Artificer Build

[luminos]

Except that it cannot do what other builds can as well as they can. You got ritual -2, refinement for foci -4 (2 foci at +5), and refinement for enchanted item slots for another -3, for 12 items. Those items have to be specific effects, they can't be adjusted at all (unless you save some for potions).



Give me a set of 12 items at power 10 with 6 uses each that you consider game breaking and I will show you how they aren't. Remember, these are the only things the character can do power-wise. And they have to be specific, pre-set effects.

You know what, I'm not sure what the point of this is anymore.  I think it should be immediately obvious that a build with 12 automatically successful 10 shift effects, each usuable 6+ times a session is gaming the system enough to make things less fun for the non-crafter.  You disagree, because other edge cases exist.  We'll never play in the same games.  At this point, thats all that either of us gets out of discussing this.

[Ryan_Singer]

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Merrix Riordan
High Concept: Artificer
Trouble: Can't Fix Everything

Aspects:
Always Prepared
Magic Geek
Sorta a Wizard
My House, My Rules
Friends are Family


Skills:

Superb (+5):
Lore

Great (+4):
Conviction
Discipline

Good (+3):
Resources
Craftsmanship
Scholarship

Fair (+2):
Presence
Alertness
Endurance
Weapons

Average (+1):
Guns
Contacts
Stealth
Deceit
Empathy

Powers:
-3 Thaumaturgy (Speicialist: Crafting)
-1 The Sight
-0 Soulgaze
-0 Wizard's Constitution
-2 Refinement (1 Crafting Refinement, 1 focus items refinement)

Stunts:
-1 2 Seconds into the future (Lore to defend against physical attacks)

Current Refresh: 3 (10-7)

Crafting:

Items have 8 power, 3 frequency
Speicalist: +1 frequency
Refinement: +1 Power and Frequency
Focus Item: +1 Power and Frequency

Items: 4 Focus Items

-2 Chisel of Enchanting: +1 Power and Frequency (Crafting)
-0.5 Force Ring: Weapon:8 Attack, 3 uses
-0.5 Ring of Protection: Block 8 or Armor:4, 3 uses
-1 4 open Potion slots, 8 shifts, 3 uses each.

Equipment:
Apartment in the city with Wards, Superb Arcane Sanctum, Great Arcane Library, Good Scholarship Library.
8 Shift Wards + 4 Shift Veil, unlocked with the password that Merrix spoke last time he entered or left, and it lasts for a few years at a time. (25 Shifts).

[deathwombat]

I thought there was a limit on how much refinement a non sorcererer or wizard could have anyway.

[Drashna]

No limit for refinement. But unless you have evocation or thaum, it *has* to be item slots, and not casting bonuses.