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Additionally at 5th level, you can have a friendly creature operate one of your Runes. If you do so, the friendly creature can plant one Rune that you give them. The Rune uses your Save DC, Die, and duration.

Part 1 | Artificer Specializations

Bonus Proficiencies

Starting at 3rd level, you gain proficiency in tinker’s tools and one other artisan’s tool of your choice. Additionally, you gain proficiency in firearms if you don't have proficiency in firearms already.

Arcane Armaments

Starting at 3rd level, you create a firearm that projects arcane energy as a form of ranged projectile. Additionally, your arcane armament acts as an arcane focus for you. You can choose between three basic forms for your Arcane Armament: Hand Cannon, Rifle, or Sentry. Depending on your choice, it also affects the Arcane Armament’s weapon stats.

Augmentation

Starting at 3rd level, you can start upgrading your Arcane Armaments with Arcane Augments. At 3rd, 5th, 9th, and 15th levels, you can choose two augments that you craft. Additionally, during the course of a short rest, you can spend that time replacing one Augmentation with something different.

Lock-On

Starting at 5th level, you can target a creature with your bonus action and dedicate your focus to taking that creature down. If you do so, you gain a +5 bonus on weapon attacks with your Arcane Armament to hit the affected creature while taking a -5 bonus to hit other creatures with your Arcane Armament.

Exhaust

At 9th level, you can use an action to deplete your Armament’s arcane reserves. Target a number of creatures that you can see up to your Intelligence modifier and make a ranged weapon attack against each creature you target. On a successful hit, deal your Armament’s damage plus an extra 4d6 against each creature you hit.
If you do so, this feature cannot be used until next dawn.

Armour Piercer

At 15th level, you can use an action to enhance your arcane armament to pierce through the armour of your enemies. For the next minute, you can use your bonus action to give your Arcane Armament’s damage an extra 1d10 Force damage on one attack per turn.
This feature can be used a number of times equal to your intelligence modifier per long rest.

Rifling

When attached to an arcane armament, the weapon gains an additional 10ft to its maximum range.

Buckshot

Requires: Hand Cannon or Rifle Armament

When attached to an arcane armament, the weapon gains the “buckshot” property. Creatures within 5ft of the target must succeed on a Dexterity save of 10 + half of the damage the target took. On a failure, the creature is dealt half of the damage the original target received.

Magnum Capacitor

Requires: Hand Cannon or Sentry Armament

When attached to an Arcane Armament, the weapon deals an extra damage die.

Full Metal Shot

When attached to an Arcane Armament, the weapon's damage is considered magical for the purpose of overcoming resistances.

Swift Loading

Requires: Rifle armament, Lv5

When attached to an arcane armament, the weapon ignores the loading feature.

Phantom Cannon

Requires: Hand Cannon armament, Lv5

When attached to an arcane armament, you can use your bonus action to create a phantom hand cannon in your off hand. This phantom cannon functions as a base hand cannon armament and you are proficient with it. The phantom cannon lasts for 10 minutes.

While you wield two hand cannons in this fashion, it meets the requirements for dual wielding.

Gunsmith

Spellsmith Additional Spells

Tools of the Trade

When you choose this specialization at 3rd level, you gain proficiency with your choice of either jeweler's tools or calligrapher's supplies.

Your knowledge of infusion magic gives you a natural affinity for scribing spell scrolls. Creating a magic spell scroll only takes you half the time and material cost it would normally take.

Spellsmith Armaments

Starting at 3rd level, you can infuse a powerful armament to take into battle. At the end of a long rest, select one of the Armaments below. The infusion lasts until the end of your next long rest.

Additionally, you gain the following benefits:

• You gain proficiency with martial weapons
• When you attack with a Spellsmith Armament, you can use your Intelligence modifier instead of Strength or Dexterity for the attack and damage rolls.

Spellsmith Upgrades

Starting at 3rd level, at the end of a long rest, you can create one Upgrade. You can have a total number of Upgrades equal to your proficiency bonus.

Extra Attack

Beginning at 5th level, you can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.

Extra Armaments

Starting at 9th level, your potential for Spellsmithing grows more powerful. You can choose an additional choice from the spellsmith armament list.

Infused Focus

Starting at 15th level, you can anchor a powerful spell into an item. When you cast a concentration spell, you can anchor it to an item (such as a staff, wand or weapon), and do not need to maintain concentration. The spell lasts a number of rounds equal to your intelligence modifier, after which the spell ends.

Once you use this ability, you must complete a short or long rest before using it again.

3rd Level Upgrades

Archery

You gain a +2 bonus to attack rolls you make with ranged weapons.

Dueling

When you are wielding a melee weapon in one hand and no other weapons, you gain a +2 bonus to damage rolls with that weapon.

Great Weapon Fighting

When you roll a 1 or 2 on a damage die for an attack you make with a melee weapon that you are wielding with two hands, you can reroll the die and must use the new roll, even if the new roll is a 1 or a 2. The weapon must have the two-handed or versatile property for you to gain this benefit.

Animated Weapon Fighting

You gain a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls when you wield more than one animated blade or animated archer and no other weapons

Defense

When you make a Dexterity Saving Throw against an Area of Effect, you can add your shield's bonus to your roll as a reaction.

Two Weapon Fighting

When you engage in two-weapon fighting, you can add your ability modifier to the damage of the second attack.

Inventor Additional Spells

Additional Proficiencies

When you choose this specialization at 3rd level, you gain proficiency with light crossbows, nets, rapiers, longswords, and whips. Additionally, you gain proficiency in sleight of hand (dexterity).

Inventor’s Focus

Starting at 3rd level, you begin to delve into a particular field of inventing, called the “Inventor’s Focus”. Your Inventor’s Field affects the rest of the Inventor Features, however you can change your inventor’s field whenever you level up.

• Innovator. Innovators focus on renovating and recycling everything around them.
• Gadgeteer. Gadgeteers focus on creating various small gadgets, providing utility.
• Grenadier. Grenadiers focus on causing stuff to explode. Good luck.

Essential Gadget

At 3rd level, you create a gadget that you always have on you. You can choose from one of the following. At the end of a long rest, you can spend ten minutes exchanging your current Essential Gadget for a different one.

If you are an innovator, you can change your Essential Gadget during a short rest. A Gadgeteer can choose two Essential Gadgets instead of one. Grenadiers can choose to get two stones that explode, dealing 4d4 force damage in a 5ft radius instead of choosing an Essential Gadget.

Extra Attack

Beginning at 5th level, you can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.

Inventor’s Perk

Additionally at 5th level, you gain one of the following depending on your Inventor’s Focus.

Plan B

Beginning at 9th level, you've devised a way to have a failsafe backup. Once per long rest, you can use your reaction when you were to drop to zero hit points and instead destroy one of your Essential Gadgets in your stead.

Inventor

Archivist Additional Spells

Additional Proficiencies

When you choose this specialization at 3rd level, you gain proficiency in Calligrapher’s Supplies, and a Forgery Kit. Additionally, you gain proficiency in investigation (Intelligence) and sleight of hand (Dexterity).

Archivist's Network

Starting at 3rd level, you create a device that allows you to access and store information within the device. This device is called an Archivist’s Network. Many Archivists use it as a personal library or database while others use it to manipulate or listen to the minds of those around them.

All features in the Archivist Specialization that casts spells or cause magical effects use this device as the arcane focus or centering point unless specified otherwise.

Additionally, you can use the Archivist’s Network as an arcane focus in place of artisan tools or other types of foci.

Network Entries

At 3rd level, you can input entries to increase the power of your skills and the Archivist’s Network. You can have a total number of entries equal to your Intelligence modifier plus proficiency bonus. At the end of a long rest, you can choose the entries you wish to input and/or choose which entries you want to replace.

Invasive Knowledge

Starting at 3rd level, you can quickly analyze the magic that is being cast and attempt to sabotage it. As a reaction, you can target a spell within 120ft that you can see being cast that has an area of effect and force the creature to make an Intelligence saving throw. On a failure, the spell is sabotaged and can only target one creature that would have been targeted by the area of effect instead.

You can do this once per short rest.

Information Overload

Additionally at 3rd level, you can use your archivist magic and knowledge to cause an overflow of knowledge to cause a target to suffer. As an action, you can target one creature within 60ft of you that you can see and force that creature to make an Intelligence saving throw against your Spell Save DC. Unless the target succeeds, the target takes 2d6 Psychic damage, the target has disadvantage on their next attack roll.

The damage from this feature increases by 2d6 when you reach 5th (4d6), 9th (6d6), and 15th (8d6) level for this class.

Additionally, when you deal damage with this feature, you can consume a spell slot to deal extra damage to the target. The extra damage is 2d4 for a 1st level spell slot, plus 2d4 for each spell level higher than 1st.

Mind’s Library

Starting at 5th level, you have learned how to connect and access the minds of creatures other than yourself.

As an action, you can create a telepathic connection between you and one other creature. Both creatures must be able to speak one language that the other understands in order for the telepathic connection to be successful. Additionally, the connection breaks if either creature is more than 1 mile away or is on a different plane.

You can connect up to a number of creatures via Mind’s Library equal to your Intelligence modifier. All creatures connected by this feature can communicate to all or just one creature of their choice in the Mind’s Library at any time.

Archivist

Firewall

Using your Archivist’s Network, creatures linked to the Network gain a mental shield against attempts to break into their mnd.

Creatures that are connected to either the Mind’s Library or Mind Database have advantage against spells that try to probe their mind. Additionally, they gain resistance to psychic damage.

Brute Force Entry

You can attempt to force a mind dive into a creature of your choice that is not part of the Mind’s Library or Mind Database. As an action, you can force an unwilling creature to make an Intelligence saving throw or take 4d4 psychic damage as you probe its thoughts below surface level. You learn one desire, fear, and insecurity of your choice from this action. The creature knows that you have done this in either outcome.

The damage increases to d8s at 9th level and the number of items you learn increases to three at 9th level as well.

Archive Knowledge

You can store a piece of information and grant yourself the knowledge at a moment's notice later. During the course of a short rest, roll one skill check that you have proficiency in and mark down the result. Until your next long rest, you can replace the rolls you make with the number you have written down. The number of rolls you can replace is equal to your proficiency modifier.

When you reach 9th level, you can use this feature with two skills instead of one.

Obsession

As a bonus action, you can call upon previous knowledge to assist your unskilled actions.

Doing so, you gain obsessive knowledge of the actions you’re performing, letting you add your intelligence modifier to one skill of your choice for the next hour. This includes skills that you already are proficient in as well as intelligence skills. Below is an example of a lv5 Artificer with 15 Intelligence and proficiency in Arcana

Arcana (Intelligence): +5
Arcana (Obsessive Knowledge): +7

Aphantasia

As an action, you can temporarily delete the imagination of those linked to the Archivist's Network. As such the creatures connected to the Network have resistance against the charmed condition and are resistant to magical effects or spells that force the creatures to dream.

At 15th levels, creatures that are linked to the Archivist's Network are granted immunity to the charmed condition and magical effects or spells that force the creature to dream.

Mind's Eye

As an action, you can link the senses of two willing creatures that are connected to the Mind's Library. If you do so, choose one of the effects from the following:

Visions of the Past. The sight of each creature is melded with the other, allowing the creatures to have line of sight of any target within either creature's field of vision.
Sounds of the Future. The hearing of each creature expands from the bilateral senses, allowing audio perception to increase in range by the distance between each creature.

2nd Level Infusions

Hidden Blade

Requires: Bracelet, Bracer, or wristband

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This hidden blade extends from the infused object and acts as a +1 dagger without the thrown property. As a bonus action, the wearer can extend or retract the hidden blade.

6th Level Infusions

Bell of Silence

Prerequisite: 6th level, a bell

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This bell, when run, casts the silence spell at 2nd level. This can only be triggered once per day and resets at dawn.

Unison Weapons

Prerequisites: 6th level, a pair of light melee weapons of the same type (requires attunement)

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These weapons grant a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made by them. Whilst you are holding both weapons and are attuned to them, you add +1d4 to the damage roll for your two weapon fighting bonus action attack. Unison weapons are considered one weapon for the purposes of adjudicating magical effects placed upon them such as elemental weapon.

Unison Weapons

Part 2 | Artificer Infusions

Weapon Table

Magic Items

Dubois's Brewer

Wondrous item, uncommon

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This brewer appears to be a normal keg, but upon closer inspection it would show to have curious magical properties. When an alcohol is brewed in this keg, the alcohol that is tapped from the brewer gives 1d4 temporary hit points to anyone who drinks it.

Part 4 | Magic Items

Harpy

Harpy Traits

Ability Scores: Dex+2
Speed: 30ft
Age. Harpies tend to live up to 40 years of age and reach sexual maturity at around 3 years old.
Alignment. Harpies tend to live in nests of around 20 to 30 members, living off of wandering creatures. Due to this, Harpies lean towards Chaotic alignments.
Size. Harpies stand around 4 to 6 feet tall on average. Your size is medium.
Keen Senses. You gain proficiency with the Wisdom(perception) and Dexterity(acrobatics) skills. Additionally, you can gain advantage when making Wisdom(perception) checks related to flying while flying when.
Natural Flight. Starting at 3rd level, you gain a hover speed equal to your walking speed and can use a bonus action to dash while hovering.
Avian Build. You are light enough to not activate traps that require weight to be put on, such as pressure plates, however you are missing a set of arms. As such, you must manipulate objects with the claws on your feet.
Languages. You can read, write, and speak Common and one other language of your choice.
Subrace. You can choose between a number of subraces as listed below.

Random Height and Weight

Base Height	Base Weight	Height Modifier	Weight Modifier
4'3"	25lb.	+2d4	+2d4 lb.

Phoenixkin

Phoenixkin are borne with the blood of the legendary phoenix. Phoenikin are known for their multicoloured plumage, with a variety of greens, yellows, oranges, and reds.

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Ability Score Increase. Your Charisma score increases by 1.

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Rise from the Ashes. When you go down to zero hit points, you turn to ash pile that takes up a 3ft cubic area. If this happens, you can choose to return to life one hour later with one hit point and half of your hit dice in a blazing fire.

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You can use this feature once per long rest.

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Part 5 | Races

Drider

Driders gain their reputation as evil creatures due to the tendancy to worship Lolth akin to the drow.

Natural Weapons. Your teeth and chitin legs count as natural weapons, dealing 1d4 + your strength modifier.

Drider Weapon Training. You gain proficiency with the Longsword and Longbow.

Extra Language. You can read, write, and speak Undercommon and Elvish.

Jorogumo

Jorogumo, according to bard tales, are reknowned as the arachne equivalent of succubi. Due to this, there are many people who avoid Jorogumo at all costs while others risk everything to join the Jorogumo.

Seductive Gaze. You gain proficiency in Charisma (persuasion) checks.

Web Walker. Jorogumo can walk on webs as if it were normal terrain.

Jorogumo Magic. You know the Thorn Whip cantrip and Beast Bond 1st level spell. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the Web spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so after a long rest. When you reach 5th level, youcan cast the Calm Emotions spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. Your spellcasting ability for these spells is Charisma.

Part 5 | Races

Siren

Ability Score Increase. Charisma +1

Siren's Charm. You have advantage on Charisma(persuasion) checks.

Siren's Song. You can spend up to ten minutes to sing a beautiful, enchanting song. Target up to five creatures and force them to make a Wisdom saving throw or be charmed to you. While the creature is charmed, the creature's movement is reduced to zero during the charmed effect. The creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of their turns.

Starting at 9th level, creatures that are charmed by the Siren's Song have disadvantage on their attack rolls as well.

Merfolk

Revised Artificer Initiate

You've learned some of an artificer's inventiveness:

• You learn one cantrip of your choice from the artificer spell list, and you learn one 1st-level spell of your choice from that list. Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for these spells.
• You can cast this feat's 1st-level spell without a spell slot, and you must finish a long rest before you can cast it in this way again. You can also cast the spell using any spell slots you have.
• You learn one artificer infusion from the artificer infusions list. If the infusion has prerequisites, you must meet those as well.

Alchemist

You have studied the secrets of alchemy and are an expert in its practice, gaining the following benefits:

• Increase your Intelligence score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
• You gain proficiency with alchemist's supplies. If you are already proficient with them, you double your proficiency bonus to checks you make with them.
• As an action, you can identify one potion within 5 feet of you, as if you had tasted it. You must see the liquid for this benefit to work.
• Over the course of any short rest, you can temporarily improve the potency of one potion of healing of any rarity. To use this benefit, you must have alchemist's supplies with you, and the potion must be within reach. If the potion is drunk no more than 1 hour after the short rest ends, the creature drinking the potion can forgo the potion's die roll and regains the maximum number of hit points that the potion can restore.

Expert Poisoner

You have studied the ignoble art of poisoning and your degree of mastery of it has granted you the following benefits:

• Increase your Intelligence or Wisdom score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
• You gain proficiency with the poisoner's kit.
• You are able to disguise the poisons you make to appear innocuous. Anyone attempting to identify your poisons must roll with disadvantage.
• The DC for you to learn formulae for poisons is lessened by 2.

Conditions