1st level Artificer

[Obryn]

Yep, and the Battlesmith's class feature also gets wacky when it differentiates between Weapon and Implement attacks.

For the most part, though, the class is fairly neutral on how you're attacking. I can only think of a few exceptions, like Vampiric Weapons.

-O

 

[keterys]

There are also some positively silly tricks you can do with temp hp with an artificer that may or may not be worth doing - along the lines of starting every combat with the defender (or whoever - if your games tend to only have a combat, could do everyone but the artificer unless you can't take a couple short rests in a row) having surge + X temp hp from a surge spent from anyone who has one kinda thing, and surge expenditures now almost become party surge expenditures so that's a huge benefit too.

But yeah, it's all about magic weapon.

 

[DracoSuave]

Yep, and the Battlesmith's class feature also gets wacky when it differentiates between Weapon and Implement attacks.

Um.... what class feature?

 

[Obryn]

I don't have it in front of me, but IIRC they have a class feature which gives Brutal 1 (or expands the Brutal range by 1) any time they give a bonus to a weapon attack.

(er, I mean Paragon Path feature...)

-O

 

[DracoSuave]

I don't have it in front of me, but IIRC they have a class feature which gives Brutal 1 (or expands the Brutal range by 1) any time they give a bonus to a weapon attack.

(er, I mean Paragon Path feature...)

-O

Okay, -that- is a little bit more sense-making.

That'd be Battle Engineer.

And yes, it only works on bonuses to damage when applied to weapon powers.

 

[lukelightning]

I like that White Raven whatever feat... the one that gives your target a -1penalty to the defense you hit. So if you hit with magic weapon, not only do your allies get a +1 to hit, the target has a -1 AC.

 

[DracoSuave]

Which means they get +2 to hit, and you have +1 to hit your next turn with Magic Weapon... which is +1 to hit

 

[Obryn]

Okay, -that- is a little bit more sense-making.

That'd be Battle Engineer.

And yes, it only works on bonuses to damage when applied to weapon powers.

Hah! OK. Yeah, like I said, I have neither the book nor the character in front of me.

And yeah, it's Battle Engineer and based on the damage bonus. My bad. My shame runs eternal.

-O

 

[Shroomy]

I play an artificer multi-classed with rogue (so I always use my magic weapon at-will to deliver my sneak attack damage) and this week I introduced a new trick that frustrated my DM to no end. I cast energy shroud on everyone and then our melee combatants intentionally provoked opportunity attacks. Oh the mayhem!

 

[Mort_Q]

Does your DM realize that you don't have to attack when provoked? An intelligent enemy certainly wouldn't do it repeatedly.

YMMV,