Those from other sources are attributed.įairy TWBtW: Not being able to fly while wearing heavy armor defeats the entire purpose of taking this race.įirbolg VGtM: Poor ability scores for an Artificer. Red = Below average, extremely situational, or otherwise just bad.Īll features and abilities for the Artificer class are from Tasha’s Guide to Everything, with some supplemental spells taken from the core rulebook set (Player’s Handbook, Monster Manual, and Dungeon Master’s Guide). Orange = Average option, useful in specific circumstances The guide that follows uses a color-coding system to rank the abilities granted.īlue = An essential, class-defining ability you would be remiss to overlook. While the options presented here may be the optimal build for a artificer (in my opinion), the beauty of D&D character creation is that the only limit is your imagination so feel free to build your character whichever way you want to.
Artificer has the most decision points of any class, requiring a ton of notation and reference to keep all your abilities and class features in check.įollow this guide to discover how to best optimize the skills, weapons, features, and abilities for a D&D 5e Artificer class character build.
Like wizard, this is a very complicated class to play, and a difficult one to play to its full potential. Depending on your setting, artificers can be purely magical creationists or steampunk tinkerers, whichever fits the flavor. First introduced in the first Eberron book, and updated in Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything, the Artificer combines magic with technology to provide a diverse and effective class, capable of supporting a large party in the most dangerous of circumstances. Both download and print editions of such books should be high quality.A late addition to the game, Artificer is one of the extra classes inspired by past editions of the game set in a not strictly medieval setting.
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