Unearthed Arcana Unearthed Arcana: The Artificer Is Here! & UA Schedule Changes

Not liking the shape of this. It's certainly powerful in a batman-utility sort of way, but I didn't expect the Artificer to become a "Must Have Pet" class. My potion thrower is gone, and the party Beastmaster is giving me side-eye.

Unless you can put Returning Weapon on the potions you throw.

 

[Iry]

Wait...can the Alchemical Homunculus give all PCs advantage on all out of combat skill checks, and 12+Int temporary hitpoints prior to any combat, as often as it wants at no cost?

Looks like you get 3 Salves Per Day. Defender Turrent looks like it can go forever.

 

[Parmandur]

Wait...can the Alchemical Homunculus give all PCs advantage on all out of combat skill checks, and 12+Int temporary hitpoints prior to any combat, as often as it wants at no cost?

Any PC can give another Advantage outside of combat.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

I really, really, really don't like that they're trying to fit mechanical engineering into a spellcasting chassis. The whole "The Magic of Artifice" text-box makes my skin crawl:

You got it mistaken. It's magical mechanical engineering.

Anyway I like the class.

 

[Kobold Avenger]

I'm amused at the Artificers in Other Worlds part, it even brings up Mystara and Sigil! Along with the very obvious Izzet League having many Artificers in Ravnica.

 

[Parmandur]

I'm amused at the Artificers in Other Worlds part, it even brings up Mystara and Sigil! Along with the very obvious Izzet League having many Artificers in Ravnica.

That is a robust section: makes me suspicious.

 

[cbwjm]

I'm amused at the Artificers in Other Worlds part, it even brings up Mystara and Sigil! Along with the very obvious Izzet League having many Artificers in Ravnica.

What's amusing about it?

 

[vecna00]

I've posted this on Facebook, but I'll just copy it here!

I'm pretty positive on it. I miss the gunsmith and incremental extra attunements, and I question adding their version of Extra Attack, but overall I like it.

The pets are fine, not great, but fine. They give a bit of the original artificer feel, but I would love the ability to craft any type of homunculus as before.

 

[Kobold Avenger]

What's amusing about it?

Queue the thread speculating about what campaign setting is next...

Also setting purists who insist that if a class never existed in the last edition a campaign setting was published in, it's not part of that campaign setting.

 

[kenmarable]

Wait...can the Alchemical Homunculus give all PCs advantage on all out of combat skill checks, and 12+Int temporary hitpoints prior to any combat, as often as it wants at no cost?

It only grants 1 single PC advantage (only on ability checks) up to Int mod times within the next hour OR 2d6 temp hit points only 3/day. So it’s pretty narrowly defined.

 

[cbwjm]

Queue the thread speculating about what campaign setting is next...

Also setting purists who insist that if a class never existed in the last edition a campaign setting was published in, it's not part of that campaign setting.

Hah, yeah. I can totally see both of those things happening.