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For questions about infusions, a feature specific to the artificer class in Dungeons & Dragons that allows the character to infuse mundane items with magic and thereby grant them special properties, some of which may replicate the functions of real magic items. (See also the [artificer] tag.)

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What could a Homunculus Servant transform into via true polymorph?

Looking at the Homunculus Servant stat block, I noticed that for CR it's just blankt. Not 0, not number, just blank. It made me wonder, would it be affected by spells like polymorph or true polymorph? ...
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Thrown Arms Master and Returning Weapon Infusion

Thrown Arm Master is an interesting feat from the Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting Reborn, but I'm curious about its interaction with the Returning Weapon infusion. Namely the following part about Thrown ...
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How Artificer Works in D&D 5e [closed]

Good afternoon! I found an infusion from an artificer that allows you to improve his armor by adding +1 to his armor class. But also one of the subclasses has a feature that sounds something like this:...
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Glory of the Giants item Ring of Amity and Artificers: Free Magical Healing?

The new book Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants has an attunement item called the Ring of Amity, which has an interesting property: When you first attune to this ring, you can touch one willing ...
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Can I use Performance of Creation to provide the 100gp gem for a homunculus servant?

The College of Creation Bard has the class feature Performance of Creation, which states: As an action, you can channel the magic of the Song of Creation to create one nonmagical item of your choice ...
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Can a Battlesmith Artificer's steel defender perform tasks such as "find food" or "stand guard"?

A Battlesmith Artificer in my campaign wants to have his Steel Defender basically "programmed" to perform various tasks, many of which involve acting of its own accord. Things like standing ...
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What happens with multiple Replicate Magic Item infusions of Spellwrought Tattoo?

The RAW states that an Artificer's infusion can only be applied to one item at a time using bag of holding as an example so we all know it applies to replicated magical items. With Spellwrought tattoo ...
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Can use a spell to infuse an item into a weapon or a weapon with ammo. (A Gun with fireball bullets or a Sword with Blindness/Deafness) [closed]

I sort of want to do the things in the title like having a shotgun with a fire resistant build so I can have ammunition that can use fireball (multiclassing as a Artificer and a sorcerer balancing ...
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How does an Artificer obtain mundane objects for infusion/replication?

I've been trying to figure out how to go about 'creating' the non-magical items needed so you can tinker them into trinkets, or infuse them into a replication of a magic item. Things like Needles that ...
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Does the AC bonus from artificer infusions affect the Shield Master feat?

The Shield Master feat contains this: If you aren't incapacitated, you can add your shield's AC bonus to any Dexterity saving throw you make against a spell or other harmful effect that targets only ...
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What happens to an Armorer Artificer's extra infusions if they change their Arcane Armor?

Armorer artficiers have the Armor Modifications feature, which lets them improve parts of their Arcane Armor, but also importantly... In addition, the maximum number of items you can infuse at once ...
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Arcane Propulsion Armor — can it give the wearer limbs they never had?

Arcane Propulsion Armor can give additional body parts to the wearer instead of "missing" ones: If the wearer is missing any limbs, the armor replaces those limbs—hands, arms, feet, legs, ...
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Can Arcane Armor replace a missing eye?

Arcane Armor states that it "replaces any missing limbs, functioning identically to a limb it replaces". Would this apply to a missing eye?
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How could an Artificer craft and infuse a laser pistol?

Let's say a futuristic artificer finds themselves in the 15th-century Sword Coast and wants to build a laser pistol. If they found "generic" +1 weapon formulas, which allows you to craft a &...
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Can an artificer use both a shield and a crossbow at the same time? [duplicate]

Ok, so from reading the rules, you can't use a shield and a crossbow at the same time due to the fact that you need a free hand to load the crossbow. My question is about a very niche artificer thing. ...
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Can an Armorer Artificer infuse both of their Thunder Gauntlets separately?

This takes a little setup... At level 3, an Artificer takes the Armorer sub-class. One of the features is Armor Model which can be configured so that they have Thunder Gauntlets. Each of the armor's ...
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Can a Battle Smith use Replicate Magical Item to grant their Steel Defender Plate Armor?

I was looking at the options I have for my Battle Smith's Infusions, focusing on the Replicate Magic Item, and noticed that one of the common magical items listed in XGE (P. 136) is called the Armour ...
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Does the Artificer's Homunculus Servant infusion have any tool proficiencies?

The artificer's Infuse Item feature (TCoE, p. 9; E:RftLW, p. 57) grants access to a number of infusion options, one of which is the Homunculus Servant (TCoE, p. 21; E:RftLW, p. 62). I'm just trying to ...
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Does using the Artificer's Repulsion Shield happen before or after taking damage from a successful hit?

Does using the Artificer's Repulsion Shield prevent the character from taking damage? Or does it happen after taking damage from a successful hit?
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How much does a Bag of Holding weigh when it is infused by an artificer from a normal backpack (using the Replicate Magic Item infusion)?

I searched for an answer to this question, but could not find one. The "Infusing an Item" section of the artificer's Infuse Item feature description states: Whenever you finish a long rest, ...
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If my artificer imbues a staff with the Enhanced Weapon infusion, and then a druid casts the Shillelagh spell on that staff, do their effects stack?

I'm currently playing as an artificer. I know that when an artificer imbues one of their infusions into an item, it makes a non-magic item into a semi-magic item. Say I imbue the Enhanced Weapon ...
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Can an artificer reset an infusion's charges by re-infusing it?

Some artificer infusions have charges, like normal magic items. For example, the mind sharpener from TCE: The item has 4 charges. […] The item regains 1d4 expended charges daily at dawn. However, ...
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Can an Artificer's Homunculus Servant use magic items, and does an Amulet of Health have an effect on it?

My question is two-fold. First, I wonder whether a Homunculus Servant can use magic items, especially if they require attunement. It explicitly counts as a creature of the construct type, and has an ...
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Does Armor Modifications allow for multiple infusion on the same area? [duplicate]

A bit of a oddly phrased question however, the Armored Modification ability for the Armorer subclass for the Artificer says... At 9th level, you learn how to use your artificer infusions to specially ...
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Can an Alchemist combine their subclass bonus with an Enhanced Arcane Focus?

Enhanced Arcane Focus is an artificer infusion that's applied to a rod, staff, or wand, and adds +1 to spell attack rolls. Alchemist artificers also get the Alchemical Savant feature, which lets them ...
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Can an Artificer Armorer use Enhanced Defense Infusion on their Homunculus Servant (infusion)?

Can an Artificer Armorer use Enhanced Defense Infusion on their Homunculus Servant (infusion); same goes for the Battle Smith's Steel Defender? Do these constructs/creatures Natural Armor even count ...
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When firing a weapon with the artificer infusion "Returning Weapon" via catapult, does it come back to your hand after the spell's conclusion?

I'm playing a level 2 Artificer for a campaign with some friends. If I use the "Returning weapon" infusion on a hand-axe and shoot it out via the catapult spell (since a hand-axe weighs ...
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Can the version of the Artificer class published in "Tasha's Cauldron of Everything" choose to end an infusion?

Is there an easy way for an Artificer to willfully end an infusion? One of the many problems I am seeing is that an infusion only works on non-magical items. But infusions cause items to become ...
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Are the separate pieces from the Armorer Artificer's "Armor Modifications" still considered "A suit of armor" for infusions?

The title is a little convoluted, so hopefully I can explain better here. At 9th-level, an Armorer Artificer gets the class feature "Armor Modifications": You learn how to use your ...
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Can an Armorer Artificer use Enhanced Defense or other Artificer Infusions on the armor or parts of the armor?

Regarding Armorer artificer's Armor Model feature as describe in Tasha's Cauldron of Everything: Your metallurgical pursuits have led to you making armor a conduit for your magic. As an action, you ...
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Can a multiclassed artificer/rogue use Sneak Attack with spells that use a ranged weapon as a spellcasting focus?

So, according to a tweet by Jeremy Crawford, it is possible to Sneak Attack with a magic stone when using a sling, even though it is a ranged spell attack. That got me thinking: if an artificer imbues ...
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Does the Armorer Artificer's Lightning Launcher make a sound when attacking?

Does the Armorer Artificer's Lightning Launcher make a sound when attacking? I just recent aquired Exploring Eberon and saw Silent Weapon Infusion and want to know if it can be applied to it. Silent ...
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Can an Artificer Infusions or Armorer 's Arcane Armor be used with a College of Creation Bard's Performance of Creation? [closed]

Can an Artificer's Infusions or Armorer's Arcane Armor be used with a College of Creation Bard's Performance of Creation? [...] create one nonmagical item of your choice [...] the gp value of the ...
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Can you stack AC bonuses with an Artificer's Infusions?

Can you stack AC bonuses with an Artificer's Infusions? I get that you can't use the same Infusion on multiple items. However... does the Enhance Defense Infusion and Repulsion Shield Infusion stack ...
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Is the Steel Defender's Force Empowered Rend affected by items that add +1 to Spell attack rolls?

Do items that affect an Artificer's spell attack modifier also affect the Steel Defender's actions that use said spell attack modifier? As an example, my current level 4 Artificer has +4 INT +2 Prof ...
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Does Armorer's Armor Modifications increase your Maximum number of infusions?

So I was reading the Armorer's 9th level feature and came across this text In addition, the maximum number of items you can infuse at once increases by 2, but those extra items must be part of your ...
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Can an artificer have a steel defender and a homunculus?

Thinking about playing an artificer character and curious about the interactions with the Steel defender and the homunculus servant infusion, is there any contraindication?
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Can I combine two parts of a sword, each with a separate infusion?

If I were to split a sword in two, and use a different infusions on both parts, and lock them back together (without fusing them together), would I get one weapon with 2 artificer infusions?
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Can you infuse the Arcane Armor's Weapon before you gain Armor Modifications?

An Artificer Armorer acquires the class feature "Arcane Armor" at level 3. With that, the armor provides a special simple weapon (Thunder Gauntlets or Lightning Launcher). Now all of this &...
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Can I add an Artificers infusion to my pact blade?

In the Artificer section that talks about Artificer infusions it says "you gain the ability to imbue mundane items with certain magical infusions". So if I was to use an Artificer infusion ...
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Can I replicate Spellwrought Tattoos with spells that are not on the Artificer's spell list?

So through the Replicate Magic Item Infusion I'm able to replicate Spellwrought Tattoos (Cantrip/1st Level). But what if I have a level as a Wizard; can I replicate a tattoo with a 1st level wizard ...
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Artificer's armorer subclass features and magic armor : Armor modifications & Infusions

Many of the features of the Artificer's Armorer subclass published in Tasha's Cauldron directly impact their armor, and I have had a few questions on how these features would work in relation to magic ...
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How do the Artificer infusions from the Infuse Item feature work?

One of my players is playing an Artificer, and has just reached level 2. Reading the infusion rules, we are both a little confused as they seem to contradict. The description of the Infuse Item ...
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Artificer: Does infused magic item count against maximum number of infusions?

I would assume the answer is 'no' but I wanted to check. It feels very odd to be able to replicate (up to) 4 magic items at level 2, but only ever be able to use two of them at a time at that level, ...
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Can an artificer/wizard make a homonculus heart into a spell-storing item?

The Homonculus Servant infusion requires a specific component: Item: A gem or crystal worth at least 100 gp Later, it goes on to say The item you infuse serves as the creature's heart, around which ...
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Does an artificer's teammate have to re-attune to their infused items every time the infusions change?

Per the artificer rules... If the item requires attunement, you can attune yourself to it the instant you infuse the item. Okay. Nice. Great. Except... how does it work when the item is given to ...
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Can you infuse a breastplate with Arcane Propulsion Armor?

A Breastplate is a type of Medium armor that is described as: This armor consists of a fitted metal chest piece worn with supple leather. Although it leaves the legs and arms relatively unprotected, ...
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Propulsion Armor Infusion and Thunder Gauntlets

Do the effects of the Thunder Gauntlets from the Armorer Artificer subclass stack with the effects of the Propulsion Armor gauntlets from the Propulsion Armor Infusion considering that they’re the ...
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Can a Spell with “Self” Range be Cast by Homunculus Servant?

I’m playing an artificer for the first time and trying to decide whether or not to use an infusion for the homunculus servant. But I’m wondering about the channel magic ability. It says The ...
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Is a Spell-Refueling Ring useless for a Warlock once reaching level 7? [duplicate]

My Warlock just got a ring with the Artificer Infusion "Spell-Refueling Ring", this infusion states: While wearing this ring, the creature can recover one expended spell slot as an action. ...
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