Artificer (Dungeons & Dragons)
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The artificer is a character class in the Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 edition roleplaying game that was introduced in Eberron.
Though introduced in the Magic of Faerun, artificers are most often seen in the Eberron campaign setting. The artificer is a unique base class and reflects many of the core themes of Eberron. The artificer's abilities act primarily on items and constructs. Through a combination of their infusions (which work similarly to spells but must target objects) and their item creation abilities they add a great deal of flexibility to a party.
The class is not mechanically similar to any of the other classes; though arguably the combination of combat abilities (including weapon and armor proficiencies), buffing spells and repair spells make it most similar to the cleric core class.
The artificer is a complex class, requiring extensive bookkeeping if a player fully utilizes its item creation abilities.
The artificer uses intelligence based "Infusions" instead of typical magics and psionics. Although there is a variant psionic artificer.
No currently published race has artificer as a favored class, though being a warforged artificer gives the player the advantage of being able to use his infusions on himself.
