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Yes. Since spell scrolls are very cheap, it is a big advantage.

It says it mimicks your actions. So I'd say it is very limited in what it can do. Otherwise it would be way too strong actually.

It won't increase hp by a lot. It is effectively giving: D6 classes standardized +2 hp per level. D8 classes standardized +3hp per level. D10 classes standardized +4hp per level. D12 classes standardized +5hp per level. All instead of con mod to hp. If I would redesign the game I would...

A wizard with 2 hp + 1 per level. Who should never get hit. I think con should not be a stat anymore. Or at least not influence total hp. There are no skills attached to it. Maybe it should affect starting hp and recovery. Not HP each level. Maybe I will try at some point: HP = max hd * level...

Dex works well enough. Con is hard.

Still specialities ended up being consumed by feats. I am really sad, that specialities did not make it through the playtest.

The game is not all about damage. But batllesmith and artillerist are quite competitive in the damage department. The armorer is tanking a lot, so others can do more damage. My 2014 armorer used to have heavy armor mastery and an AC of 23 and a lot of THP. P/B/S damage couldn't get him down.

Specialities had 2 iterations. Maybe 3. And they were transformed to feats. I am glad proficiency bonus does not start at 1. Actually I think they should have rounded up instead of down and have it start at +3 and going up to +7.

I agree with many things of this post. I however think that designers are allowed to have favourite things and are allowed to try and make them liked by the crowd. At some point one needs to make decisions on what to iterate and what not.

In this case, not being able to cast the lower level slots at higher level unnecessarily limits your choices. It feels bad to only use a low level spell instead of a high level spell. If level 3 spells are fair game, why shouldn't ylu be able to use level 1 spells cast at 3rd level, when those...

Don't you cast the spell from the item?

Yes. Even splits usually are not great. This is why I use full + half as baseline. And scrap subclass for that.

I like the multiclass rules as they are now. But my preferred multiclass option is how final fantasy XI classes work: You have one primary class and one secondary class. Secondary class is always half the primary class level and a select few abilities are not available as subclass. For D&D...

I just converted my warforged armorer to 2024 rules. Didn't have that much fun with a character for a long time. The armor was his all purpose tool and was modified permanently when they cast spells lile alter self and such.

I think it is not totally clear. The ability should just state that all spells are automatically upcast to level 3. You should not feel bad when you put a level 1 spell into it. The difference between mystic arcanum is that the artificer has those spells available and can put them into the...

Ah. I make it auto scale with character level. For cure wounds (a level 1 spell) Lvl1 character: 1st level: 2d8 2nd level: 4d8 Level 5 character: 1st level: 3d8 2nd level: 5d8 3rd level: 7d8 4th level: 9d8 5th level: 11d8 Lvl 11 character: 1st level: 4d8 2nd level: 6d8 3rd level: 8d8...

That rule does not necessarily apply here. If the artificer decides to use a level 3 version, it is specified otherwise. Maybe. Bur I think I use the DM advice that tells you to read the rules in the more favorable way.

I am a bit lower. But it seems to work very well.

I just tried upcasting damage spells like healing spells. Works well. I also add an extra die of damage (and healing) when cantrips scale for all spells that were available before that level. At level 5, all level 1 and 2 spells gain an extra die of base damage.

Read the relevant part of the spellcasting rules. A spell cast at higher level is a spell of higher level.