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<blockquote data-quote="RealAlHazred" data-source="post: 6749835" data-attributes="member: 25818">Originally posted by Tempest_Stormwind:That's interesting, actually. Infuse Arcane Device has been in this artificer since the get-go: it's Imbue Scrolls with a new name. But that new name midway through does enough to change it so that you can view it through the same SSI lens that you view Prototype. And that's a fair point, which I haven't tested as fully as I need to yet. But considering how these are limited to a very small list (just the basic augmentations, which are NOT as strong offensively as they are defensively, and, for spellforgers, the basic ones that upgrade equipment), I wouldn't be super-paranoid about it. Caution is still prudent, though. So, you admit you haven't played a 5e wizard, and are judging this off of 3e with its common scrolls, purchasable scrolls, and downtime research to expand books further. Judging characters based on how certain classes played in entirely separate games is sort of like saying that 5e War or Tempest clerics can't be good in melee, because they have a prohibition against edged weapons and poor THAC0.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RealAlHazred, post: 6749835, member: 25818"] [b]Originally posted by Tempest_Stormwind:[/b] That's interesting, actually. Infuse Arcane Device has been in this artificer since the get-go: it's Imbue Scrolls with a new name. But that new name midway through does enough to change it so that you can view it through the same SSI lens that you view Prototype. And that's a fair point, which I haven't tested as fully as I need to yet. But considering how these are limited to a very small list (just the basic augmentations, which are NOT as strong offensively as they are defensively, and, for spellforgers, the basic ones that upgrade equipment), I wouldn't be super-paranoid about it. Caution is still prudent, though. So, you admit you haven't played a 5e wizard, and are judging this off of 3e with its common scrolls, purchasable scrolls, and downtime research to expand books further. Judging characters based on how certain classes played in [i]entirely separate games[/i] is sort of like saying that 5e War or Tempest clerics can't be good in melee, because they have a prohibition against edged weapons and poor THAC0. [/QUOTE]

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