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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 2683819" data-attributes="member: 19675">I know its not quite the same, but I ran a gnomish artificer in 2Ed.  I concentrated on alchemy, herbalism and other crafts skills, making all kinds of potions and concoctions.  The essential idea (as far as combat went) was controlling an area or laying covering fire while the REAL warriors delivered the hurt.As a result, he threw a lot of smoke-bombs, firebombs, acid and/or gas grenades, etc.  Poison may or may not have been in his repetoir... <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/paranoid.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":uhoh:" title="Paranoid    :uhoh:" data-shortname=":uhoh:" /> I did a little research on nifty little facts about ancient technology and the natural world, like how to build an ancient battery, how wool and amber can generate electricity, pine sap can be used as an extremely low-grade explosive, or which animals, mushrooms and plants made the nastiest poisons.He used oils to make locks easier to pick, or sometimes to make it easier to hit (now) prone opponents.Non-combat, he'd use his crafting skills to generate a little cash- showing this blacksmith a better way to forge a particular alloy, or using a weak battery to electroplate cheap jewelry (usually to scam a scammer).</blockquote>