Howdy. EDIT: Did post this in the wrong forum but didn't see a way to delete it. WHups.
So the Undead Warlock UA has a classs feature allowing it to change the damage to Necrotic. It occured to me that I really kind of want Alchemical Savant for the Alchemist Artificer.
One of the issues with Alchemical Savant is its so limited in damage types-but the class list really doesn't have the cantrips to support them. So basically it ends up being firebolt, acid splash, bonfire as the main choices. But they're kindi of forced to be cantrip based combat.
So. I wonder, if part of the Alch Savant ability they were allowed to change the damage they do with spells to one of their restricted damage types, Would that cause any issues anyone sees?
If they could do that, it means they could use Shocking Grasp, Ray of Frost, Frostbite, Thornwhip. The Cantrips that actually have support or debuff portions. WHich arguablly is one of the class concepts for Alchemists. Its also just awsome sounding flavor, and it would fit as a 'progression' with their Elixir experiments.
Ray of Frost, changed to necrotic or poison, to represent a Tanglefoot bag-due to it reducing speeds. Shocking Grasp now becames a poison touch. Poison Spray becomes you splashing them with Alchemist fire vial
Overall, it would increase their options in combat, allow them to feel buff/debuffy, it would also let them pick up more support cantrips as they could focus in one cantrip and change the damage accordingly. Plus, with so many different ways to fluff and switch the damage, the RP ability would really help with the potential boringness of cantrip spam for some folks.
So. Does anyone see any particularly large issues if that was added to Alchemical Savant? Its already restricted to only spells that are cast with Alch Tools as a focus and all. So just the class list (or wizards with the UA feat)
Howdy. EDIT: Did post this in the wrong forum but didn't see a way to delete it. WHups.
So the Undead Warlock UA has a classs feature allowing it to change the damage to Necrotic. It occured to me that I really kind of want Alchemical Savant for the Alchemist Artificer.
One of the issues with Alchemical Savant is its so limited in damage types-but the class list really doesn't have the cantrips to support them. So basically it ends up being firebolt, acid splash, bonfire as the main choices. But they're kindi of forced to be cantrip based combat.
So. I wonder, if part of the Alch Savant ability they were allowed to change the damage they do with spells to one of their restricted damage types, Would that cause any issues anyone sees?
If they could do that, it means they could use Shocking Grasp, Ray of Frost, Frostbite, Thornwhip. The Cantrips that actually have support or debuff portions. WHich arguablly is one of the class concepts for Alchemists. Its also just awsome sounding flavor, and it would fit as a 'progression' with their Elixir experiments.
Ray of Frost, changed to necrotic or poison, to represent a Tanglefoot bag-due to it reducing speeds. Shocking Grasp now becames a poison touch. Poison Spray becomes you splashing them with Alchemist fire vial
Overall, it would increase their options in combat, allow them to feel buff/debuffy, it would also let them pick up more support cantrips as they could focus in one cantrip and change the damage accordingly. Plus, with so many different ways to fluff and switch the damage, the RP ability would really help with the potential boringness of cantrip spam for some folks.
So. Does anyone see any particularly large issues if that was added to Alchemical Savant? Its already restricted to only spells that are cast with Alch Tools as a focus and all. So just the class list (or wizards with the UA feat)