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2016-07-20, 07:33 AM (ISO 8601)
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Artificer Spell List Access
The Artificer, from ebberon, can create magic items by simulating any spell. My question is for spells that are added to a spell list by feats like Mother Cyst or the Initiate feats or Incarnum Spellshaping, does an artificer have access to those spells or do they need the feat?
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Re: Artificer Spell List Access
A cheesy but not broken method is to cast from the Beholder Mage and Ur-Priest lists, which are the sorcerer/wizard and cleric lists respectively but with CL=SL.
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2016-07-20, 01:30 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Artificer Spell List Access
The only requirements the Artificer can ignore is the spell requirement by way of a UMD check. If there are any other requirements to create the item, such as a certain maneuver or Initiator level, the Artificer in question must still meet these requirements in order to create the item.
Edit: Yes, this means the Necrotic Cyst related spells can be put on a scroll by an Artificer.Last edited by fishyfishyfishy; 2016-07-20 at 01:32 PM.
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Re: Artificer Spell List Access
I think there is a very good argument that the CL penalty from Mage Slayer would simply prevent you from casting Wish completely if it brought you below CL 17.
If the minimum CL for a 1st level ranger spell is 2 rather than 4 (and it is), then the minimum CL for a 1st level beholder mage spell is 2 rather than 1.Rhymes with "Protracted."
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Yes, there is such an argument, however, there isn't anything in the rules that outright defines minimum caster levels for spells. There is a section in the PHB (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/magicOverv...tingSpells.htm), but it only says that the caster level you choose must be high enough for you to cast the spell in question. The example in the PHB (Fireball no lower than CL5) makes it rather clear that the minimum caster level is supposed to be the caster level you have when you first gain the ability to cast spells of that spell level. However, it doesn't outright say so, so the rule "the caster level you choose must be high enough" is a null pointer.
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2016-07-20, 07:59 PM (ISO 8601)
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The Dungeon Master's Guide has charts that include the minimum caster levels for all the core classes (DMG 287), so the argument that they're never properly defined doesn't hold much water for me. Yes, non-core classes aren't on the chart, but it's very obvious what the pattern is, and the rules do actually for reals tell you to extrapolate in situations like this (DMG 6), so shrugging your shoulders and saying "Well, we can't really know!" seems like a disingenuous answer IMO.
Rhymes with "Protracted."
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Well sure, minimum CL is different for different classes, that much is very clear. Ur-Priest weirdness isn't a rules justification for Mage Slayer shenanigans, though.
Rhymes with "Protracted."
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Re: Artificer Spell List Access
Hmm... you know, if we're talking specifically about he absolute letter of the law, there's this snippet...
An artificer can also make Use Magic Device checks to emulate nonspell requirements, including alignment
and race, using the normal DCs for the skill. He cannot emulate skill or feat requirements, however, including item creation feat prerequisites.
That's just what feels "right" to me, though, not something that I think is easily supportable through a strict reading of everything pertinent.