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<blockquote data-quote="Aldarc" data-source="post: 7769354" data-attributes="member: 5142"><p>Most definitely. One of the problems of the previous Artificer, IMO, was that it tried to be too many other concrete things all at once: Eberron artificer, a generic alchemist, a gunslinger, a mechanical rogue, etc. I personally think that WotC should give up the concept of Artificer as gunslinger/gunsmith since Matt Mercer's gunslinger largely fills that role already. </p><p></p><p>The Artificer in Eberron was more akin to a guild artisan that would develop from within a magical setting. They looked across the spectrum of magical traditions, regardless of categories like "divine" or "arcane" magic, in a desire to distill and transfer the essence of magic into objects. And through infusions (and crafting), Artificers had a tremendous degree of flexibility in their use and creation of magical items. This magical economy was most definitely rooted in its original 3e context, but also to its benefit, a 5e Artificer will be spared the cumbersomeness of 3e magical crafting rules. So a 5e Artificer provides the opportunity to present something more streamlined and simple.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aldarc, post: 7769354, member: 5142"] Most definitely. One of the problems of the previous Artificer, IMO, was that it tried to be too many other concrete things all at once: Eberron artificer, a generic alchemist, a gunslinger, a mechanical rogue, etc. I personally think that WotC should give up the concept of Artificer as gunslinger/gunsmith since Matt Mercer's gunslinger largely fills that role already. The Artificer in Eberron was more akin to a guild artisan that would develop from within a magical setting. They looked across the spectrum of magical traditions, regardless of categories like "divine" or "arcane" magic, in a desire to distill and transfer the essence of magic into objects. And through infusions (and crafting), Artificers had a tremendous degree of flexibility in their use and creation of magical items. This magical economy was most definitely rooted in its original 3e context, but also to its benefit, a 5e Artificer will be spared the cumbersomeness of 3e magical crafting rules. So a 5e Artificer provides the opportunity to present something more streamlined and simple. [/QUOTE]
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