You get ritual casting, which is always great, and the spell list That prepares and casts spells like a cleric (prepare daily from the fullĬlass list). Spellcasting: Artificers are a 2/3 caster You can have multiple objects affected at the same time, so consider carryingĪround a few prepared items which you can quickly produce and use. You’re clever you can come up with all kinds of uses for Magical Tinkering.
The effects are interesting and unique, and if Magical Tinkering: This is very similar toĬantrips like Prestidigitation. Your Artificer Speclialist will grant you proficiency in anĪdditional set of tools relevant to the subclass at 3rd level.
Proficiencies, which gives you room to tailor your character to the theme
Knowledge skills, but Sleight of Hand is an option. TheĪrtificer’s skills are mostly Intelligence and Wisdom-based, and most are Martial weapons and use Intelligence for their attacks and damage. Spells is your best option, but the Battlesmith will eventually take up That’s fine for most artificers since fighting with ranged Will keep you alive in melee, but with only simple weapons your best Finesse Since many artificers fight on the front lines where you’ll be repeatedly Hit points with False Life, plenty of Constitution, and as many AC boosts as Remain at range, but if you find yourself in melee a lot be sure to pad your Hit Points: With d8 hit points and mediumĪrmor, the artificer is not a tank by any means. Portions of the materials used are property of Wizards of the Coast. RPGBOT is unofficial Fan Content permitted under the Fan Content Policy. Keep in mind that the state of the meta periodically changes as new source materials are released and this article will be updating accordingly as time allows. The advice offered below is based on the current State of the Character Optimization Meta as of when the article was last updated. We also won’t cover Unearthed Arcana content because it’s not finalized, and we can’t guarantee that it will be available to you in your games. We will not include 3rd-party content, including content from DMs Guild, in handbooks for official content because we can’t assume that your game will allow 3rd-party content or homebrew. Blue: Fantastic options, often essential.Red: Bad, useless options, or options whichĪre extremely situational.RPGBOT uses the color coding scheme which has become common among Pathfinder build handbooks, which is simple to understand and easy to read at a glance. Example Artificer Build – Rock Gnome Alchemist Artificer.Only source of magic items, which may be worthwhile.Īfter reading this handbook, I encourage you to read our Artificer Races Breakdown, Artificer Subclasses Breakdown and my Artificer Spells Breakdown. You’re going to miss out on those features. If your game does not allow item crafting or does not use magic items, Several of the Artificer’s features are related to crafting and to magic The differences between individual character options. “crunch” and fiddling with their character’s build, but which will beĪbsoltuely punishing for players who don’t like to spend hours agonizing over This is the sort of class that can be rewarding for players who enjoy Versatility and adaptability is very powerful, it also requires a great deal Long periods of time, the intent of the class is that you will tailor yourĪbilities day-to-day to suit the challenges you expect to face. While some of these decisions may remain static for Shuffle where you apply all of your infusions, and pick magic items from a Every time you finish a long rest you can reset your prepared spells, TheĪrtificer has more decision points than any class to date, including the This is not a class I would recommendįor new players or for players who suffer from analysis paralysis. Nearly any role in the party, making the Artificer’s versatility rival that of With the right infusions and spells, they can fill
They excel as a Support character, but make decent Defenders, The Artificer is a class with a tool for every job and a solution to every Technological or magical gadgets is a fun novelty in a game where magic rarely Who performs magic by binding it to items and who crafted all sorts of Since then, the class has reappeared in 4th edition, and was in highĭemand when 5th edition was released, but didn’t see a final release untilįull 5 years after 5th edition’s initial release. The Artificer first appeared as a class unique to the Eberron campaign The Artificer has been a popular concept since at least 3rd edition, where Published in Eberron, I recommend checking theįor the latest improvements, as the changes are significant. Was originally published in Eberron: Rising from the Last War, and updated in This guide is for the latest version of the Artificer class.