Magic Network Engineer

12 - Changed the 5th level spells learned because I am still indecisive. Renamed Energy Surge to Quick Upload, changed from action + reaction to reaction only (the action part rarely got used in combat, so I figured just tie it all to the reaction and make it more simple to use). Renamed Energetic Translocation to Dynamic Transfer.

11 – Another arbitrary balance pass. Network Infrastructure: Changed wording, reduced the amount of infusions that can be learned after resting (half / all to 1 / 2). Network Ping: Replaced the Sending and Locate Object spells of the feature with generic, non-spell versions and standardized the range of the different pings (overall range increase, pretty huge nerf to the communication aspect, but large buffs to the other aspects), changed damage/scaling of Sword/Shield Ping to match cantrips (amounts to smaller numbers than version 10, but still slightly bigger than version 9). Energy Surge: reduced the range (sight to 30ft) and finally decided to add a usage limit (I was against a limit for a long time with the reasoning that a ranged “help” and “Protection (fighting style)” was not that strong for a core feature, but infinite usage outside of combat turned out to be pretty busted). Energetic Translocation: updated wording. Fractal Energy: renamed to Infusion Resonance, reduced number of additional targets (all to 1), updated wording.

10 - Never ended up 100% satisfied with the wording and function of the 15th level feature, so I ended up changing it to a modified form of what was previously called "Overload". Still strong and easier to manage, I think. Continued my effort to clean up text and ended up changing the name of the Network Ping and Energy Surge sub-features to have a more cohesive scheme. Reduced the range but increased the damage (and THP) of the Pings to correlate with the new 15th level feature.

9 - I have worked on a bunch of homebrew stuff since the last update and decided to do another pass on this one to do another round of changes (and changed the numbering scheme. No decimals moving forward.). It has always been pretty bloated, so one of the main goals this time was to address that while maintaining my original core concepts. It also helped adjust the overall power level down a bit more. Reverted/changed some spells again because why not. Removed damage components from all but Network Ping, but reverted a previous range nerf and removed the duration of the THP to compensate. Consolidated Energy Surge and Reactive Energy into one feature. Moved Infusion Adept into Network Infrastructure. Removed Overload altogether. Added some other little tidbits. I think it reads better overall and certainly less complicated.

Noticed after updating my playtest character that I messed with one of the actions at some point. Fixed that to display properly.

Forgot to update the snippet of Energy Surge because I still suck at proofreading.

Updated some formatting and wording.

Updated some snippets, mainly to address text that I forgot to change from a previous edit.

.82 - Changed up the spell list again to further support a little more variance. There is now one damage option and one non-damage option per tier. Moved Energy Surge to 5th level to make room for separating the special attack into it's own feature. The Network Ping is no longer is just an attack, but also a buff option to return some versatility for other builds that had been lost along the way. It also helped in adjusting the 3rd-5th level power level (maybe. it was rather strong on the damage side and this sorta lowers the potential overall output of the party with a VERY small personal damage increase by freeing up the 'action' slot).

.8 - Another large balance pass. Playtesting revealed that it was still too strong, so I decided to see how strong by collecting some empirical data. Using that data, I adjusted the various abilities damage output, action economy, and range in some cases to better match data from a non-dps oriented subclass. I also still couldn't decided on a damage type that I thought would be universally appropriate and came up with a better solution: I make YOU (the player) choose what type it is and make it swappable. This opens the door to more versatility and personalization and I am very happy with this change.

.7 - I was introduced to the concept of bounded accuracy and had it pointed out to me that my subclass would break that at higher levels. I decided that another rework was needed. It should amount to an overall buff, but we will see how long this one lasts. Changed spells on the spell list. Replaced numerical values of bonuses from Energy Surge to advantage, combined the bonus with the damage component and added a bit of scaling. Removed Energy Spike and dropped Reactive Energy in it's place, replaced the numerical values with disadvantage/advantage. Added Energetic Translocation to replace the 9th level active feature and grants a teleport type action. Capped Infusion Expert to not allow more than +3 to bonuses. Changed Overload to match new design.

.6 - I was not happy with the last iteration, so did another nearly complete rework. I was too focused on early game and the scaling made it too powerful late game (+10 to attack rolls or AC with massive AoE potential was not my goal). As a result, I removed most instances of scaling (including the janky "options" thing I did), preferring to have weaker but more frequent usage of abilities, mainly affecting Energy Spike. Changed Maximum Output to Reactive Energy, giving another avenue to use abilities by allowing them to be used as reactions. Buffed Overload a bit to compensate late game.

.52 - Fixed some formatting I missed. Made an effort to reduce clutter on the main page, builder, and character sheet by removing redundant text.

.51 - I broke the snippet for Energy Surge at some point. I swear it was fine before publishing. Should be fixed.

.5 - added "options" for the different level of abilities of various features (adds clutter to the main page here, but it works better in the sheet). Updated Network Infrastructure special attack. Updated Energy Surge text and custom action. Renamed Overload to Energy Spike and updated text and custom action. Updated Infusion Adept to fill the gap made by a change in a previous version that I did not notice right away. Updated Maximum Output text. Renamed Infusion Master to Infusion Expert and limited the infusions to ones I know can be easily worked into other items or on the sheet. Created a 2nd, more active capstone feature (new Overload).

.46.1 - Fixed syntax error of snippet code made after updating tooltips of Energy Surge.

.46 - Nerfed bonus of Energy Surge (thinking of it as an unlimited use Shield spell put how powerful it could be into perspective), clarified who chooses what the bonus gets applied to. Forgot version number again.

.45 - Tweaked custom actions granted by features, fixed errors that I found after essentially rewriting everything, made Energy Surge to choose one of the functions instead of having both activate at the same time (both a buff and damage from an unlimited use bonus action was too powerful, I came to realize), re-coupled the functions of Overload to be the same target again (thematically made more sense to me after thinking about it more).

.4 - Pretty big changes this time around. Changed Bane to Bless in spell list. Added pseudo-cantrip to emphasize caster archetype and free up a already limited cantrip slot for other choices. Buffed number of infused items. Energy Surge and Overload are now single target only (technically a nerf, but in playtesting the points only went to one person anyway), buffed ranges, changed damage type to psychic (lightning made less sense as I thought about it and took the cue from Gem Dragonborn and their more psionic abilities to match the jewelcrafting proficiency).

.32 - Updated wording to hopefully be less cumbersome.

.31 - (hopefully) fixed the custom actions granted by the Energy Surge and Overload features.

.3 - Refocused the Overload and Maximum Output features, added more flavor text, added some (probably) clarifying text. Forgot to add the version the first time.

.2 - Split the features of Energy Surge into two features and adding another step in progression, added method of "removing" Overload once Maximum Output is granted to reduce clutter in the character sheet (using the optional class features tab in character creation), updated some more text.

.15 - Corrected a silly spelling error that I finally noticed that REALLY bothered me.

.14 - Changed tool proficiency (again) to something that I figured was more fitting after thinking about it some more with the updated theme in mind, updated the other instances of the subclass name that I forgot to do before.

.13 - Renamed subclass to differentiate from other engineer types as the theme solidifies as well as started adding flavor text, updated some formatting and wording.

.12 - Capped range of Energy Surge, update some text.