I was waiting for you to long rest to give your level up, so you can roleplay your char waking up with new knowledge

Leveling up is always appreciated.

yay....level 2 spells

Yay!

And at Level 3 some of us get a Path or Archetype or, in Erky's case, a Specialization.  I'm going to have to think about that.

I think that in honor of BEAR, I'll go with the Battle Smith specialization.

Nice! x)

BEAR has been training to be a thief, but has gained confidence with all the murder hobo-ing so I chose assassin instead.

Keely's even more tanky now.  Totem Warrior + Totem of the Bear.

Question about the Battle Smith specialization of the Artificer class.  It says that the character gains proficiency in smithing tools.  I can see that.  It also says that the character can create a Steel Defender.  (Ostensibly with the smithing tools.  Or so I'd think.)

But does the character have to HAVE the smithing tools?  Or, christ on a pogo stick, a full shop, in order to create one?

Oop.  Just re-read things.  Yes, you have to have smithing tools.

Wait.  I figured it out.  Use The Right Tool for the Job to create some smithing tools.  The create the Steel Defender.

I have to say, I know why I see a lot of games that do not allow the Artificer class.  The mechanics are exceptionally hand-wavy.  Good thing this sort of magic fits Erky's vibe.

Exceptionally hand-wavey.  I've got no problem with artificers in my games, but I do try to impose a sense of realism (ha!) into them.  I encourage them to spend a lot of down time researching stuff before their inventions come to fruition.  Try to cut down on the technological leaps.

But this is Fred's game.  Erky's cool.

We can say that your time in your cell/cage allowed a lot of time to think and that the designs are all in your head already... technology leap problem solved ;)

Weird ideas I have no problem with.  Erky's pulling weird ideas out of his ass left and right.  The hand-wavy stuff is conjuring smithing tools out of thin air.  Then, after that, creating a Steel Defender without the availability of any steel.

But, hey.  Is it weirder than anything else in this world?  Maybe it's because it's too too close to something that might be real that makes it seem weird.

Who needs steel when you've got magic?

We just killed a whole lot of goblins, in their 'village'. They'd have steel.

If you are willing to climb back up to get it, sure

Maybe your steel defender isn't made of steel right now, but has the durability of steel (thanks to ya know, magic).  It can always be refined and improved to actual steel later on.  I think of Artificers always tinkering with their stuff, trying to make improvements.

good point. There is lots of plant matter down here. You do that and then 'upgrade' later

in my artificer i'm starting with a homunculus, and once i get level 3 he will be upgraded to the steel defender.

That *is* a good point.  I had considered stone.  I'd considered returning to the Magma Hole for material, but didn't want to take liberties with or to make assumptions about what dangers might be roaming out there.  Erky hasn't officially dubbed Ken a Steel Defender by stating it IC.

OMG.  I just had a terrible idea.  I mean, we're all still eating, right?  And that implies digestion and its inevitable results.  How about a Poop Defender?

(Though, idea aside, I DON'T think I'll be doing that.)

Seems like it would make for a crappy defender, but who knows?

<chuckle>

Good for guarding the toilet.  :)

Fred's infected all of our dice.  I just hope it stays contained to this game on rpol!  :P

Canadianly sorry! Lol

Starting today - actually, starting two weeks ago - I'm going to be elbows deep in a directing a production at our theater.  This will be eating up a lot of my time as well as a lot of my mental bandwidth.  Apologies in advance, therefore, if I don't respond with the speed or frequency that I have in the past.  We open March 15, and at that time a lot of my responsibilities will drop away.  At that time, I will be able to take things up as before.

Who knows.  I may be able to keep up despite all of this.  But, once again, apologies if I cannot.

No problems, IRL first, if you can check once a week, that is plenty. I'm not the most diligent GM myself
This message was last edited by the GM at 16:28, Mon 05 Feb.