Artificer

Creative Inventor

Artificers are savants when it comes to machines and mechanics, using their genius to build amazing creations out of wires, gears, and whatever else they can get their hands on. Their creations are incredible boons both in and out of combat, but their true strength is in their ingenuity and creativity.

The Artificer

Level	PWS Proficiency	Features	Artifice Charges
1st	2	Artifice, Artifice Charges	1
2nd	2	Ability Score Improvement (ASI), Class Feat (Novice)	1
3rd	2	Tool Expertise	2
4th	2	ASI, Favored Spell	2
5th	3	Artifice Upgrade (1)	2
6th	3	ASI, Class Feat (Journeyman)	2
7th	3	--	3
8th	3	ASI, Favored Spell	3
9th	4	--	3
10th	4	Artifice Upgrade (2), ASI	3
11th	4	Class Feat (Expert)	4
12th	4	ASI, Favored Spell	4
13th	5	--	4
14th	5	ASI	4
15th	5	Artifice Upgrade (3)	5
16th	5	ASI, Favored Spell	5
17th	6	Class Feat (Master)	5
18th	6	ASI	5
19th	6	Classless Feat	6
20th	6	ASI, Magnum Opus	6

Class Features

As an Artificer you gain the following class features.

Health

Health at 1st Level: 8 + your CON score

Health Beyond 1st Level: 1d8 (or 5) + your CON score per Artificer level after 1st

Proficiencies

Skills at 1st Level:

You gain 1 proficiency in Tinkering Tools, up to 5;
Select two Weapon Skills to gain proficiency in as you level up: one of these skills must be Large, Medium, Polearm, Small, Unarmed, or an Exotic weapon, and the other must be Archery, Firearm, or Throwing.

Skills Beyond 1st Level: You gain 1 SP every time you level up.

Artifice

At 1st level, you have what makes you an Artificer: your Artifice, which is a special invention of yours that takes one of the following forms:

You have created a single small mechanical Creature that is exclusively loyal to you and has the following features:

It is Tiny;
its ability scores are thus: STR 0, CON 2, AGI 2, DEX 2.5, INT 1, WIS 2, CHA 0;
it has 1 proficiency in all Action Skills, and you have 6 SP with which to increase its skill proficiencies;
its Dodge penalty is -0 and its Natural Armor score is 2;
its Health is equal to 4 times your Artificer level + its CON score times your Artificer level;
it acts on its own turn in combat;
when Tiny, it can fly and crawl up walls and upside-down without issue;
once a day it must be refueled with a ¼ gallon of fuel or it will shut down (you have a gallon of fuel in your possession at the time you create it);
you and it can communicate with each other and you can communicate with/through it so long as it is within 2 kilometers of you;
you can take 1 second (independent of your DEX) to verbally give your Creature a command, which it will carry out to the best of its ability, though it will not knowingly destroy itself unless you explicitly tell it to; if it is physically unable to do what you ask it, it informs you of this as soon as it is able.

You’ve invented a mechanical suit specifically and specially designed for you and with the following features:

You can use 10.5 seconds to enter or exit it, however you cannot enter it if you are wearing armor or a shield;
it grants an Armor bonus equal to 1 + ½ your Artificer level (rounded up) and counts as Light armor;
you can have up to 6 weapons equipped at once (one on each limb and two on the torso);
it increases your STR score by .5 + ¼ your Artificer level, rounded down to the nearest half, up to 8;
it functions as a backpack;
it weighs 20 + your Artificer level pounds.

You’ve created a special firearm that can be placed in a single spot and has the following features:

It takes 3.5 seconds to place and another 3.5 to set up;
the user can take 1.5 seconds to fire it once, dealing 1d10 + the user’s DEX score physical base damage (scaling with the user’s Firearm proficiency);
its range is 50/75 meters;
it uses a special type of ammunition that you create, and that you have 10 of at the time of creation;
it takes 10.5 seconds to be reloaded and has a capacity equal to your INT score + your Artificer level;
over the course of a day’s rest, you can use tinkering tools or gunsmithing tools to create an amount of ammunition for the Turret equal to your INT score, or ¼ as much (rounded appropriately, up if half) over the course of a night’s rest;
it weighs 30 pounds.

The Exoskeleton and the Turret’s Armor scores and Health are equal to double your INT score. You can use Tinkering Tools to repair any damage done to your Artifice, in much the same way you could use those tools to replenish the Health of an Automaton. If your Artifice is lost or destroyed, you can spend 50 Aeons in materials and use your Tinkering Tools to build a new one over a day’s rest.

Your Artifice will be upgraded at 5th, 10th, 15th, and 20th level, unless you decide to create another at one of those levels.

Artifice Charges

At creation, your Artifice has a single charge that you can expend to perform a special ability unique to it, detailed here:

The creature can expend a charge and 1.5 seconds to make a special attack against a single target; this attack deals 1d8 + its CON score electric damage. If this attack deals any final damage, the target loses its reactions until the start of its next turn. The number of d8s rolled increases as you gain more Artifice charges, as shown in the Artificer class table.

You can expend a charge to either a. perform a jump that is double your normal jump height/distance or b. double your speed for the next 6 seconds.

At the time you create your Turret, select one of the following damage types: burn, caustic, electric, freeze, poison, or sonic. The Turret can expend a charge and 3.5 seconds to perform a special attack that takes the form of either a. a 10m line or b. a 5m cone (pick which at the time you make the attack) that deals 1d8 + your INT score damage of the type you chose to every creature caught in its area of effect. The number of d8s rolled increases as you gain more Artifice charges, as shown in the Artificer class table.

You replenish your Artifice’s charges during a night’s or day's rest. Your Artifice gains more charges as you level up, as shown in the Artificer class table.

Ability Score Improvement

Every even-numbered level, you can increase one of your Ability Scores by .5. You cannot increase an ability score beyond 5 via this feature.

Class Feats

At 2nd level, you studied and tinkered enough to learn how to enhance yourself and your Artifice with special feats. At the end of the class description, under “Class Feats”, you may select one Novice class feat.

At 6th level, you may select either one Journeyman or two Novice class feats.

When you reach 11th level, you may choose either one Expert, one Journeyman and one Novice, or three Novice class feats.

Lastly, at 17th level your genius is the stuff of legend, and you may now select one Master, one Expert and one Journeyman, two Journeyman, one Journeyman and two Novice, or four Novice class feats.

Tool Expertise

When you reach 3rd level, your skills with your tools are unmatched. Pick any two Tool Skills with which you have > 1 proficiency; your proficiency in both of those skills increases by 1, and both of those skills can now be increased to 6, even if another skill or feature says it can only be increased to 5. If you only have proficiency in one Tool Skill, then pick any other Tool Skill of your choice for this feature to apply to.

Classless Feat

When you reach 4th level, and again at 8th, 12th, 16th, and 19th level, you can learn a classless feat.

Artifice Upgrade

At 5th, 10th, and 15th level, you have spent enough time researching, learning, and experimenting with and on your Artifice to upgrade it, culminating in your Magnum Opus at 20th level. An Artifice must be upgraded in order, and cannot obtain an upgrade of a given level if it has not obtained the next-lowest upgrade, e.g. you cannot give your Artifice its 3rd-level upgrade if it has not acquired its 2nd-level upgrade. If your Artifice is lost or destroyed after obtaining its level 1/2/3 upgrade, it can be rebuilt using your Tinkering Tools, 100/250/500 Aeons’ worth of materials, and a day’s rest.

Level 1. With this upgrade, your Creature gains the following benefits:

It can take 3 seconds (independent of its DEX) to increase in size to a Small creature, or use another 3 (independent of its DEX) to change its size back to Tiny;
while it is Small, Small or smaller creatures can ride it;
the distance with which you can communicate with/through it increases to 10 kilometers;
you gain 1 point (or 2 half (.5) points) with which to upgrade your Creature’s ability scores as you see fit (up to 5), as well as 3 SP for it;
the amount of daily fuel it requires increases to ¾ gallon;
it cannot fly or crawl on walls or upside-down unless it is Tiny.

Level 2. Your Creature’s Level 2 upgrade bestows the following benefits:

It can now take 6 seconds (independent of its DEX) to become either Tiny, Small, or Medium;
while it is Medium, Medium or smaller creatures can ride it;
the distance at which you can communicate with/through it increases to 50 kilometers;
you gain 1 more point (or 2 half (.5) points) with which to increase its ability scores (up to 10) and 3 more SP;
its special attack now uses d10s for damage;
the amount of daily fuel your Creature requires increases to 1 gallon.

Level 3. With its 3rd upgrade, your Creature gains the following the benefits:

It can now become either Tiny, Small, Medium, or Big over the course of 6 seconds (independent of its DEX);
while it is Big, Big or smaller creatures can ride it;
the distance with which you can communicate with/through it increases to 300 kilometers;
you gain 1 more point (or 2 half (.5) points) with which to increase your Creature’s ability scores (up to 6), as well as 3 more SP;
the amount of daily fuel your Creature requires increases to 2 gallons.

Level 1. This upgrade bestows the following features:

Its Armor bonus increases by 1;
pick one of the following, or something similar: flashlight, grappling hook and 20m of rope, night vision goggles, or crowbar and small hammer: that tool is now affixed to the Exoskeleton and can be used at the cost of 3.5 seconds;
charges can now either perform a jump that is triple your normal jump height/distance or triple your speed for the next 15 seconds.

Level 2. This upgrade further increases the capabilities of your Exoskeleton, granting the following:

Its Armor bonus increases by an additional 1;
pick another tool from the above list (or similar) to attach to the suit, allowing it to be used at the cost of 3.5 seconds;
charges can now either perform a jump that is quadruple your normal jump height/distance or quadruple your speed for the next 30 seconds.

Level 3. The penultimate upgrade to the Exoskeleton grants the following boons:

Its Armor bonus increases by another 1;
a third tool is affixed to it and can be used at the cost of 3.5 seconds;
using a charge will now either perform a jump that is quintuple your normal jump height/distance or quintuple your speed for the next next 45 seconds.

Level 1. With this upgrade, the Turret gains the following:

Its range/long range is increases to 75/100 meters;
the ranges of the line & cone of its special attack increase to 10 & 5 meters, respectively;
you can select another type of damage for the special attack to deal that you have not already chosen. The special attack can deal only one type of damage per attack.

Level 2. The 2nd upgrade to the Turret grants the following benefits:

Its range is increased to 100/150 meters;
the damage of its special attack now uses d10s, and the line’s range is now 15m.

Level 3. The 3rd upgrade to the Turret gives the following features:

Its range is now 150/200 meters;
the ranges of the line and cone of its special attack increase to 20 and 10 meters, respectively;
you can select another type of damage for the special attack to deal that you have not already chosen. The special attack can deal only one type of damage per attack.

Alternatively, at 5th, 10th, and 15th level, instead of upgrading your existing Artifice, you can choose to build a new Artifice in its base form; this Artifice can be any one of the 3 options given in the Artifice feature description, requires 50 Aeons in materials and a day’s rest to build, and has its own supply of charges with which to use its special ability. At the next point when your Artifice would be upgraded, such as 10th or 15th level, you can choose to upgrade one of your existing Artifices or build another in its base form.

Magnum Opus

Your Artifice and its capabilities are, in a word, unparalleled. This feature grants your Artifice its final, greatest upgrade, and makes it a marvel of modern technology. Like with the Artifice Upgrade feature, you can instead choose to build another Artifice in its base form instead of upgrading an existing one. If you have already done so, and are upgrading one of your existing Artifices, refer to the appropriate upgrade level in the Artifice Upgrade feature. Otherwise, if you are upgrading an Artifice that has already obtained its 3rd upgrade, then that Artifice now gains its Magnum Opus upgrade, described below:

The final upgrade to the Creature grants it the following:

It can now take 10 seconds (independent of its DEX) to become Tiny, Small, Medium, Big, or Large;
while it is Large, Large or smaller creatures can ride it;
the distance which you can communicate with/through it increases to 1000 kilometers;
You gain 1.5 points with which to increase your Creature’s ability scores (up to 6) as well as 5 more SP;
its special attack now uses d12s for damage;
the amount of daily fuel it requires increases to 5 gallons.

The Magnum Opus Exoskeleton gains the following benefits:

Its Armor and STR bonuses increase by another 1;
a fourth tool from the given list (or another suitable tool) can be affixed to it in the same manner as the others;
charges can now either give you a flying speed of 4m/sec for the next minute or quintuple your speed for the next minute.

The last upgrade to the Turret gives it the following features:

Its range is now 200/300 meters;
the damage of its special attack now uses d12s, and the line & cone have ranges of 25 & 12.5 meters.

If your Artifice is lost or destroyed after gaining its Magnum Opus upgrade, it can be replaced/rebuilt as it was using Tinkering Tools, 1000 Aeons’ worth of materials, and a day’s rest to reconstruct it.

Artificer Class Feats

An Artificer is an inventor, a mechanic possessing rare genius that allows them to make their own incredible mark on the world. These feats help Artificers to make that mark, giving their inventions and Artifices their own unique styles, perks, and flavors, or expanding upon their other inventions.

Novice

Prerequisite: Creature Artifice

You reinforce the plating on your Creature, increasing its Armor by your INT score.

Prerequisite: Exoskeleton Artifice

You weld a crossing of steel, iron, brass, or other metal onto the hands of your suit, causing your Unarmed attacks to deal 1d6 physical damage.

Prerequisite: Creature Artifice

You repurpose your Creature to heal instead of harm; from now on, your Creature can no longer expend charges to make a special attack, but can instead expend them to heal a creature it can touch by 1d8 + its CON score; this die increases in value whenever you upgrade your Creature, as though it were the creature’s special attack.

Prerequisite: Medium-Range Teleporter

You’re able to once again extend the range of your teleporter all the way to 30m.

Prerequisite: Teleporter

You’re able to extend the range of your teleporter to 20m.

Prerequisite: Turret Artifice

You’ve gotten much better at deploying your Turret when the going gets tough, allowing you to both place and set up your Turret using 1.5 seconds each.

Prerequisite: Exoskeleton Artifice

You reinforce the plating on your Exoskeleton, increasing the Armor Bonus it bestows by your INT score.

Prerequisite: Turret Artifice

You refine the structure and general build of your Turret, increasing its Health to your Artificer level + double your INT score.

Journeyman

While experimenting with your Artifice(s), you’ve found a way to increase the number of charges at its disposal, granting your Artifice(s) one additional charge with which to use its special ability. This charge does not affect the damage your Artifice(s) deal(s). This class feat can be taken multiple times.

Prerequisite: Healbot

This feat allows your Creature to regain its special attack; it can now expend charges to use its special attack as though it had never lost it as well as expend them to heal a creature.

Prerequisite: Fists of Steel

You’ve attached a pair of pistons and metal fists onto your suit, allowing you to use a charge to make your punches incredibly strong until the end of your next turn. These punches deal 1d10 physical base damage and scale with the Unarmed skill.

Prerequisite: Turret Artifice

You’ve engineered a way to control your Turret remotely, allowing you to aim and fire it from a distance of up to 20m (it must already be set up for you to do this). This feat would also allow you to prevent the Turret from being used by someone you don’t want using it so long as you are within 20m of it.

Prerequisite: Teleporter

You’ve found a way to enhance the workings of the teleporter. The user now knows exactly where and how they will place themselves and can use that knowledge to make a single attack using the same time that they took when they teleported, assuming the attack would normally take you <3 seconds.

Expert

Prerequisite: >2 Artifices

Using this feat, you are able to combine two of your Artifices into a single mechanism, granting the new machine capabilities truly unique to it. You can make the following combinations:
Creature and Exoskeleton. You permanently affix the Exoskeleton to the Creature, which then gains its benefits.
Creature and Turret. You’ve managed to permanently affix the Turret to the Creature, allowing the Creature to fire the Turret as though it were the user, or for a rider to be the user; for the purposes of firing the Turret, the Creature gains 3 proficiency in Firearms.
Exoskeleton and Turret. The Turret permanently becomes one of the Exoskeleton’s equipped weapons, and it no longer requires any time to place, though it does require 1.5 seconds to activate/deactivate, and while activated that arm cannot be used for anything other than the Turret; additionally, this means that no one other than you can use the Turret, but otherwise, you can now use the Turret as normal. Unfortunately, since the Turret has been re-engineered to be smaller and lighter, its base damage is reduced to 1d8, and the magnitude of the special attack damage is also reduced by 1, i.e. 1d6 base damage becomes 1d4, 1d10 becomes 1d8, etc.

You’ve managed to create a mechanical and scientific means of something that was previously only possible via the arcane: teleportation! With this feat, you’ve managed to tinker together a short-range, single-person teleporter that allows the user to take 3 seconds (independent of their DEX) to instantly transport themselves to an unoccupied space that they can see within 10m.