Title pretty much says it all. On my turn if I use Hunter's Mark to mark a target, I add an extra 1d6 to my attack rolls against that target. Then on my next turn when my cannon takes a shot on my BA command, does it also add 1d6 since the cannon is still "my" attack?
That means at level 5, an artillerist could (by the second turn) stack hunter's mark, true strike, arcane firearm, regular weapon damage, cannon damage, and hunter's mark a second time!?
The description of the Eldritch Cannon's Force Ballista thing says "make a ranged spell attack originating from the cannon", so it sounds to me like technically it's the Artificer making the attack, not the cannon (which isn't a creature and thus can't really make attacks on its own). In which case, yes, Hunter's Mark would apply if the attack hits.
Hunter's Mark would certainly also apply to a True Strike attack. Whether Arcane Firearm would also apply is a bit of a gray area; it says it works "when you cast an Artificer spell through the firearm", which I think is intended to mean when you use it as a spellcasting focus. You're not technically doing that when you cast True Strike — the weapon is the material component in that case, not a focus — so some DMs might not allow that. I probably would unless it looks like it's going to deal a truly ridiculous amount of damage.
The description of Arcane Firearm says that whichever weapon you carve your sigil onto can then be used as your spellcasting focus:
"You can use your Arcane Firearm as a Spellcasting Focus for your Artificer spells."
Yes, that's true. The point is that because True Strike has a costly material component, you can't use a spellcasting focus with it at all. As it happens, the material component is the same physical object that you could use as a spellcasting focus for other spells, but you're not using it as a focus in this case, so one could argue that Arcane Firearm doesn't apply.
Again, I don't think it's actually worth quibbling about in practice, but some DMs are sticklers for that kind of thing.
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Title pretty much says it all. On my turn if I use Hunter's Mark to mark a target, I add an extra 1d6 to my attack rolls against that target. Then on my next turn when my cannon takes a shot on my BA command, does it also add 1d6 since the cannon is still "my" attack?
That means at level 5, an artillerist could (by the second turn) stack hunter's mark, true strike, arcane firearm, regular weapon damage, cannon damage, and hunter's mark a second time!?
The description of the Eldritch Cannon's Force Ballista thing says "make a ranged spell attack originating from the cannon", so it sounds to me like technically it's the Artificer making the attack, not the cannon (which isn't a creature and thus can't really make attacks on its own). In which case, yes, Hunter's Mark would apply if the attack hits.
Hunter's Mark would certainly also apply to a True Strike attack. Whether Arcane Firearm would also apply is a bit of a gray area; it says it works "when you cast an Artificer spell through the firearm", which I think is intended to mean when you use it as a spellcasting focus. You're not technically doing that when you cast True Strike — the weapon is the material component in that case, not a focus — so some DMs might not allow that. I probably would unless it looks like it's going to deal a truly ridiculous amount of damage.
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The description of Arcane Firearm says that whichever weapon you carve your sigil onto can then be used as your spellcasting focus:
"You can use your Arcane Firearm as a Spellcasting Focus for your Artificer spells."
Yes, that's true. The point is that because True Strike has a costly material component, you can't use a spellcasting focus with it at all. As it happens, the material component is the same physical object that you could use as a spellcasting focus for other spells, but you're not using it as a focus in this case, so one could argue that Arcane Firearm doesn't apply.
Again, I don't think it's actually worth quibbling about in practice, but some DMs are sticklers for that kind of thing.
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