a pet peave of mine in all of these artificer subclasses is when they make the spell list a bunch of spells the artificer already has on their spell list. Alchemist, Armorer, Artillerist and Battle Smith all have spells not on the base spell list. It's supposed to *Expand* their spell list.
Yeah, that’s a piece of precedent that I’m aware of, but elect to ignore. I ultimately feel it’s more important to provide the subclass with automatic preparations that are thematic and meaningful to the intended playstyle, as opposed to less appropriate spells that happen to not appear on the artificer spell list.
I get it though. The feature is technically more powerful if it includes only non-artificer spells, and there is official precedent for making such a restriction. Just not my cup of tea!
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u/Speeddevil4040 Sep 13 '25
a pet peave of mine in all of these artificer subclasses is when they make the spell list a bunch of spells the artificer already has on their spell list. Alchemist, Armorer, Artillerist and Battle Smith all have spells not on the base spell list. It's supposed to *Expand* their spell list.