Artificer 20? [3.5]

[root9125]

All books allowed, except BoED, BoVD, and Anything That Sounds Like Psionics (ATSLP).

Building a 10th level character, with plans to go to 20. Do I take straight artificer? Are there any fun prestige classes for an artificer?

BTW, my party's makeup is not really important to my build. If I duplicate functions, it's okay. I just want to make a fun character, and artificer sounded like it would be that. :D

Any ideas?

[sonofzeal]

My Artificer took "Fleshwarper" via a few houserules that made the Homunculus count as a Familiar. Good PrC, fits them well. The Grafting system in general requires houseruling for consistency, but that's manageable.

Actually, after you've got Metamagic Spell Trigger (and possibly Metamagic Spell Completion), there's little reason to take the class except for the craft reserve, and you can multiclass pretty much freely without interfering with your Artificerness.

Artificer 20 is totally fine though too. Decent craft reserve, your Infusions improve, and you get a few straggler item creation feats.

[Telonius]

Artificer 20 is a perfectly good progression. There aren't that many PrCs that are particularly well-suited for the base class ("Cannith Wand Adept" is one of the few I've heard about, and it's kind of lackluster).

[root9125]

And it's Dragon Magazine, which isn't a "book" by my definition (or my DM's...)

[Telonius]

Cannith Wand Adept was from Sharn: City of Towers. It's an official Eberron book.

[Draken]

Renegade mastermaker in Magic of Eberron is pretty cool. If you aren't warforged already.

[Oslecamo]

By 15th level you can craft pretty much anything nonepic, so feel free to fill the last 5 levels with anything you like. Warforged juggernaut is an interesting choice for more melee focused artificers. Or to get juicy construct immunities.

[PinkysBrain]

Building a 10th level character, with plans to go to 20. Do I take straight artificer?

At least up to 8, probably up to 13.

Any ideas?

You can do almost anything ... narrow it down for us.

[Adumbration]

See if you can convince your DM to allow you to play this.

(I know it's homebrew but... You know, Djinn_in_Tonic.)

[Deth Muncher]

See if you can convince your DM to allow you to play this.

(I know it's homebrew but... You know, Djinn_in_Tonic.)

Only if you can brew Jagerdraught as a result. :D

[Oslecamo]

See if you can convince your DM to allow you to play this.

(I know it's homebrew but... You know, Djinn_in_Tonic.)

Great, that turns one of the most broken classes on the game even more broken. The druid can go and sit to play cards with the cleric and wizard, because that thing can craft a solution to any problem in a freaking fullround action. And actualy more caster level than his character level. Before buffs.

[Adumbration]

Great, that turns one of the most broken classes on the game even more broken. The druid can go and sit to play cards with the cleric and wizard, because that thing can craft a solution to any problem in a freaking fullround action. And actualy more caster level than his character level. Before buffs.

And do you know why in the whole 2-page thread there is nary a single complaint about balance?

It's. Fricking. Awesome.

(Okay, I do know it's unbalanced. Maybe I shouldn't have recommended it. But! See above.)

[Oslecamo]

The picture is awesome. The class isn't, as it's basicaly pun-pun in disguise (create anything anytime with some easy to skip restrictions). Unless you think pun-pun is awesome.