Starting a new campaign, Mad mage, with a level 6 artificer armorer. Looking down the line to see how to optimize my character, I have a question about the perfected armor. The wording is as follows...
Infiltrator. Any creature that takes lightning damage from your Lightning Launcher glimmers with magical light until the start of your next turn. The glimmering creature sheds dim light in a 5-foot radius, and it has disadvantage on attack rolls against you, as the light jolts it if it attacks you. In addition, the next attack roll against it has advantage, and if that attack hits, the target takes an extra 1d6 lightning damage.
My question is this... in the flow of attacking I would get 2 attacks. Using the earlier benefit of an additional 1d6 when I hit with the Lightning Launcher on my first attack, I would also now have advantage on the second attack. IF that hits, I can now take another 1d6 damage (held over from the new benefit from when I attacked the first time this round) and the target is now primed for another advantage on next attack with another 1d6 bonus damage on hit. Is that right?
BA attack from homunculus servant, with advantage, 1d4 +PB + 1d6 (lightning Launcher perfected)
Does this sound right? RAW ... "Any creature that takes lightning damage from your Lightning Launcher...the next attack roll against it has advantage, and if that attack hits, the target takes an extra 1d6 lightning damage." if I hit on the second attack that resets the additional 1d6 damage, right?
Yes, that's what I'm saying. You don't get advantage on the first attack, but you do get your standard LL +1d6 from level 3 feature IF you hit. On your second attack, because you hit with LL the first attack, you have advantage on the attack because as written, "the next attack roll against it has advantage" plus you get an additional 1d6 because, "if that attack hits, the target takes an extra 1d6 lightning damage" (which is an effect of the first hit. But now, I have hit the target a second time with the LL. So, I don't see where this doesn't reset. "Any creature that takes lightning damage from your LL..." which it just did on my second attack, "...glimmers with magical light until the start of your next turn. The glimmering creature sheds dim light in a 5-foot radius, and it has disadvantage on attack rolls against you, as the light jolts it if it attacks you. In addition, the next attack roll against it has advantage, and if that attack hits, the target takes an extra 1d6 lightning damage." my second attack would recharge the glimmering effect and set them up for an additional 1d6 and advantage on the next hit. Then I use my HS to attack with my bonus action, and it gets advantage, it's own damage, plus another 1d6.
Thats how I read it, just looking for confirmation.
Starting a new campaign, Mad mage, with a level 6 artificer armorer. Looking down the line to see how to optimize my character, I have a question about the perfected armor. The wording is as follows...
Infiltrator. Any creature that takes lightning damage from your Lightning Launcher glimmers with magical light until the start of your next turn. The glimmering creature sheds dim light in a 5-foot radius, and it has disadvantage on attack rolls against you, as the light jolts it if it attacks you. In addition, the next attack roll against it has advantage, and if that attack hits, the target takes an extra 1d6 lightning damage.
My question is this... in the flow of attacking I would get 2 attacks. Using the earlier benefit of an additional 1d6 when I hit with the Lightning Launcher on my first attack, I would also now have advantage on the second attack. IF that hits, I can now take another 1d6 damage (held over from the new benefit from when I attacked the first time this round) and the target is now primed for another advantage on next attack with another 1d6 bonus damage on hit. Is that right?
So...
1st attack. 1d6+(int mod) + 1d6 (lightning Launcher)
2nd attack, with advantage, 1d6+(int mod) + 1d6 (lightning Launcher perfected)
BA attack from homunculus servant, with advantage, 1d4 +PB + 1d6 (lightning Launcher perfected)
Does this sound right? RAW ... "Any creature that takes lightning damage from your Lightning Launcher...the next attack roll against it has advantage, and if that attack hits, the target takes an extra 1d6 lightning damage." if I hit on the second attack that resets the additional 1d6 damage, right?
The wording seems "the next attack roll against it has advantage" so it makes me think that only the next hit gets the buffs not every attack.
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Yes, that's what I'm saying. You don't get advantage on the first attack, but you do get your standard LL +1d6 from level 3 feature IF you hit. On your second attack, because you hit with LL the first attack, you have advantage on the attack because as written, "the next attack roll against it has advantage" plus you get an additional 1d6 because, "if that attack hits, the target takes an extra 1d6 lightning damage" (which is an effect of the first hit. But now, I have hit the target a second time with the LL. So, I don't see where this doesn't reset. "Any creature that takes lightning damage from your LL..." which it just did on my second attack, "...glimmers with magical light until the start of your next turn. The glimmering creature sheds dim light in a 5-foot radius, and it has disadvantage on attack rolls against you, as the light jolts it if it attacks you. In addition, the next attack roll against it has advantage, and if that attack hits, the target takes an extra 1d6 lightning damage." my second attack would recharge the glimmering effect and set them up for an additional 1d6 and advantage on the next hit. Then I use my HS to attack with my bonus action, and it gets advantage, it's own damage, plus another 1d6.
Thats how I read it, just looking for confirmation.
Awesome, thanks. That confirms my thoughts and actually makes a big improvement with the Armorer from what I was afraid it was going to be.