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<blockquote data-quote="Paul Farquhar" data-source="post: 8086126" data-attributes="member: 6906155">The artificer tends to be support oriented, so if you are looking for high DPR it isn't a particularly good choice.Having said that, Artificer works well if you want to build an intelligence-focused rogue (Arcane Trickster). A one level dip gives you medium armour, shield, con saves, an extra caster level (artificer levels round up) and INT Magic Stone. Which, when loaded into a sling, can be used to sneak attack. Three levels of Artificer (Battle Smith) gives you INT based attacks on all your weapons, and a pet which, although not optimised, can help make sure you qualify for sneak attacks. Oh, and +2 caster levels. Either artificer or rogue works as your main class after level 6.It's only useful with a wizard multiclass if you want to play a gish. For example, Battlesmith/Bladesinger. Exploring Eberron has an artificer subclass that is better than battlesmith for this build.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Paul Farquhar, post: 8086126, member: 6906155"] The artificer tends to be support oriented, so if you are looking for high DPR it isn't a particularly good choice. Having said that, Artificer works well if you want to build an intelligence-focused rogue (Arcane Trickster). A one level dip gives you medium armour, shield, con saves, an extra caster level (artificer levels round [I]up[/I]) and INT [I]Magic Stone[/I]. Which, when loaded into a sling, can be used to sneak attack. Three levels of Artificer (Battle Smith) gives you INT based attacks on all your weapons, and a pet which, although not optimised, can help make sure you qualify for sneak attacks. Oh, and +2 caster levels. Either artificer or rogue works as your main class after level 6. It's only useful with a wizard multiclass if you want to play a gish. For example, Battlesmith/Bladesinger. [I]Exploring Eberron[/I] has an artificer subclass that is better than battlesmith for this build. [/QUOTE]

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