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## Artificer: Augmentation Specialist An Augmentation Artificer is a relatively new tradition in the line of Artificers, these magical tinkerers have begun the process of replacing parts of their own body, either by necessity or desire. Many Augmentation Artificer's have lost limbs in the line of duty, or have upgraded parts of their body to be more effective. Augmentation Artificer's turn their bodies into weapons, so that they will never be without defense, even going so far as to building protections and immunities into their bodies. ##### Augmentation Origin | d6 | Origin | |:----:|:-------------| | 1 | You had an encounter with an automaton and were inspired to become more than what you were. | | 2 | When you were at war, you lost an arm - but when you came to, it had been mysteriously replaced by a synthetic replica. You continued that work. | | 3 | An explosion almost killed you, and chance intervention of an artificial organ saved you. Now you want to know what else can be improved. | | 4 | A nightmareish dream of a race of half machine, half flesh and blood conquerers inspired you to augment yourself to defend against such a foe. | | 5 | You unearthed plans of self-improvement from a forgotten empire and sought to finish what they didn't. | | 6 | After patching up so many wounded adventurers, you began to think what use those improvements could be on your own body. | ##### Augmentation Features | Artificer Level | Features | |:----:|:-------------| | 3rd | Augmentation Spells, Handy Dandy | | 5th | Adapted Sentry | | 9th | Technological Armouring | | 15th | More Machine Now | #### Augmentation Spellcasting Starting at 3rd level, you always have certain spells prepared after you reach particular levels in this class, as shown in the Augmentation Spells table. These spells count as artificer spells for you, but they don't count against the number of artificer spells you prepare. ##### Augmentation Spells | Class Level | Spells | |:----:|:-------------| | 3rd | *armor of Agathys†* | | 5th | *enhance ability* | | 9th | *haste* | | 13th | *greater invisibility* | | 17th | *legend lore* | †deals *force* damage instead of cold. \column #### Handy Dandy When you adopt this specialisation at 3rd level, you begin the process of upgrading your own body. Your first step in this journey is replacing your dominant hand with a fully automated replica. This hand has several benefits over your original. * The prosthetic is a fully capable part of your body. It can't be removed against your will, but you can choose to detach it as a bonus action. In this state it counts as a Tiny construct that has a walking speed of 30 ft., the *spider climb* feature, an AC equal to 12 + your proficiency bonus and 1/5th of your Hit Point total. * So long as you can see it and your target or target area, if one is required, you can cast spells from your hand as if you were in it's space. * While detatched from you, your hand can give the Help action to any creature that it is within 5 ft. of, using your reaction to do so. * The prosthetic is a magic melee weapon with which you're proficient, and uses your Intelligence modifier for the attack and damage rolls. It deals 1d8 force damage on a hit and has the thrown property, with a normal range of 20 feet and a long range of 60 feet. When thrown, the prosthetic detaches and flies at the target of the attack, then immediately returns to you and reattaches. The damage dealt increases as you gain levels, becoming 2d8 at 5th level, 3d8 at 11th level and 4d8 at 17th level. If your hand is damaged, you can use the *mending* cantrip to repair it, at a rate of 1d6 + your Intelligence modifier per casting of the spell. If your hand is reduced to zero hit points, and then takes further damage, it is broken beyond the means of the *mending* cantrip, and you can make a replacement at the end of a long rest, if you have your tinkerer's tools. #### Adapted Sentry Filled with extremely vulnerable organs you are a walking timebomb - you have sought to overcome these inherent biological weaknesses. When you reach 5th level in this class, you have replaced many of your major organs, and thus have overcome many limitations that you once had. * You have advantage on saving throws against being poisoned, and you have resistance to poison damage. * You don't need to eat, drink, or breathe. * You are immune to disease. * You don't need to sleep, and magic can't put you to sleep. **Sentry's Rest.** When you take a long rest, you must spend at least six hours in an inactive, motionless state, rather than sleeping. In this state, you appear inert, but it doesn't render you unconscious, and you can see and hear as normal. \page

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In addition, you gain darkvision out to 60 ft. if you did not already have it. If you already had darkvision, your range increases by 30 ft. #### Technological Armouring Upon reaching 9th level in this specialisation, your body generates it's own protective field. When you aren't wearing armour, your AC equals 13 + your Intelligence modifier. In addition, your work on your body has continued apace - your walking speed increases by 10 ft., and you count as one size larger when it comes to determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag, or lift. #### More Machine Now When you reach 15th level in this specialisation, you have perfected your improvements to your body. When you do so, you gain the following improvements: * Both of your hands are now capable of acting independently, and their walking speed increases by 10 ft. You gain the Extra Attack feature with your hands. * You have advantage on Constitution saving throws to maintaing concentration on spells. * The maximum number of items that you can infuse at once increases by 2 but they must be built into your body. * You are considered to have cast the *clone* spell, and have a back up of your augmented body stored somewhere. You must have somewhere that you can store this vessel, but it functions similarly to the *clone* spell, being a replica of your augmented body which are are considered to keep updated any time you finish a long rest in the vicinity of, so long as you aren't incapacitated, and can freely work on it. * If you die, and you are transferred to your replacement body, you must spend 12 hrs and all of your spell slots to recreate this back up, which takes 120 days to complete (without your input) as per the normal *clone* spell. ### Extra Infusions Along with this subclass, you also have extra Artificer Infusions to choose from, which are listed below: ##### Projection Shield *Prerequisite: a prosthetic arm or hand.* This magical shield is hidden inside your prosthetic arm or hand, and can be activated as a bonus action. It appears as a transparant shield of your aesthetic choice, and can be dismissed as a bonus action. At 10th level the bonus to AC increase by +1. \column ##### Enhanced Eyes *Prerequisite: two gems worth at least 10gp. (requires attunement)* These polished gems become either replicas of your eyes, or appear as you design them. While fitted into place, they replace your eyes and provide the following benefits: * You can use your Intelligence modifier in place of Wisdom for your Perception and Insight skills, including passive. * Once per day you can cast the *Identify* spell without expending a spell slot or touching the item you are trying to identify. ##### Mind Gem *Prerequisite: one gems worth at least 50gp. (requires attunement)* You set this magical gem in your forehead, where it remains fixed. It cannot be removed against your will. While equipped to you, you can cast spells without the somatic or verbal components, and without material components that lack a cost.

"Following the unearthing of various artifacts in and around Aeor, the tinkerer's of Exandria all eventually learned about the prospect of enhancing one's own body through magitek prosthetics. However, as it often does, necessity was soon over taken by curiosity, and now there are those who augment their body not for need, but for desire, and therein lies the danger of misuse." **Expositor Olek Tamarani, Rexxentrum Archives of the Cobalt Soul**

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