Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures
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eldritch cannon can do 3d8 as a BA at level 9 and 6d8 at level 15. arcane firearm is rediculas for a level 5 feature. the only other subclass that might compete is armorer, and only because of the artificer infusions on the arcane armor. please help explain and clarify if I'm reading it wrong because this is too powerful.
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Yes, it can. The point of the subclass is to do a lot of damage; the fact that it has an ability that deals a lot of damage seems appropriate.
No it isn't. Why do you think it is?
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yeah, It's about the same rate of extra attack, but I do have a question about it, does it stack with sorcereus burst and chromatic orb if you multiclass?
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No, because it only applies to Artificer spells, and those are not Artificer spells.
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thank you!
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The rule me and my friends use for dpr is 5 times whatever level you currently are at to determine if you are doing decent damage so this isn't really absurd
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Not to mention the artificer class doesn't completely focus on Dpr it's more utility than anything
Artillerist can do aoe,positioning and thp
Armorer is more defensive but it also gives you good melee and ranged options with your armorer as well as allowing you to get 18 AC without having to cast either mage armor with 20 dexterity or having 15 strength for plate
over all this class is powerful but it's not nearly as powerful as the wizard class or sorcerer class for pure damage IMO
(I hope what I said didn't come off as rude)
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Not sure what you mean by "it" here - you can get sorcerous burst via the All-Purpose Tool and chromatic orb via the Sage background/Magic Initiate feat, if you like, no need to multiclass. You'd still have your bonus action to activate the Eldritch Cannon.
Arcane Firearm's extra damage is just 1d8 at 5th level - and if you use it to cast an Artificer spell only. Also note, this is worded so that die does not double on a crit.
It's a good class, and versatile. It's not overpowered. I've done some careful burnishing on mine to ensure it has a good solution to being grappled or surrounded in melee with a mix of enemies and friendlies.
They were asking if the damage bonus from Arcane Firearm would apply to those spells. As I pointed out above, it would not, since they're not Artificer spells.
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If learned via APT, Sorcerous Burst would be an Artificer spell. (But we are just talking about an extra 1d8.)
As "cantrips that play well with Arcane Firearm" go, it still doesn't really beat True Strike (with your choice of Repeating Shot martial ranged weapon).