You might try home brewing a “monster” to represent the stats. It gets a bit confusing for things like the Steel Defender, which initially existed as part of the “old” artificer (from the Eberron books) and didn’t work quite the same way the updated artificer (from Tasha’s, and a serrated/updated now in the Eberron books) does. Originally, they made “monster” stat blocks for the Steel Defender. I believe even with that there were a few things that didn’t track quite right, but I could be wrong, as I’m not that into artificers. Then the rules for Steel Defender changed with Tasha’s, and they didn’t try to do the stat blocks for it that could be accessed in Extras. So the “old” Steel Defender stat blocks are still there (for folks using the older version of artificer), but it doesn’t match up to the current rules.
How do I get the Steel Defender to show with the correct stats?
Best as I can tell, you cant. They having figured out how to connect your Proficiency Bonus to the creatures stats.
You might try home brewing a “monster” to represent the stats. It gets a bit confusing for things like the Steel Defender, which initially existed as part of the “old” artificer (from the Eberron books) and didn’t work quite the same way the updated artificer (from Tasha’s, and a serrated/updated now in the Eberron books) does. Originally, they made “monster” stat blocks for the Steel Defender. I believe even with that there were a few things that didn’t track quite right, but I could be wrong, as I’m not that into artificers. Then the rules for Steel Defender changed with Tasha’s, and they didn’t try to do the stat blocks for it that could be accessed in Extras. So the “old” Steel Defender stat blocks are still there (for folks using the older version of artificer), but it doesn’t match up to the current rules.
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