This would work with Find Familiar, where the caster can see through the senses of the familiar. While there are ways to get Find Familiar for Artificers, it’s not on their spell list.
However, you can argue that your photographic recon drone idea isn’t game breaking because you could do the same thing RAW with Find Familiar. Homonculus is roughly the Artificer equivalent of a familiar, after all. So even though it’s not RAW, it shouldn’t be a big deal for a DM to let you do it.
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Does the homunculus's channel magic work with magical tinkering? I want to make a drone that can take five photos for scouting and recon.
RAW? No. It's not a spell.
However, it's worth asking a DM if they'd allow it, considering it meets all the same requirements of casting a spell of range touch for an Artificer.
Magical Tinkering
Artificer Casting a Spell of range touch
Regardless, a homunculus servant might be able to draw pictures the mundane way with a pen and paper. Another thing to consult with the DM about.
That was my interpretation as well. If it looks like a spell and walks like a spell isn't it a spell?
Oh, that's smart! At least a simple room layout.
I think my DM would shoot down the photographic recon but might allow fun group photos because that's just flavor.
This would work with Find Familiar, where the caster can see through the senses of the familiar. While there are ways to get Find Familiar for Artificers, it’s not on their spell list.
However, you can argue that your photographic recon drone idea isn’t game breaking because you could do the same thing RAW with Find Familiar. Homonculus is roughly the Artificer equivalent of a familiar, after all. So even though it’s not RAW, it shouldn’t be a big deal for a DM to let you do it.