When you choose the "Weapon +1" plan for Replicate Magic Item, do you have to specify the weapon, or can you choose the weapon when you create it? It doesn't list the "*You can learn this option multiple times and must select a different item each time; each item selected counts as a different plan." footnote that Uncommon Wonderous Item does.
The DDB character sheet makes you specify the weapon, listing Shortsword +1 and Longsword +1 as different plan. Is that a limitation of DDB, or the way the skill is meant to be played?
What an interesting question. For the 2014 Artificer, the infusion was a +1 and could clearly be placed on any applicable weapon. That also meant you could only do it to a single weapon at a time, though day to day you could switch which weapon it was applied to.
By changing it to Replicate Magic Item there's definitely a RAW case to be made that an item is that specific, that you can't change its form once the plan is learned. The other implication of that interpretation is that you could learn multiple +1 weapon plans - IE you could simultaneously learn/know the plans for a +1 shortsword AND a +1 longsword.
I assumed it would stay the first, but I don't really have a problem with the second scheme either.
When you choose the "Weapon +1" plan for Replicate Magic Item, do you have to specify the weapon, or can you choose the weapon when you create it? It doesn't list the "*You can learn this option multiple times and must select a different item each time; each item selected counts as a different plan." footnote that Uncommon Wonderous Item does.
The DDB character sheet makes you specify the weapon, listing Shortsword +1 and Longsword +1 as different plan. Is that a limitation of DDB, or the way the skill is meant to be played?
The fact that you have to choose a weapon type when you choose the plan is a limitation of D&D Beyond's character builder and doesn't impact what the rules actually say.
What the rules actually say unfortunately isn't super clear, but the fact that they don't go out of their way to say that you have to pick a specific type of weapon when you learn the plan makes me think the intent is that you don't. You pick a type when you actually create an item from the plan.
What the rules actually say unfortunately isn't super clear, but the fact that they don't go out of their way to say that you have to pick a specific type of weapon when you learn the plan makes me think the intent is that you don't. You pick a type when you actually create an item from the plan.
I am confident this is correct. With the reduction in plans known, splitting the +X weapon and armor infusions into per weapon plans would be an absurd burden on the Artificer.
The plans are listed in the table under Replicate Magic Item. Each line item is a choice. When a line item must specify a specific version, it is explicitly called out in the table. Armor +1 and Weapon +1 do not require you to specify the armor or weapon. However, a common magic item that isn't a Potion, a Scroll, or cursed is explicitly called out as requiring you to specify the item and that you can select it multiple times. Technically, this means that a Cast-off Chain Shirt and Cast-off Plate are different picks and that you must specify the weapon for a Sylvan Dagger. However, I don't think that's the intent and that you follow the same pattern as the main list, selecting Cast-off Armor and Sylvan Dagger, choosing the exact form when you use the plan to replicate an item.
When you choose the "Weapon +1" plan for Replicate Magic Item, do you have to specify the weapon, or can you choose the weapon when you create it? It doesn't list the "*You can learn this option multiple times and must select a different item each time; each item selected counts as a different plan." footnote that Uncommon Wonderous Item does.
The DDB character sheet makes you specify the weapon, listing Shortsword +1 and Longsword +1 as different plan. Is that a limitation of DDB, or the way the skill is meant to be played?
What an interesting question. For the 2014 Artificer, the infusion was a +1 and could clearly be placed on any applicable weapon. That also meant you could only do it to a single weapon at a time, though day to day you could switch which weapon it was applied to.
By changing it to Replicate Magic Item there's definitely a RAW case to be made that an item is that specific, that you can't change its form once the plan is learned. The other implication of that interpretation is that you could learn multiple +1 weapon plans - IE you could simultaneously learn/know the plans for a +1 shortsword AND a +1 longsword.
I assumed it would stay the first, but I don't really have a problem with the second scheme either.
The fact that you have to choose a weapon type when you choose the plan is a limitation of D&D Beyond's character builder and doesn't impact what the rules actually say.
What the rules actually say unfortunately isn't super clear, but the fact that they don't go out of their way to say that you have to pick a specific type of weapon when you learn the plan makes me think the intent is that you don't. You pick a type when you actually create an item from the plan.
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I am confident this is correct. With the reduction in plans known, splitting the +X weapon and armor infusions into per weapon plans would be an absurd burden on the Artificer.
The plans are listed in the table under Replicate Magic Item. Each line item is a choice. When a line item must specify a specific version, it is explicitly called out in the table. Armor +1 and Weapon +1 do not require you to specify the armor or weapon. However, a common magic item that isn't a Potion, a Scroll, or cursed is explicitly called out as requiring you to specify the item and that you can select it multiple times. Technically, this means that a Cast-off Chain Shirt and Cast-off Plate are different picks and that you must specify the weapon for a Sylvan Dagger. However, I don't think that's the intent and that you follow the same pattern as the main list, selecting Cast-off Armor and Sylvan Dagger, choosing the exact form when you use the plan to replicate an item.
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