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Message: <blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 9535950" data-attributes="member: 2067">The Alchemist version of extra attack is Alchemical Savant. The unstated design intent: Alchemists use cantrips as their main damage source, so we're going to power up the cantrips we want them to use - acid splash, fire bolt, or poison spray, This feature keeps these cantrips competitive as your main action (and adds a bit of sauce onto your big damage spells).The Artillerist version of extra attack is Arcane Firearm, which does roughly the same buff (+1d8 vs. +ability mod) that's more broadly applicable. The unstated design intent here is the same: use your cantrip (probably fire bolt in this case) to deal damage as your action, and enjoy a little kicker to your damaging spells. These are both weaker than Extra Attack or a 3rd-level spell, but they're not out of the ballpark - roughly in the area of a slot-free smite (that doesn't scale). Scaling could be an interesting thing to add to each of these. They do their base effect (+1d8 / + ability mod), but you can burn spell slots of 1st level and higher to sweeten them by 1d8 or so each slot level? (I'd also love if the Alchemist got a heal that could do that)</blockquote>