Battle Smith
An Artificer who fights alongside a steel defender and supports allies with magic.
Command a Construct Guardian repairing both materiel and personnel. To aid in their work, Battle Smiths are accompanied by a Steel Defender,a protective companion of their own creation.
Level 3: Tools Of The Trade
You gain the following benefits. ToolProficiency.You gain proficiency with Smith'sTools. If you already have this proficiency, you gain proficiency with one other type of Artisan's Tools of your choice. WeaponCrafting.When you craft a nonmagical or magic weapon, the amount of time required to craft it is halved.
Level 3: Battle Smith Spells
When you reach an Artificer level specified in the Battle Smith Spells table, you thereafter always have the listed spells prepared.
Battle Smith Spells
| Class level | Spells |
|---|---|
| 3 | Heroism,Shield |
| 5 | ShiningSmite, Warding Bond |
| 9 | Auraof Vitality, ConjureBarrage |
| 13 | Auraof Purity,FireShield |
| 17 | BanishingSmite, Mass CureWounds |
Battle Smith Subclass
Level 3: Battle Ready
Your combat training and your experiments with magic have paid off in two ways.
ArcaneEmpowerment. When you attack with a magic weapon, you can use your Intelligence modifier, instead of your Strength or Dexterity modifier, for the attack and damage rolls. WeaponKnowledge.You gain proficiency with Martial weapons. You can use a weapon with which you have proficiency as a Spellcasting Focus for your Artificer spells.
Level 3: Steel Defender
Yourtinkering has borne you a companion, a Steel Defender(see the stat block). You determine the defender's appearance and whether it has two legs or four; your choices don't affect the defender's game statistics. The defender is Friendly to you and your allies and obeys you. It vanishes if you die. The Defender in Combat.In combat, the defender acts during your turn. It can move and take its Reaction on its own, but the only action it takes is the Dodge action unless you take a Bonus Action to command it to take an action. If you have the Incapacitatedcondition, the defender acts on its own and isn't limited to the Dodge action.
Restoringor Replacingthe Defender.If the defender has died within the last hour,you can take a Magic action to touch it and expend a spell slot. The defender returns to life after 1 minute with all its Hit Points restored. Whenever you finish a Long Rest, you can create a new defender if you have Smith'sTools in hand. If you already have a defender from this feature, the first one vanishes.
Steel Defender
Medium Construct, Neutral AC12 + your Intelligence modifier HP 5 + five times your Artificer level (the defender has a number of Hit Dice [d8s] equal to your Artificer level)
Speed 40 ft.
Ability Score Mod Save
Str 14 +2 +2
Dex 12 +1 +1 Con 14 +2 +2 Ability Score Mod Save Int 4 -3 -3 Wis 10 +0 +0 Cha 6 -2 -2 ImmunitiesPoison; Charmed,Exhaustion,Poisoned SensesDarkvision 60 ft.;PassivePerception10 LanguagesUnderstands the languages you know CR None (XP 0; PB equals your Proficiency Bonus) Traits Steel Bond. Add your Proficiency Bonus to any ability check or saving throw the defender makes.
Actions Force-Empowered Rend. Melee Attack Roll: Bonus equals your spell attack modifier, reach 5 ft. Hit: 1d8 + 2 plus your Intelligence modifier Force damage. Repair (3/Day).
The defender,or one Construct or object it can see within 5 feet of itself, regains a number of Hit Points equal to 2d8 plus your Intelligence modifier.
Reactions Deflect Attack. Trigger:A creature the defender can see within 5 feet of itself makes an attack roll against a creature other than the defender. Response:The triggering creature makes the attack roll with Disadvantage.
Level 5: Extra Attack
You can attack twice instead of once whenever you take the Attack action on your turn. You can forgo one of your attacks when you take the Attack action to command your Steel Defenderto take the Force-Empowered Rend action.
Level 9: Arcane Jolt
When either you hit a target with an attack roll using a magic weapon or your Steel Defender hits a target, you can channel magical energy through the strike to create one of the following effects: DestructiveEnergy.The target takes an extra 2d6 Force damage.
RestorativeEnergy. Choose one creature or object you can see within 30 feet of the target. Healing energy flows into the chosen recipient, restoring 2d6 Hit Points to it. You can use this energy a number of times equal to your Intelligence modifier (minimum of once), but you can do so no more than once per turn. You regain all expended uses when you finish a Long Rest.
Level 15: Improved Defender
Your Arcane Jolt and Steel Defender have become more powerful, granting these benefits.
Improved Jolt. The extra damage and healing of your Arcane Jolt both increase to 4d6.
Improved Deflection. Whenever your Steel Defender uses its Deflect Attack, the attacker takes Force damage equal to 1d4 plus your Intelligence modifier.