I don't think there is a bunker strong enough to endure the fanbase exploding over this.
But why would you want to use magical fire/electricity to propel a lead ball down an adamantine tube when with the same magic and fewer materials you could simply shoot the fire/lightning directly at the target?! It's adding over-complication to achieve a less effective outcome (since in D&D non-magical bludgeoning damage is less effective than fire/lightning damage).
Why would you assume that a magical spark or miniscule explosion would require the same magical energy/power as casting lighting bolt or fireball? It would logically be less than a cantrip. It's a weak Shocking Grasp or Firebolt.
This might be of interest to some: http://keith-baker.com/firearms-in-eberron/
It was posted to Twitter tonight that we get the new issue of Dragon+ Wednesday afternoon, so we should get the Artificer UA at the same time, since it will probably be the UA that is in the new issue.
I don't think it'll be a part of Dragon+ with the way Tito was talking about the two. In regards to Dragon+, he said that it was pretty much ready to upload during the recording of D&D News, while the UA was not quite done.
Plus, I'm pretty sure they would flat-out say if the UA was going to release in Dragon+ instead of just being talked about within its pages. They could be released side-by-side though!
Except this won’t be the first new class. We’ve seen another earlier artificer and the mystic already.Getting the first new Class widely sampled is important nto WotC: could be that tying it into the Dragon+ issue for exposure alongside the Ghosts of Saltmarsh announcement was part of the delay.
I quite enjoy it, and almost every issue has a freebie of some kind (adventures, digital maps, etc.).I've been ignoring Dragon +.
Wonder if I should re-assess.
I just hope that they remove the robot companion at level 6. It didn't scale well, and should be a subclass specific power (the "golemist"?)