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<blockquote data-quote="TwoSix" data-source="post: 7706669" data-attributes="member: 205"><p>I love it. One of the best UAs in a while, possibly ever. It's nice to see some real novelty and risk-taking in some of the material, now that we're 2.5 years into 5e.</p><p></p><p>1) Identifying the artificer as an alternate rogue, and then building around a rogue sneak attack chassis, is fantastic. I'm doubly impressed that they were willing to put the at-will scaling mechanic into the subclasses, rather than the main class skeleton. The rogue is (stealthily) one of the best designed classes in 5e, and it's nice to see the sneak attack progression being used in more places. Extra props for making the thunder cannon scaling its own separate feature that requires an action, preventing shenanigans with cantrips or extra attack, or even Sharpshooter.</p><p></p><p>2) The combination of created magic items + extra attunement slots is great. It makes the artificer viable in both low magic item and high magic item campaigns. (In low magic item campaigns, their items grant some capability not normally accessible, and in high magic item campaigns, where the 3 slot limit can be actually restrictive, they're much more versatile.) Not to mention that the bulk of their accessible magic item recipes make them more rogue-like, tying into point 1! </p><p></p><p>3) Keeping their base spellcasting power low allows them to make Infuse Magic more powerful and thus more interesting. I might like a few more spell options, but the list is decent.</p><p></p><p>4) The mechanical animal feature is obviously intended to be the big boost for the class at the 5th-6th range, and I think it does the job pretty well. Strong, but not really much worse than a druid spending his 3rd level slots on Conjure Animals. Features like that really don't need to scale much in 5e, the animal will always be versatile and give a damage boost.</p><p></p><p>5) The mechanics are solid enough that they're easy to reskin. The alchemist could easily be flavored as a wand wielder, for example.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TwoSix, post: 7706669, member: 205"] I love it. One of the best UAs in a while, possibly ever. It's nice to see some real novelty and risk-taking in some of the material, now that we're 2.5 years into 5e. 1) Identifying the artificer as an alternate rogue, and then building around a rogue sneak attack chassis, is fantastic. I'm doubly impressed that they were willing to put the at-will scaling mechanic into the subclasses, rather than the main class skeleton. The rogue is (stealthily) one of the best designed classes in 5e, and it's nice to see the sneak attack progression being used in more places. Extra props for making the thunder cannon scaling its own separate feature that requires an action, preventing shenanigans with cantrips or extra attack, or even Sharpshooter. 2) The combination of created magic items + extra attunement slots is great. It makes the artificer viable in both low magic item and high magic item campaigns. (In low magic item campaigns, their items grant some capability not normally accessible, and in high magic item campaigns, where the 3 slot limit can be actually restrictive, they're much more versatile.) Not to mention that the bulk of their accessible magic item recipes make them more rogue-like, tying into point 1! 3) Keeping their base spellcasting power low allows them to make Infuse Magic more powerful and thus more interesting. I might like a few more spell options, but the list is decent. 4) The mechanical animal feature is obviously intended to be the big boost for the class at the 5th-6th range, and I think it does the job pretty well. Strong, but not really much worse than a druid spending his 3rd level slots on Conjure Animals. Features like that really don't need to scale much in 5e, the animal will always be versatile and give a damage boost. 5) The mechanics are solid enough that they're easy to reskin. The alchemist could easily be flavored as a wand wielder, for example. [/QUOTE]
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