being hidden from you when within the map's radius

You do not need to look at the map yourself to gain these benefits: while on your person, the map telepathically communicates such information to you. The map's radius increases to 60 feet at 9th level, and 120 feet at 15th level.

Improved Mark

3rd-level Cartographer feature

You can expend a use of your Arcane Sigil feature to instead cast the hunter's mark spell without expending a spell slot.

When cast in this way, you can select a creature displayed on your proximity map, even if you cannot see them or they are out of spell's normal range.

The spell's extra damage increases to 2d6 and the duration increases to 8 hours when you reach 10th level in this class, and increase again to 3d6 and 24 hours when you reach 18th level in this class.

Extra Attack

5th-level Cartographer feature

You can attack twice, rather than once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn. Moreover, you can cast one of your cantrips in place of one of those attacks.

Just before or after you make your second attack or cast the replacement cantrip, you can choose to teleport to another location within your proximity map's radius. You can do this a number of times equal to your Intelligence modifier (a minimum of once), and regain all expended uses on a short or long rest.

At 11th level, whenever you hit a creature with a weapon attack, the creature takes an extra 1d6 damage.

Local Telepathy

9th-level Cartographer feature

You have blindsight for the distance of your map's radius.

Additionally, as an action on your turn, you can forge a telepathic bond on any number of willing creatures of your choice within the map's radius, psychically linking each creature to all the others. Creatures with Intelligence scores of 2 or less aren't affected by this feature. The targets can communicate telepathically through the bond whether or not they have a common language. The bond ends when you next take a long rest, or choose to drop the bond with any or all creatures as an action on your turn. The bond ends for a target if its turn ends and it hasn't been within the map's radius since the end of its previous turn.

A target of the telepathic bond cannot be surprised while they are conscious, and other creatures don't gain an advantage on attack rolls against the target as a result of being hidden from it while within the map's radius.

Waypoint Master

15th-level Cartographer feature

You can create points of connection to your proximity map. By spending ten minutes with your cartographer's tools, you can mark a 10-foot by 10-foot area of space as a waypoint. This waypoint could be a circle upon the ground, or sigils in a rock, tree, or other object of size large or smaller. Such a circle or marked object is magical, and impervious to most means of harm. If moved more than five feet from its point of creation, this effect is dispelled.

You may have a number of waypoints at any one time equal to half your artificer level (rounded up), and by spending a minute with your proximity map, you can focus on a waypoint you have created and cause one of the following effects, so long as you are on the same plane as it:

Destroy. You destroy the sigils that mark the waypoint, removing it from your list of created waypoints.

Locate. You learn the precise distance and direction of the waypoint.

Expanded Proximity Map

Prerequisite: Cartographer Specialist
Item: Your proximity map (requires attunement by you)

You may use this infusion on your proximity map to expand its size. If your proximity map already requires attunement from another source, all instances of attunement only require one attunement slot.

Your proximity map's radius doubles in size.

Exploration Map

Prerequisite: Cartographer Specialist
Item: A book, piece of parchment, or similar surface

A creature can speak a command word (chosen by you when you infuse this object) to cast the arcane eye spell. When cast in this way, its duration is 10 minutes, and it is considered to have been cast with a spell slot equal to half your artificer level (rounded up, maximum 9th level) for the purposes of dispelling such as with the dispel magic spell.

All terrain seen by the eye is shown in top-down view on the exploration map, in a way similar to your proximity map. A creature holding the map can cause the region to be displayed in different forms, such as viewing only one floor of a multi-tiered explored area at a time, or focusing in on a smaller area of a region.

The map lasts until a second command word (chosen by you when you infuse this object) is spoken by a creature holding the map to clear it, or until the arcane eye spell is cast again. Once the spell is cast, it cannot be cast from the map again until the next dawn.

When you reach 6th level in this class, the duration of the spell becomes 1 hour, as normal. When you reach 10th level in this class, the eye gains blindsight, and all its senses become 90 feet. When you reach 14th level in this class, the duration becomes 8 hours. When you reach 18th level in this class, the duration becomes 24 hours, and all the eye's senses become 120 feet.

Map of the Marauders

Prerequisite: Cartographer Specialist
Item: A book, piece of parchment, or similar surface

When you infuse an object with this infusion, you choose a number of willing creatures you can see equal to up to your Intelligence modifier plus half your artificer level (rounded up). The map fills out to the fullest extent of the geography of a plane you have seen, either personally or in accurate maps, or alternatively a smaller, but more detailed region you know well. The chosen creatures have their locations shown on the map at all times, so long as they are in a region mapped. If they leave the mapped area, whether by going into an unmapped region or leaving the plane, their last known location is marked with an indication that it is only their last known location.

If a chosen creature is willingly subjected to a spell or other magical effect (such as by attuning to an item) that protects them from divination, they may choose when subjected to that effect whether or not it shields them from this map.

When you reach 14th level in this class, you may have multiple planes able to be displayed on the map, and choose a command word or words when you infuse the item that allows a creautre holding the map to switch between the view of differing planes. You still must have knowledge of the geography of those planes in order to have regions of them display on the map.

Map of Treasure Location

Prerequisite: Cartographer Specialist
Item: A book, piece of parchment, or similar surface

A creature can speak a command word (chosen by you when you infuse this object) to cast the locate object spell. When cast in this way, it is considered to have been cast with a spell slot equal to half your artificer level (rounded up, maximum 9th level) for the purposes of dispelling such as with the dispel magic spell.

Additionally, when the command word is spoken, the map fills out with terrain out to a distance of 1,000 feet from the map's location, however only in vague shapes and significant landmarks. If the territory is truly unknown, there may be even less detail. If you or the creature speaking the command word know the terrain more intimately, it fills out to the level of detail known between the two of you. The terrain displayed changes as the map moves with the caster of the spell, though it stops updating if the caster stops holding the map until the caster starts holding it again. When the spell ends, the map continues to display the last depiction it held until a second command word is spoken (chosen by you when you infuse this object) or until the spell is cast again.

Tool Proficiency

3rd-level Clockwork Engineer 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.

Clockwork Engineer Spells

3rd-level Clockwork Engineer feature

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

Clockwork Augmenter

3rd-level Clockwork Engineer feature

You've learned how to create a device for augmenting your constructed allies. Using smith's tools, you can take an action to magically create a tiny clockwork augmenter in your hand. It is a magical object of your own design, and can be used as your spell focus. Once you create an augmenter, you can't do so again until you finish a long rest or until you expend a spell slot to create one. You can have only one augmenter at a time and can't create one while your augmenter is present.

While holding your clockwork augmenter, constructs can understand your speech, and you gain the ability to decipher their noises and motions. Many constructs lack the intelligence to convey or understand sophisticated concepts, but a friendly construct could relay what it has seen or heard in the recent past. This ability doesn't grant you any special friendship with constructs, though you can combine this ability with gifts to curry favor with them as you would with any nonplayer character.

Any time you cast a conjuration or transmutation spell that summons or creates a construct using your clockwork augmenter as a spellcasting focus, it has the following benefits:

• You can cast the spell without requiring a material component, even if that component is ordinarily consumed.
• The construct's AC can't be less than an amount equal to 10 + your Intelligence modifier.
• The construct can take the attack action, if it has one, even if it is normally obstructed from doing so (such as with the find familiar spell). The minimum damage die for its attacks is 1d4.
• The construct's hit point maximum is increased by an amount equal to twice your artificer level.
• The construct gains a bonus to its attack rolls, damage rolls, and saving throws equal to your proficiency bonus.
• The construct can benefit from healing magic that ordinarily has no effect on constructs.
• When you use your Arcane Sigil feature, you can have it apply to the construct's attacks in lieu of a weapon you hold.

In addition, whenever you use a spell of first level or higher to restore hit points or grant temporary hit points to a construct using your clockwork augmenter as a spellcasting focus, the construct regains additional hit points or gains additional temporary hit points equal to half your artificer level (rounded up) + the spell's level.

Finally, once as an action or bonus action on your turn, you can use your clockwork augmenter to empower one construct of your choice within 60 feet. The next time that construct takes the attack action before the end of your next turn, it gets to make an additional attack.

Greater Empowerment

5th-level Clockwork Engineer feature

Whenever you use your action (but not bonus action) to empower a construct, that construct can make two additional attacks instead of one on its next turn. The number of attacks increases to three when you reach 11th level in this class and to four when you reach 17th level in this class.

Increased Duration

You cannot increase the duration of a spell to over 24 hours with this feature.

Clockwork Conduit

Prerequisite: Clockwork Engineer Specialist
Item: Your clockwork augmenter (requires attunement by you)

When you cast a spell, you can choose to cast it as if you were in the location of a construct created or summoned by a spell cast using your clockwork augmenter as a spellcasting focus.

When you reach 6th level in this class, you can make any spell you cast that targets only you also target one of these constructs. When you reach 10th level in this class, you can choose to cast the spell as if one of these constructs had cast it. If it requires concentration, you can choose for either you or the construct to concentrate on it. Only one construct can be concentrating on a spell in this way at a time.

Clockwork Propulsion

Prerequisite: Clockwork Engineer Specialist
Item: Your clockwork augmenter (requires attunement by you)

A construct created or summoned by a spell cast using your clockwork augmenter as a spellcasting focus has its movement speeds increased by an amount of feet equal to five times one half your artificer level (rounded up).

Durable Constructs

Prerequisite: Clockwork Engineer Specialist, 6th level
Item: Your clockwork augmenter (requires attunement by you)

A construct created or summoned by a spell cast using your clockwork augmenter as a spellcasting focus has its Constitution score increased by 2, and its hit point maximum is increased by an amount equal to three times your artificer level, instead of twice your artificer level.

When you reach 14th level in this class, the constructs's Constitution score increases by 2 again, and its hit point maximum is increased by an amount equal to four times your artificer level, instead of three times your artificer level.

Tool Proficiency

3rd-level Divine Smith 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.

Divine Smith Spells

3rd-level Divine Smith feature

You always have certain spells prepared after you reach particular levels in this class. Choose a cleric domain from your chosen deity’s list of eligible domains. You always have certain cleric domain spells for your chosen domain prepared after you reach particular levels in this class, as shown in the Divine Smith Spells table. These spells count as artificer spells for you, but they don't count against the number of artificer spells you prepare.

Divine Magic

3rd-level Divine Smith feature

You gain one cantrip of your choice from the cleric spell list. For you, this cantrip counts as an artificer cantrip.

When you prepare the list of artificer spells that are available for you to cast as part of your spellcasting feature, you can choose one spell from the cleric spell list instead of from the artificer spell list. The maximum number of spells you can prepare from the cleric spell list changes when you reach certain levels in this class. The number becomes two at 5th level, three at 9th level, four at 13th level, and five at 17th level.

Celestial Weapon

3rd-level Divine Smith feature

You know how to instill celestial power in a weapon, a conduit for your divine abilities. When you finish a long rest, you can use smith's tools to inscribe a weapon with sigils and thereby turn it into your celestial weapon. The sigils disappear from the object if you later inscribe them on a different item. The sigils otherwise last indefinitely. Your celestial weapon has the following properties:

Battle Implement. You can use your celestial weapon as a spellcasting focus for your artificer spells, and are proficient with using it as a weapon. When you attack with your celestial weapon, you can use your Intelligence modifier, instead of Strength or Dexterity modifier, for the attack and damage rolls.

Divine Smite. When you hit a creature with your celestial weapon, you can expend one spell slot to deal radiant damage to the target, in addition to the weapon's damage. The extra damage is 2d6 for a 1st-level spell slot, plus 1d6 for each spell level higher than 1st, to a maximum of 5d6. The damage increases by 1d6 if the target is an undead or a fiend, to a maximum of 6d6.

The extra damage for a 1st-level spell slot increases to 3d6 when you reach 17th level in this class.

Healing Conduit. When you hit a creature with your celestial weapon, you can expend one spell slot to restore hit points to one creature or object you can see within 30 feet of the target. The restored hit points is 2d6 for a 1st-level spell slot, plus 1d6 for each spell level higher than 1st, to a maximum of 5d6. If you expend a spell slot of 2nd-level or higher, the target is cured of one poison or disease afflicting it.

Radiant Savant

5th-level Divine Smith feature

Whenever you hit a target with your celestial weapon, or cast a spell using your celestial weapon as the spellcasting focus, you gain a bonus to one roll of the attack or spell. If a spell, that roll must restore hit points or be a damage roll that deals radiant damage. The extra damage or healing is 1d6 + your Intelligence modifier (a minimum of +1), and if it is damage, the damage type is radiant.

When you reach 11th level in this class, the extra damage or healing increases to 3d6 + your Intelligence modifier.

Holy Infusions

9th-level Divine Smith feature

You and any creatures carrying an item bearing one of your artificer infusions can't be charmed or frightened while you are conscious.

Amulet of the Devout

Prerequisite: Divine Smith Specialist
Item: An amulet or similar symbolic jewelry (requires attunement by a cleric or paladin)

This amulet bears the symbol of a deity inlaid with precious stones or metals. While a creature wears the holy symbol, they gain a +1 bonus to spell attack rolls and the saving throw DCs of their spells.

While a creature wears this amulet, they can use their Channel Divinity feature without expending one of the feature's uses. Once this property is used, it can't be used again until the next dawn.

The bonus to spell attack rolls and saving throw DCs increases to +2 when you reach 10th level in this class, and the Channel Divinity feature can be used without expending one of the feature's uses twice between rests.

The bonus increases again to +3 when you reach 18th level in this class, and the Channel Divinity feature can be used without expending one of the feature's uses three times between rests.

Celestial Cloak

Prerequisite: Divine Smith Specialist
Item: A cape or cloak (requires attunement)

While wearing this cloak, a creature has resistance to necrotic damage and radiant damage.

In addition, a creature wearing this cloak can turn the cloak into a pair of luminous, incorporeal wings as an action. For one minute or until the wearer ends the effect as a bonus action, the wearer has a flying speed of 30 feet. Once used, this feature cannot be used again until the next dawn.

The flying speed increases to 60 feet when you reach 10th level in this class, and increases again to 90 feet when you reach 18th level in this class.

Divine Weapon

Prerequisite: Divine Smith Specialist
Item: A simple or martial weapon (requires attunement)

This magic weapon grants a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with it, and its damage type becomes radiant. While holding it, the wielder can take a bonus action to cause it to shed bright light in a 30-foot radius and dim light for an additional 30 feet. The wielder can extinguish the light as a bonus action.

Each time the wielder hits a creature with this weapon, the wielder gains temporary hit points equal to your half your artificer level (rounded up).

The bonus increases to +2 when you reach 10th level in this class, and increases again to +3 when you reach 18th level in this class.

Holy Blade

Prerequisite: Divine Smith Specialist
Item: A sword that deals slashing damage (requires attunement by a paladin)

This magic weapon grants a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with it. When the wielder hits a fiend or an undead with it, that creature takes an extra 1d6 radiant damage.

While the wielder holds the drawn weapon, they have advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.

The bonus increases to +2 when you reach 10th level in this class, and the extra damage taken increases to 2d6. While the wielder holds the drawn weapon, it creates an aura in a 10-foot radius around them. The wielder and all creatures friendly to you in the aura have advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.

The bonus increases to +3 when you reach 18th level in this class, and the extra daamge taken increases to 3d6, and the radius of the aura increases to 30 feet.

Potent Symbol

Prerequisite: Divine Smith Specialist
Item: A holy symbol (requires attunement by a paladin)

As an action, a creature attuned to the symbol can attach it to a suit of armor or a shield or remove it.

While wearing the armor or wielding the shield that bears the symbol, a creature gains a +1 bonus to spell attack rolls and saving throw DCs, and ignores half cover when making a spell attack. In addition, if the that creature is the source of an aura such as that provided by the paladin's 6th-, 7th-, or 10th-level features, their range is extended by 5 feet.

The amount the range of the auras is extended changes when you reach certain levels in this class. It increases to 10 feet at 10th level, 15 feet at 14th level, and 20 feet at 18th level. In addition, the bonus to spell attack rolls and saving throw DCs increases to +2 when you reach 10th level in this class, and increases again to +3 when you reach 18th level in this class.

Prayer Beads

Tool Proficiency

3rd-level Elemental Alchemist 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.

Elemental Alchemist Spells

3rd-level Elemental Alchemist feature

After you reach particular levels in this class, there are certain spells you can choose to always have prepared as shown in the Elemental Alchemist Spells table. At 3rd, 5th, 9th, 13th, and 17th level in this class, choose two of the spells listed for that level. The spells you didn't choose also count as artificer spells for you, but still count against the number of artificer spells you prepare, should you choose to prepare them.

Whenever you gain an artificer level, you can replace one spell you have prepared from this feature with another spell of the same level from the same table.

Elemental Cantrips

3rd-level Elemental Alchemist feature

You have a list of cantrips, your Elemental Cantrips, that gain special effects with other features from this class, and spells that aren't ordinarily on the artificer spell list are added to the artificer spell list for you. These cantrips are: control flames, control plants^NEW, create bonfire, fire bolt, frostbite, gust, mold earth, produce flame, ray of frost, shape water. You gain two cantrips of your choice from this list, and can choose from the list when you are able to choose new artificer cantrips to learn, as normal.

Transmuter's Focus

3rd-level Elemental Alchemist feature

You know how to turn a stone or arcane focus into your transmuter's focus. This focus could be a stone, as is traditional, but it could also be a different implement that becomes inscribed with sigils. When you finish a long rest, you can use alchemist's supplies to transform an ordinary tiny stone or existing arcane focus into your transmuter's focus.

Focus of Elemental Essence

Prerequisite: Elemental Alchemist Specialist
Item: a spellcasting focus (requires attunement by a creature with the Spellcasting or Pact Magic feature)

When you choose this infusion, select one of the following elemental essences: flame, frost, plant, stone, water, or wind. The infused item is named after your choice, such as focus of flame. You can select this infusion multiple times, choosing a different elemental essence each time.

While holding this item, a creature gains a +1 bonus to spell attack rolls and spell save DC for spells provided the focus. In addition, the creature ignores half cover when making a spell attack with these spells.

The focus has a number of charges equal to half your artificer level (rounded up), and it regains all expended charges daily at dawn. A creature can cast spells while holding it, either by using spell slots or by expending a number of charges from the focus equal to the spell's level (0 for a cantrip). See the Spells table corresponding to the chosen elemental essence for the spells that can be cast, and the level of artificer you must reach before it can be cast.

Tool Proficiency

3rd-level Luthier feature

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.

Luthier Spells

3rd-level Luthier feature

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

Eldritch Instrument

3rd-level Luthier feature

You know how to turn a musical instrument into an eldritch instrument, a conduit for your musical abilities. When you finish a long rest, you can use woodcarvers' tools to carve special sigils into a musical instrument and thereby turn it into your eldritch instrument. The sigils disappear from the object if you later carve them on a different item. The sigils otherwise last indefinitely. You can use your eldritch instrument as a spellcasting focus for your artificer spells, are proficient with using it as a musical instrument, and can attune to it even if it normally requires attunement by a bard.

As a bonus action on your turn while holding your eldritch instrument, you can begin to perform a rhythm arcane. When you start performing the rhythm, and then as a bonus action on each of your turns until the rhythm ends, you can choose a creature within 30 feet to gain an effect from the Arcane Melodies list. The creature must be able to hear you to gain this benefit. A rhythm arcane lasts 10 minutes, until you are incapacitated, or until you choose to end it as a bonus action. You must then finish a short or long rest to use your rhythm arcane again.

When you reach certain levels in this class, you can perform more rhythms arcane. Beginning at 6th level, you can use your rhythm arcane twice between rests, and beginning at 15th level, you can use it three times between rests. When you finish a short or long rest, you regain your expended uses.

You can perform additional rhythms arcane by expending a spell slot of 1st level or higher for each one. When you do so, use your bonus action to start performing the rhythm and choose an effect from the list as usual.

Amplifying Instrument

Prerequisite: Luthier Specialist
Item: musical instrument (requires attunement by a bard or Luthier specialist artificer)

While holding this item, a creature gains +1 bonus to spell attack rolls and saving throw DCs on its bard spells. This bonus also applies to artificer spells if the creature is a Luthier specialist artificer.

When a creature casts such a spell, they can choose to expend a charge from the item to enhance that spell by selecting one of the following modifications. The item has charges equal to half your artificer (rounded up).

Loud Spell. When a creature casts a spell that has a range of 5 feet or greater, it can expend 1 charge to double the range of the spell.

Blasting Spell. When a creature rolls thunder damage for a spell, it can expend 1 charge to reroll a number of the damage dice up to your half your artificer level (rounded up). It must use the new rolls.

The bonus increases to +2 when you reach 10th level in this class, and increases again to +3 and when you reach 18th level in this class.

Drum of Rhythms

Prerequisite: Luthier Specialist
Item: musical instrument (requires attunement by a bard or Luthier specialist artificer)

While holding this item, a creature gains +1 bonus to spell attack rolls and saving throw DCs on its bard spells. This bonus also applies to artificer spells if the creature is a Luthier specialist artificer.

As an action, a creature can play the drum to regain one use of its Bardic Inspiration feature or the rhythm arcane ability of its Eldritch Instrument feature. This property of the drum can't be used again until the next dawn.

The bonus increases to +2, and the number of times a feature use can be regained increases to 2, when you reach 10th level in this class, and both increase again to +3 and 3 when you reach 18th level in this class.

Replicate Magic Item (Spirit Binder)

The artificer class allows you to use an infusion to replicate a particular magic item, and provides tables that correspond with certain levels in the class. When you learn the Replicate Magic Item infusion, you can choose a magic item from the following tables instead.

Tool Proficiency

3rd-level Reality 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.

Reality Scribe Spells

3rd-level Reality Scribe feature

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

Book of Reality

3rd-level Reality Scribe feature

You know how to instill raw magic potential into a book, a conduit for your abilities. When you finish a long rest, you can use calligrapher's supplies to paint special sigils onto a book or magic spellbook and thereby turn it into your Book of Reality. If a spellbook, you ignore all class requirements on attuning to or using it. Your Book of Reality has the following properties:

• The book always has another page you can write in, and you can form words and pictures on a page simply by touching it, no inks or utensils required.
• You can use the book as a spellcasting focus for your artificer spells.
• All of your artificer spells of 1st-level and higher are inscribed in the book. As such, while you hold the book, you no longer need to have an artificer spell prepared to cast it as a ritual.
• You can add ritual spells from any class to the book. When you find such a spell, you can add it to the book if the spell is of a level for what you have spell slots, as shown on the artificer table, and if you can spare the time to transcribe the spell. For each level of the spell, the transcription process takes 2 minutes and costs 50 gp for the rare inks needed to inscribe it. When you make an Intelligence (Arcana) check to copy a spell, you have advantage on the roll.

The sigils disappear from the object if you later paint them on a different item, along with any ritual spells you placed there from this feature. The sigils otherwise last indefinitely.

Purest Magic

3rd-level Reality Scribe feature

You gain one cantrip of your choice from any class. For you, this cantrip counts as an artificer cantrip.

Choose a spell from any class. A spell you choose must be of a level you can cast, as shown on the artificer table, or a cantrip.

The chosen spells count as artificer spells for you, but they don't count against the number of artificer spells you prepare. As such, they are inscribed in your Book of Reality. When you gain a level in this class, you may swap out a chosen spell for a different one, removing it from your Book of Reality.

You learn an additional spell at certain levels in this class. Choose another spell at 5th, 9th, 13th, and 17th level.

Spell Specialization

3rd-level Reality Scribe feature

Choose a class that can cast spells. All spells of that class's spell list are considered artificer spells for you, so long as they are of a level for which you have spell slots, as shown on the Artificer table. As such, they are inscribed in your Book of Reality, you can prepare them when you prepare artificer spells, and are included in the number of spells you can prepare when you choose to prepare them.

Once you select your class, you cannot change it.

Spellcasting Savant

5th-level Reality Scribe feature

Whenever you cast a spell using your Book of Reality as the spellcasting focus, you gain a bonus to one roll of the spell that restores hit points, grants temporary hit points, or deals damage. The extra damage, healing, or temporary hit points is 1d8 + your Intelligence modifier (a minimum of +1).

When you reach 11th level in this class, the extra damage, healing, or temporary hit points increases to 3d8 + your Intelligence modifier.

Resistant Infusions

9th-level Reality Scribe feature

You and any creatures carrying an item bearing one of your artificer infusions have advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.

In addition, when you cast a spell with a range of self, you can instead target a creature holding one of your infusions.

Effortless Casting

15th-level Reality Scribe feature

Whenever you start casting an artificer spell that has a duration of 1 minute or longer, you can modify it so that it doesn't require concentration. If you do so, the spell's duration equals a number of rounds equal to your Intelligence modifier (a minimum of 1 round).

Re-Write Reality

15th-level Reality Scribe feature

As an action, you can write your desire into your Book of Reality, describing the effect of one spell that is 6th level or lower and has a casting time of 1 action. The spell can be from any class's spell list, and you don't need to meet the requirements in that spell, including costly components: the spell simply takes effect as part of this action.

Book of Magic Secrets

Prerequisite: 10th level, Reality Scribe Specialist
Item: Book of Reality (requires attunement by a Reality Scribe artificer)

You may use this infusion on your Book of Reality to grant it additional spells. If your Book of Reality already requires attunement from another source, all instances of attunement only require one attunement slot.

One spell of your choice from any class appears in your Book of Reality. A spell you choose must be of a level you can cast, as shown on the artificer table, or a cantrip.

An additional spell from any class appears in your Book of Reality when you reach 14th level in this class, and again at 18th level in this class. When you gain a level in this class, you may swap out a chosen spell for a different one, removing it from the Book of Reality.

Book of Untapped Power

Prerequisite: 6th level, Reality Scribe Specialist
Item: Book of Reality (requires attunement by a Reality Scribe artificer)

You may use this infusion on your Book of Reality to provide it with a resevoir of power. If your Book of Reality already requires attunement from another source, all instances of attunement only require one attunement slot.

You learn one Metamagic option of your choice from the sorcerer class. You can use only one Metamagic option on a spell when you cast it, unless the option says otherwise, and can only use a Metamagic option when casting a spell using your Book of Reality as the spellcasting focus. You gain 3 sorcery points to spend on Metamagic (these points are added to any sorcery points you have from another source but can be used only on Metamagic). You can also transform unexpended sorcery points into one spell slot as a bonus action on your turn. The Creating Spell Slots table in the Sorcerer class description shows the cost of creating a spell slot of a given level. You can create spell slots no higher in level than 5th. The created spell slots vanish at the end of a long rest.

The number of sorcery points this grants you increases when you reach certain levels in this class. It increases to 5 points at 10th level, 7 points at 14th level, and 9 points at 18th level. You regain all spent sorcery points when you finish a long rest.

Enhanced Spellbook

Prerequisite: Reality Scribe Specialist
Item: spellbook (requires attunement)

While holding this item, a creature can use it as a spellcasting focus for their spells for classes that grant them the Spellcasting or Book of Reality feature. When using it as a spell focus, a creature gains a +1 bonus to spell attack rolls. In addition, the creature ignores half cover when making a spell attack.

The bonus increases to +2 when you reach 10th level in this class, and increases again to +3 when you reach 18th level in this class.

Re-Usable Scroll of Protection

Prerequisite: 10th level, Reality Scribe Specialist
Item: a piece of parchment

Using this infusion, you replicate a scroll of protection for a specific type of creature. You can learn this infusion multiple times; each time you do so, choose a different creature type: aberrations, beasts, celestials, elementals, fey, fiends, plants, or undead. The Charisma check DC for the scroll equals your spell save DC, and any effect that would ordinarily cause the scroll of protection to be destroyed, such as using it, instead renders it magically inert until the next dawn.

Re-Usable Spell Scroll

Prerequisite: Reality Scribe Specialist
Item: a piece of parchment

Using this infusion, you replicate a spell scroll for an artificer spell. You can learn this infusion multiple times; each time you do so, choose an artificer spell of 1st-level or an artificer cantrip. The spell's saving throw DC and attack bonus is equal to your own, and any effect that would ordinarily cause the spell scroll to be destroyed, such as successfully casting the spell or attempting to copy it into a spell book, instead renders it magically inert until the next dawn.

When you reach certain levels in this class, the maximum spell level you may choose increases. It increases to 2nd-level at 6th level, 3rd-level at 10th level, 4th-level at 14th level, and 5th-level at 18th level.

Tome of Ability Enhancement

Prerequisite: Reality Scribe Specialist
Item: a book (requires attunement)

When you create this infusion, choose an ability: Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma. When a creature attunes to this item, they spend their short rest reading its contents. Their score for that ability increases by 2, to a maximum of 20.

When you reach 6th level in this class, the score for that ability increases by 3, to a maximum of 21. When you reach 10th level in this class, the score for that ability increases by 4, to a maximum of 22. When you reach 14th level in this class, the score for that ability increases by 5, to a maximum of 23. When you reach 18th level in this class, the score for that ability increases by 6, to a maximum of 24.

Tool Proficiency

3rd-level Spirit Binder 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.

Spirit Binder Spells

3rd-level Spirit Binder feature

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

Gemstone Devices

3rd-level Spirit Binder feature

Your techniques in trapping the spirits of other planes have allowed for a wide array of new magical contraptions, powered by the essence or labor of such spirits. You may choose two of the gemstone devices from the list below to craft, and can only have one of each gemstone device at a time. As the spirits inside are bound to your will, only you can utilize your gemstone devices, unless otherwise noted. You can also use any gemstone device as a spellcasting focus for your artificer spells. If a gemstone device is destroyed or you lose it, you can perform a 1-hour ceremony to re-summon the spirit into a new gemstone. This ceremony can be performed during a short or long rest, and the previous gemstone device is destroyed if it still exists. All gemstone devices are destroyed by the fleeing spirits upon your death.

You may choose another gemstone device to craft at 5th, 9th, and 15th level. When you gain a level in this class, you may switch out one gemstone device you have chosen for another one.

Spirit Savant

5th-level Spirit Binder feature

You develop masterful command of the spirits within your devices, enhancing the various effects you create through them. Whenever you cast a spell from a gemstone device, or make a weapon or cantrip attack with an item augmented with one, you gain a bonus to one healing or damage roll of the spell or attack equal to 1d6 plus your Intelligence modifier (minimum of +1).

At 11th level, this extra damage or healing increases to 3d6 plus your Intelligence modifier.

Spiritual Assistance

9th-level Spirit Binder feature

While one of your Gemstone Devices is on your person, you gain advantage on Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma saving throws.

In addition, when a creature carrying one of your infusions makes an Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma saving throw, it can use that infusion to roll an additional d20, as the spirit within the infusion provides assistance. The creature can do so after it rolls the die, but before the outcome is determined. The creature chooses which of the d20s to use for the saving throw. Once this feature is used, that infusion cannot provide this benefit again until your next long rest.

Spirit Burst

9th-level Spirit Binder feature

You learn new ways to channel arcane energy to harm or heal. Whenever you cast a spell from a gemstone device, or make a weapon or cantrip attack with an item augmented with one, you can channel magical energy through the device to create one of the following effects:

• The target takes an extra 2d6 force damage. Additionally, if this attack reduces the target to 50 hit points of fewer, you can choose to banish it, and concentrate on this effect as if you were concentrating on a spell. If the target is native to a different plane of existence than the one you're on, the target disappears, returning to its home plane. If the target is native to the plane you're on, the creature vanishes into a harmless demiplane. While there, the target is incapacitated. It remains there until the for one minute or until your concentration is broken, at which point the target reappears in the space it left or in the nearest unoccupied space if that space is occupied.

• Choose one creature or object you can see within 30 feet of the target. Healing energy flows into the chosen recipient, restoring 2d6 hit points to it. Any effects causing the Charmed or Frightened condition for the target end.

You can use this energy a number of times equal to your Intelligence modifier (minimum of once), but you can do so no more than once on a turn. You regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest. Alternatively, you can expend a spell slot to activate one of the effects instead, and the extra damage and the healing increases by 1d6 for each spell slot level above 1st.

Spirit Master

15th-level Spirit Binder feature

As a master of the binding and utilizing of extraplanar spirits, you gain the following benefits:

• The extra damage and the healing of your Spirit Burst both increase to 4d6.
• Whenever you cast the spell contact other plane, you need not make the intelligence saving throw required by the spell, instead always gaining the effects of a successful save.
• Finally, you can cast all spells listed on the Spirit Binder Spells table as rituals, and the material cost of such spells is halved.

Emotion Alerter

You trap eight barely cognizant spirits, each from a different plane, and tap into their inherent emotional energy.

As an action while wearing the gemstone is on your person, you can determine the type and intensity of emotions being felt by creatures within 5 feet of you. They are read as some combination of: anger, anticipation, disgust, fear, joy, sadness, surprise, and trust. Whether the emotions are your own, another creature's, or a combination of multiple creatures can be difficult to tell.

5th Level: Changer. You can cast the spell calm emotions as an artificer spell once without expending a spell slot. You regain the ability to cast it in this way when you complete a short or long rest.

9th Level: Reader. As an action on your turn, you can hone in on one creature within 30 feet and get an accurate reading of the target's emotions.

15th Level: Intuiter. While the gemstone is on your person, you have advantage on all insight checks, and can treat any roll of 9 or lower on the die for an insight check as a 10 instead.

Essence Attractor

You trap a spirit in a gemstone, corresponding to a chosen material, which then attracts that material.

When you make this gemstone, choose a material from the following list: air, smoke, fire, glass, grain, blood, oil, iron, stone, meat. The gemstone then begins to attract that material out to a distance of five feet, pulling it to be densely concentrated around the gemstone. For example, one could draw smoke from a campfire to prevent it from rising into the air, or clean blood from the environment after a battle. The pull does not effect magic material, such as fire from a spell, and is not strong enough to attract or detract swings from an iron weapon or piece of ammunition.

You can change the material by performing a 1-hour ceremony to summon a different spirit into a gemstone. This ceremony can be performed during a short or long rest, and the previous gemstone device is destroyed if it still exists.

5th Level: Transmuter. As an action while wearing the article, you can expend charges to transmute an amount of non-magical material within five feet suiting the Input category and of volume equal to a 5-foot cube per charge expended, into the Output material, which corresponds to the chosen material for this gemstone device. The Output material is of identical mass as the Input material, here simply expressed as weight. The weight of each Output material in a 5-foot cube is expressed in the Weight column on the Materials table, which can be used as a rough reference for most Input materials of the same category, though a DM may rule otherwise. The volume of each Output material for 10 pounds of Input material is given in the Volume column.

Focus Augmenter

You trap any extraplanar spirit in a gemstone of corresponding color, and form a minor pact with it.

You affix the gemstone to a spellcasting focus, such as a wand, staff, or rod.

Once you have affixed the gemstone to a spellcasting focus, you can't be disarmed of that focus unless you are incapacitated. If it is on the same plane of existence, you can summon that focus as a bonus action on your turn, causing it to teleport instantly to your hand.

When casting an artificer cantrip with the spellcasting focus, you gain a +1 bonus to attack rolls and to your artificer spell save DC unless the focus grants a higher bonus. This bonus increases when you reach certain levels in this class, increasing to +2 at 9th level and +3 at 15th level.

You can choose this gemstone multiple times, choosing a new weapon to augment each time.

Magic Detector

You trap eight barely cognizant spirits, each from a different plane, and tap into their inherent magical energy.

While the gemstone device is on your person, you can cast the spell detect magic once from it without consuming a spell slot. Once this spell is cast in this way, you can't cast it again until you finish a short or long rest.

Arcane Clock

• Prerequisite: Spirit Binder specialist
• Item: a simple mechanism set with a smokestone worth at least 1gp

You trap a spirit into a tiny smokestone, which powers the hands of a clock.

The clock displays the precise time, and the number of hours left before the next sunrise or sunset. You may make it tiny to set in a vambrace, or larger for a wall or other display piece.

Pain Transferrer

• Prerequisite: Spirit Binder specialist, 6th level
• Item: a ruby worth at least 50gp (requires attunement)

You trap a wisp from the nine hells that feeds on the suffering of others, and use it to take away some of your own.

A creature gains 10 temporary hit points each day at dawn, and every 5 temporary hit points that are expended while the creature is attuned to it restores 1 charge. The ruby has a maximum of 2 charges, but starts with 0, and loses all charges each day at dawn as the spirit consumes the stored pain. As an action on its turn while the gemstone is on its person, a creature can expend a charge and attempt to loosen the pain stored within it on a creature of its choice within range of touch. The target must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw against your spell save DC or be stunned until the end of the attuned creature's next turn.

The temporary hitpoints gained increases to 20 and the maximum number of charges increases to 4 when you reach 10th level in this class. The temporary hitpoints gained increases to 30 and the maximum number of charges increases to 6 when you reach 14th level in this class. The temporary hitpoints gained increases to 40 and the maximum number of charges increases to 8 when you reach 18th level in this class.

Replicate Magic Item (Spirit Binder)

The artificer class allows you to use an infusion to replicate a particular magic item, and provides tables that correspond with certain levels in the class. When you learn the Replicate Magic Item infusion, you can choose a magic item from the following tables instead.

Spirit Servant

• Prerequisite: Spirit Binder specialist, 6th level
• Item: a gemstone worth at least 100gp

You trap a spirit of intellect and bind it into any gemstone of your choosing, utilizing its vast knowledge and extraplanar connections.

You learn how to summon a spirit of intellect and bind it into a gemstone. This gemstone may, in turn, be set into an object of your choosing, which the spirit may inhabit upon its choosing, unless you command otherwise. For example, the gemstone may be set into a skull that animates and speaks as if still living when the spirit does, or a lamp that billows forth a smoke which takes a visage of the spirit's choosing. Alternatively, you could choose to set the gemstone in no such object, and commune with the spirit only by touching the gemstone itself.

The spirit must be a celestial, fey, or fiend, and has some relationship with you while it is bound to your service, often providing the circumstances by which it chooses to serve. Some spirits take some of the personality of their current master, or that of when their master first bound them. Roll a d4 or choose from the options in the table below to determine such circumstances:

2nd Level Infusions

Replicable Items (2nd-level Artificer)

Rod of Blasting

Prerequisite: 6th-level artificer
Item: A rod

The rod has 6 charges. As an action while holding it, the wielder can expend a number of charges to make a ranged spell attack using your spell attack modifier. On a hit, the attack deals a number of d10s of force damage equal to the charges expended. The rod regains 1d4 + 2 expended charges daily at dawn.

The number of charges increases to 10 when you reach 10th level in this class, and the number of charges regained daily increases to 2d4 + 2. This increases to 14 charges (3d4 + 2) when you reach 14th level in this class, and increases again to 18 charges (4d4 + 2) when you reach 18th level in this class.

Boots of the Winding Path

Prerequisite: 6th-level artificer
Item: A pair of boots (requires attunement)

While wearing these boots, the creature can teleport up to 15 feet as a bonus action to an unoccupied space the creature can see. The creature must have occupied that space at some point during the current turn.

When you reach 14th level in this class, both the creature's movement speed and the distance it can teleport with this item increase by 15 feet.

Replicate Magic Item

Prerequisite: 6th-level artificer

When you select the Replicate Magic Item infusion, you may additionally choose an item from the table below.

Repulsion Shield

Prerequisite: 6th-level artificer
Item: A shield (requires attunement)

A creature gains a +1 bonus to Armor Class while wielding this shield.

The shield has 6 charges. While holding it, the wielder can use a reaction immediately after being hit by a melee attack to expend 1 of the shield's charges and push the attacker up to 15 feet away. The shield regains 2 + 1d4 expended charges daily at dawn.

The number of charges increases to 10 when you reach 10th level in this class, and the number of charges regained daily increases to 2d4 + 2. This increases to 14 charges (3d4 + 2) when you reach 14th level in this class, and increases again to 18 charges (4d4 + 2) when you reach 18th level in this class. In addition, the bonus to Armor Class increases to +2 when you reach 14th level in this class.

Helm of Awareness

Prerequisite: 10th-level artificer
Item: A helmet (requires attunement)

While wearing this helmet, a creature has advantage on initiative rolls. In addition, the wearer can’t be surprised, provided it isn't incapacitated.

Replicate Magic Item

Prerequisite: 10th-level artificer

When you select the Replicate Magic Item infusion, you may additionally choose an item from the table below.

Replicate Magic Item

Prerequisite: 14th-level artificer

When you select the Replicate Magic Item infusion, you may additionally choose an item from the tables below.

Replicate Magic Item

Prerequisite: 18th-level artificer

When you select the Replicate Magic Item infusion, you may additionally choose an item from the table below.

Aggravating Force

evocation cantrip

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: Special
• Components: V, M (a weapon)
• Duration: 1 round

When your infused weapon strikes an enemy, the weapon unleashes a force that rattles the foe. As part of the action used to cast this spell, you must make an attack with a weapon against one creature within the weapon's range, otherwise the spell fails. On a hit, the target suffers the attack's normal effects, and the next attack roll made against this target before the end of your next turn has advantage.

At 5th level, the attack deals an extra 1d8 force damage to the target. This damage increases by 1d8 at 11th level and 17th level.

Control Plants

Transmutation cantrip

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 30 feet
• Components: S
• Duration: Instantaneous or 1 hour

You choose a portion of grass, trees, or other plant life that you can see within range and that fits within a 5-foot cube. You manipulate it in one of the following ways:

• You instantly make a flower blossom, a seed pod open, or a leaf bud bloom.
• You cause the plants to overgrow, filling the 5-foot cube or a 5-foot cube within 5 feet of the plant life you target. This overgrowth provides full cover. This change lasts for 1 hour.
• You cause the plants to form into simple shapes and animate at your direction. This change lasts for 1 hour.
• If you target grass or undergrowth, you cause it to become difficult terrain. Alternatively, you can cause the ground to become normal terrain if it is already difficult terrain as a result of plant life. This change lasts for 1 hour.

If you cast this spell multiple times, you can have no more than two of its non-instantaneous effects active at a time, and you can dismiss such an effect as an action.

Focused Strike

evocation cantrip

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: Special
• Components: V, M (a weapon)
• Duration: 1 round

Your attack issues a burst of magical energy that enhances the weapons of allies close to you. As part of the action used to cast this spell, you must make an attack with a weapon against one creature within the weapon's range, otherwise the spell fails. On a hit, the target suffers the attack's normal effects, and the next attack of each creature of your choice within 5 feet cannot be at disadvantage.

At 5th level, the attack deals an extra 1d8 damage to the target. This damage increases by 1d8 at 11th level and 17th level.

Force Infusion

evocation cantrip

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: Special
• Components: V, S
• Duration: Instantaneous

As part of the action used to cast this spell, you must make a weapon attack against one creature within the weapon's range, otherwise the spell fails. On a hit, the target suffers the attack's normal effects, and it becomes bound with energy that reacts to concussive force until the start of your next turn. If the target is hit by a melee attack before then, it must make a Constitution saving throw or be pushed back 5 feet, and the spell ends.

At 5th level, the melee attack deals an extra 1d8 force damage to the target, and the distance the target is pushed increases to 10 feet. At 11th level, the damage increases to 2d8, and the distance the target is pushed increases to 15 feet. At 17th level, the damage increases to 3d8, and the distance the target is pushed increases to 20 feet.

Static Shock

evocation cantrip

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: Touch
• Components: V, M (a weapon)
• Duration: 1 round

You imbue your opponent with a crackling arcane charge, hindering the potency of its next attack. Make a melee spell attack against a creature you can reach. On a hit, the target takes 1d8 lightning damage, and it has disadvantage on the next weapon attack roll it makes before the end of its next turn.

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

Transmute Weapon

Transmutation cantrip

• Casting Time: 1 bonus action
• Range: Touch
• Components: S
• Duration: 1 minute

You touch earth, stone, or wood, and create a fully-formed melee weapon of your choice from it, or touch an existing melee weapon. For the duration, you can use your spellcasting ability instead of Strength for the attack and damage rolls of melee attacks using that weapon. The weapon also becomes magical, if it isn’t already. The spell ends if you cast it again or if you let go of the weapon, which crumbles if you made it as part of this spell.

Ablative Armor

1st-level abjuration

• Casting Time: 1 minute
• Range: Touch
• Components: S, M (a scrap of metal from a forge)
• Duration: 1 hour

You imbue armor with further protective capabilities. The next time a creature wearing the armor takes damage before the spell ends, the damage taken is reduced by 5, and the spell ends early, even if the amount of damage taken is less than the total able to be absorbed by the armor.

At higher levels When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the damage reduced increases by 5 for every slot level above 1st.

Altered Luck

1st-level evocation

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 60 feet
• Components: V, S
• Duration: 1 round

Your magic blasts an enemy and transfers its luck to a nearby ally. Make a ranged spell attack against a creature within range. On a hit, the target takes 3d8 force damage, and must make a Charisma saving throw. On a failed save, the creature has its luck stolen until the end of your next turn. During that time, it rolls a d4 and subtracts the number rolled from all its attack rolls and saving throws. The target's luck is transfered to a creature of your choice within 10 feet of it. Until the end of your next turn, that creature rolls a d4 and adds the number rolled to all its attack rolls and saving throws.

At higher levels When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the damage increases by 1d8 for each slot level above 1st.

Barbed Automaton

1st-level transmutation

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 60 feet
• Components: V, S, M (a small knot of barbed wire)
• Duration: 1 round

You hurl a small knot of barbed wire to a point within range, which grows and springs to life, attacking your foes. When you cast this spell, you can designate any number of creatures you can see to be unaffected by it. When an affected creature enters within 5 feet of the automaton for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there, it must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or take piercing damage equal to 1d12 + your spellcasting ability modifier. The automation disappears at the end of your next turn.

At higher levels When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the damage increases by 1d12 for each slot level above 1st.

Burning Weapons

1st level evocation

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 10 feet
• Components: V, M (a weapon)
• Duration: 1 round

Flames dance across the weapons that you and your comrades wield. Up to three creatures of your choice within range deal an extra 1d6 fire damage on all weapon attacks until the end of your next turn.

At higher levels When you cast this spell using a 3rd- or 4th-level spell slot, the damage increases to 2d6. When you cast it using a 5th- or 6th-level spell slot, the damage increases to 3d6. When you cast it using a spell slot of 7th level or higher, the damage increases to 4d6.

Energy Shroud

1st-level abjuration

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: Self (10-foot radius)
• Components: V, S, M (tinker's tools)
• Duration: 1 round

A field of arcane energy surrounds you at a distance of 10 feet for the duration, lashing at attackers. When you cast this spell, you can designate any number of creatures you can see to be affected by it. When an affected creature is hit by a melee attack while in the area, the attacker must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or take 3d10 force damage, or half as much on a successful save.

At higher levels When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the damage increases by 1d10 for each slot level above 1st.

Indisputible Possession

1st-level conjuration (ritual)

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: Touch
• Components: V, S
• Duration: 1 hour

You create a bond between yourself and an object. If that item ever leaves your possession, you can call it back to your hand as a bonus action.

At higher levels When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the duration increases by 1 hour for every slot level above 1st.

Inflict Damage

1st-level transmutation

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: Touch
• Components: V, S
• Duration: Instantaneous

Make a melee spell attack against an object or construct you can reach. On a hit, the target takes 3d12 force damage. When you attack an object with this spell and hit, maximize your damage dice against the target.

At higher levels When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the damage increases by 1d12 for each slot level above 1st.

Arcane Springboard

2nd-level abjuration (ritual)

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 60 feet
• Components: V, S, M (a 5-by-5-foot sheet of cloth)
• Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute

Infusing a small square of prepared cloth with arcane energy, you create a bouncy surface that launches any who step on it. The springboard appears in a space that is a 5-foot cube you can see within range. Until the spell ends, whenever you or a creature you can see moves into the springboard's space for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there, you can cause the springboard to launch them 30 feet in any direction (no action required), without expending any of that creature's movement.

Brittle-Skin Missile

2nd-level necromancy

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: Special
• Components: V, M (a ranged weapon)
• Duration: Instantaneous

Your rune-scribed projectile calcifies flesh and causes your foe to falter. As part of the action used to cast this spell, you must make an attack with a ranged weapon against one creature within the weapon's range, otherwise the spell fails. On a hit, the target suffers the attack's normal effects, takes an additional 2d12 necrotic damage, and must make a Constitution saving throw. On a failure, the creature's skin becomes cracked and brittle for one minute. During that time, each creature that hits it with a melee weapon attack deals extra damage equal to your spellcasting ability modifier. The target can make a Constitution saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.

At higher levels When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, the damage increases by 1d12 for each slot level above 2nd.

Caustic Rampart

2nd-level conjuration

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 60 feet
• Components: V, S, M (a vial of acid)
• Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute

You create a wall of acidic fumes on a solid surface within range. You can make the wall up to 30 feet long, 10 feet high, and 1 foot thick, or a ringed wall up to 10 feet in diameter, 10 feet high, and 1 foot thick. The area is lightly obscured, is difficult terrain, and lasts for the duration.

When the wall appears, each creature within its area must make a Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 2d8 acid damage, or half as much damage on a successful save.

When a creature ends its turn within 5 feet of or inside the wall, or enters the wall for the first time on on a turn, it must succeed on a Constitution saving throw or take an additional 2d8 acid damage.

At higher levels When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the damage increases by 1d8 for each slot level above 1st.

Dancing Shield

2nd-level transmutation

• Casting Time: 1 bonus action
• Range: 60 feet
• Components: V, S, M (a small metal sheaf)
• Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes

A small metal sheaf unfolds into a medium-sized shield that floats near an ally and blocks incoming attacks, granting it a +3 bonus to AC for the duration. As a bonus action on your turn, you can shift the shield to another target within range, granting it the bonus instead.

Dancing Weapon

2nd-level transmutation

• Casting Time: 1 bonus action
• Range: 30 feet
• Components: V, S, M (a melee weapon, which you lose access to for the duration of the spell)
• Duration: 1 minute

You animate a melee weapon you're holding and throw it to a point within range. It uses the Dancing Weapon statblock below.

Healing Figurine

Small construct, neutral

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• Armor Class 13 + the level of the spell (natural armor)
• Hit Points equal the construct's Constitution modifier + your spellcasting ability modifier + ten times the spell's level
• Speed 30 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
6 (-2)	14 (+2)	14 (+2)	3 (-4)	15 (+2)	6 (-2)

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• Damage Immunities poison
• Condition Immunities charmed, exhaustion, poisoned
• Senses Darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 12
• Languages understands the languages you speak

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Aura of Hope Friendly creatures in a 5-foot radius centered on the figurine has advantage on Wisdom saving throws and death saving throws, and regains the maximum number of hit points possible from any healing.

Actions (Requires Your Bonus Action)

Heal. A creature of your choice within 5 feet of the figurine regains hit points equal to 1d4 + your spellcasting ability modifier.

Animate Arbalester

3rd-level transmutation

• Casting Time: 1 bonus action
• Range: 60 feet
• Components: V, S, M (a crossbow, which you lose access to for the duration of the spell)
• Duration: 1 minute

You animate a crossbow you're holding and throw it to a point within range. You may load it with one piece of ammunition while doing so, or more if the loading property of the crossbow allows for more than one shot when you use an action, bonus action, or reaction to fire it. It uses the Animate Arbalester statblock below.

The creature is friendly to you and your companions for the spell's duration. In combat, the creature 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 one of the actions in its stat block or the Dash, Disengage, Help, Hide, or Search action. You may issue the creature a command on the bonus action you summon it.

When the creature is reduced to 0 hit points, it returns to your hand, and the spell ends.

At higher levels When you cast this spell using a spell slot 4th level of or higher, the animate arbalester deals an additional 1d8 force damage on its attack rolls for every two slot levels above 3rd.

Armor of Acid

4th-level abjuration

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 60 feet (5-foot radius)
• Components: V, S, M (a vial of acid, armor or clothing worn by a creature within range)
• Duration: 1 round

You cast a prepared liquid onto an ally's armor, shrouding that comrade in a cloud of noxious fumes that harms foes. Choose a creature within 60 feet. Each creature within a 5 foot radius of the target make a Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 5d10 acid damage. On a successful save, the creature takes half as much damage.

Until the end of your next turn, the target gains resistance to acid damage, and each creature that makes a melee attack against it in that time takes 5d10 acid damage.

At higher levels When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 5th level or higher, the damage increases by 1d10 for each slot level above 4th.

Bag of the Four Winds

4th-level transmutation

• Casting Time: 1 bonus action
• Range: 30 feet
• Components: S, M (a small cloth bag filled with various reagents)
• Duration: Instantaneous

You mix reagents to create a windstorm within a small cloth bag. You then unleash the winds to move yourself and your allies. Choose any number of willing creatures within range. Each can be moved up to 30 feet in a direction of your choosing, without expending any of that creature's movement.

At higher levels When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 5th level or higher, the distance moved increases by 10 feet for each slot level above 4th.

Beetle of Force

4th-level conjuration

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 60 feet
• Components: V, S
• Duration: 1 round

You release a tiny construct, which flies into your a foe within range with impossible force before exploding with arcane energy. Make a ranged spell attack against the target. On a hit, the target takes 6d10 force damage, and is pushed back 30 feet. Hit or miss, the beetle then explodes. All creatures within a 10-foot radius of the target (pushed or not) must make a Dexterity saving throw. On a failure, a creature takes 6d10 force damage and is knocked prone. On a success, a creature takes half damage and isn't knocked prone.

At Higher Levels: When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 5th level or higher, the damage increases by 1d10 for each slot level above 4th.

Chaos Weapon

4th-level transmutation

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: Special
• Components: V, M (a weapon)
• Duration: 1 round

With your strike, you conjure elemental powers that rage around the weapons of you and your allies. Choose one damage type: acid, cold, fire, force, lightning, poison, psychic thunder. As part of the action used to cast this spell, you must make an attack with a weapon against one creature within the weapon's range, otherwise the spell fails. On a hit, the target suffers the attack's normal effects and takes an extra 2d6 damage of the chosen type from the attack.

In addition, choose any number of creatures within 10 feet of you. Until the end of your next turn, the weapon attacks of each chosen creature deal 2d6 extra damage of the chosen type.

At higher levels When you cast this spell using a 5th- or 6th-level spell slot, the damage increases to 3d6. When you cast it using a spell slot of 7th level or higher, the damage increases to 4d6.

Cure-All Admixture

4th-level transmutation

• Casting Time: 1 bonus action
• Range: Touch
• Components: S, M (a potion bottle filled with various reagents)
• Duration: Instantaneous

Your concoction provides the perfect remedy. A creature you pour the mixture down the throat of regains a number of hit points equal to 2d4 + your spellcasting ability modifier, and for one hour becomes immune to all disease and the following conditions afflicting it: blinded, deafened, paralyzed, or poisoned. The creature is not immune if the condition is not from an affliction, but instead from some environmental effect, such as being deafened from the Silence spell.

All-Consuming Missile

5th-level evocation

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: Special
• Components: V, M (a ranged weapon)
• Duration: Instantaneous

As part of the action used to cast this spell, you must make an attack with a ranged weapon against one creature within the weapon's range, otherwise the spell fails. On a hit, the target suffers the attack's normal effect, takes an extra 12d6 fire damage from the attack, and the sigil-inscribed projectile ignites and engulfs your foe in hungry flames. For one minute, the target must make a Constitution saving throw at the end of each of its turns. On a failure, it takes another 3d6 fire damage, and the damage taken from a subsequent failure increases by 3d6, to a maximum of 12d6. On a success, the effect ends.

At Higher Levels: When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 7th level or higher, all attack damage and the maximum damage dealt by the flames increases by 3d6.

Bitter-Frost Bolt

5th-level evocation

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: Special
• Components: V, M (a weapon)
• Duration: Instantaneous

The sigils etched onto your weapon steam with bitter cold. On impact, the weapon shrouds your enemy in ice. As part of the action used to cast this spell, you must make an attack with a weapon against one creature within the weapon's range, otherwise the spell fails. On a hit, the target suffers the attack's normal effects, takes an extra 8d6 cold damage from the attack, and the target is restrained for one minute. A creature restrained by the ice or one that can touch the creature can use its action to make a Strength check against your spell save DC. On a success, the target is freed.

At higher levels When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 6th level or higher, the damage increases by 1d6 for each slot level above 5th.

Disrupting Weapon

5th-level transmutation

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: Touch
• Components: V, S
• Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour

You make a melee weapon deadly to undead. Any undead creature of CR 2 or lower must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or be destroyed utterly if struck in combat with this weapon.

Artificer Specialists Design Notes

Armorer. Generally, someone is going to either stick with a build centered around the Guardian or Infiltrator armor model, not both. However, it was hard to capitalize on either of them previously. Why would one draw aggro as a Guardian with a 1d8 hit die and no access to the shield spell? Why is the Lightning Launcher worse than the ranged weapons out of the PHB?

Now, the Guardian has far better survivability, especially with the new form of Defensive Field giving them a small buffer, allowing them to not get annihilated when drawing the enemy's attention. The Infiltrator is no longer screwed when in melee, without the need to take crossbow expert for just that one feature. Finally, Weapon Modifications allows one to potentially use cool magic items they've found instead of being forced to select weapon infusions for their special weapons.

Artillerist. Having to expend spell slots to use one's core feature seemed harsh when there's only one free use. An artillerist is severely hampered in battle without their eldritch cannon, and if there truly are 5-8 encounters per day, that's 4-7 spell slots expended just to try and use their basic subclass features. I debated between allowing the cannon to always be out and functioning or giving more free uses, and settled on the latter. I may change my mind again; I may even change the uses to twice per short rest, instead of having it scale.

Arcane Firearm's damage increase is now more in-line with what a martial or other half caster might expect with Extra Attack using the average weapon, instead of a weak feature comparable to what already very powerful fullcasters also receive.

Finally, many people lamented the lack of scaling for the eldritch cannon's temporary hit points, and I've read of many DMs who simply houseruled it. I don't see why it shouldn't scale; there are more potent sources of temporary hit points in the game, even excluding the broken one (you know the one). Finally, 3d8 was paltry cantrip damage at this level. 4d8 is a fairly arbitrary and minor buff and I don't expect it to come up much, but it's the principle of the matter.

Battle Smith. Few changes were made to the Battle Smith. It was already in an alright place power-wise, though I considered making more drastic changes; many players may want to play an artificer themed around being a defender and medic, a paladin of artifice, but without a mechanical pet. Perhaps I'll make an optional feature to replace the Steel Defender in the future.

As for the changes made: it was ridiculous to me that one could spend a spell slot to restore their dead Defender to life and to full health, yet couldn't do so to a living one. This made for circumstances where, if one couldn't wait to casting mending repeatedly, it would be more effective to kill one's Defender then expend a spell slot. This is plainly ludicrous, and so now one can expend a spell slot to restore their Defender to full health over the course of one minute.

Arcane Strike will be more potent for cantrip gishing, but less so for Sharpshooter/Great Weapon Master builds. The Extra Attack optional feature still exists for that, though. I fear that such a combination will be fairly overtuned, but I haven't seen it in play yet; a bladesong wizard is somewhat limited with their Extra Attack due to their core feature not functioning with ranged or heavy weapons.

Also, while I'm somewhat okay with the bonus action command conflicting with bonus action attacks such as those gained by Crossbow Expert and Polearm Master, I didn't want more conflict with Arcane Sigil. If the standard 5th level feature is used, it will be just as effective on the defender as it is on the player's weapon, as they will usually both be making on attack on their turn. There will be some conflict if Extra Attack is used, as it will be twice as effective on the player, but I'm okay with that; they will miss an attack with the defender setting it up on themselves.

Elixir Alchemist. The term "alchemist" evokes several distinct fantastical concepts. Someone who performs miraculous transmutations such as turning lead into gold, someone who brews elixirs to be imbibed in order to cure ailments of the body or perhaps aging itself, and someone who brews potions in order to create effects in the environment as they are applied outside the body, such as one who throws a flask to create a sudden burst of flame. Perhaps your vision of an alchemist combines two or even all three of these fantasies; I think that only a new class could do so to any degree of satisfaction, whether it be one devoted to the Alchemist or something like the Potionsmith archetype of KibblesTasty's Inventor.

Wizards of the Coast largely leaned on the second with some smackings of the third, but this really just frustrated many players: the "key invention" of the alchemist was only the type which was imbibed, and the qualities of healing and creating potions for consumption were focused on for every feature. The external effects aspect was represented in the specialist spell selection and in the mild damage boost of the Alchemical Savant feature. I have seen countless complaints from players on this point, perhaps even more than complains about the lack of power in the subclass.

And so, I have separated out the subclass into three specialists: the elixir, elemental, and reagent alchemists. As this bears the closest resemblance to the original, it is considered a rework of it.

The Experimental Elixir feature has been berated by many, and not just for it only containing potions to be imbibed instead of those that create worldly effects. Only one free random elixir at the completion of a long rest, and none of the effects are very good; most aren't worth the 1st-level spell slot. Why would I create a healing elixir? The .5 more healing on average does not nearly make up for the fact that this will take two actions instead of one: one to create the potion, and one to imbibe it. Why not just keep the spell slot? So, our core feature gives us a random utility option that has a very high chance of not even being useful, and a way to spend our spell slots that are largely wores than 1st-level spells. Alchemical Savant gives us a bonus to some spells that's on-par with what full casters get, yet the alchemist is very much not a full caster. Overall, an embarrassment.